The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates

[YouSir]

Ha Ha BBC - "He's off to see The Queen" Oops.

Gentleman's way out...

 

[Sue]

Sunak is about to speak outside no. 10...



...in the rain!

He's done and dusted. And no rain.

 

[PursuedByBears]

So what did happen to the SNP vote?

 

[existentialist]

And I missed Michael Fabricant having the rug pulled from underneath him in Lichfield.

Just as well the rug on top of him didn't get pulled

 

[moochedit]

That's the most disturbing GE photo I've seen.

Yes the one on the left is pretty creepy

 

[Sue]

So what did happen to the SNP vote?

Long-term incumbents. Collapsed. Not unexpected.

 

[cupid_stunt]

He's done and dusted. And no rain.

Yeah, I had forgotten I had paused Sky News, for loo breaks, and was running 20 minutes behind.

 

[Dogsauce]

Sunak is about to speak outside no. 10...



...in the rain!

Is steve Whatisface going to be there again with a PA system? Can I suggest a certain Travis song?

 

[Spymaster]

100 percent wanker fuck you Nd you and you family

Scum

Total utter wanker

Been up all night on the piss have we Ken?

 

[xenon]

Just checked my constituency, Bristol south. Labour hold. Green second, reform, conservatives, then LibDem, SDP. Personally I voted Green.

 

[Gromit]

The most British of resignation speeches in recent times.
It's ironic, admidst a rise in racism, that it took a British Asian to do it properly

 

[YouSir]

Sky handed over to a Royal Correspondent who's struggling to find any way at all in which the King actually matters at all. 'Of course he has to offer his approval, not that he has any choice at all in it'.

 

[xenon]

what is up with these fuck wits who put across in more than one box. I was surprised at the numbers.

 

[weltweit]

So basically, labour got fewer votes than they did under Corbyn but the right wing vote was split between Tory and Reform which meant that the conservatives lost.

 

[planetgeli]

That's 1 seat recounting tomorrow, but there's still 2 other seats to declare, no idea which ones.

One other seat. South Basildon & East Thurrock I think.

 

[Cerv]

Oh I missed George Galloway lost his seat. Ha

so did he.
didn't bother to be on the stage at the declaration to congratulate his replacement. class act as always.

 

[cupid_stunt]

One other seat. South Basildon & East Thurrock I think.

Which could go to Reform.

 

[Lord Camomile]

More fun with figures.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

what is up with these fuck wits who put across in more than one box. I was surprised at the numbers.

Proponents of alternative vote?

 

[zahir]

Shockat Adam from Leicester South

 

[Silas Loom]

One other seat. South Basildon & East Thurrock I think.

Also inverness and Skye, which is between SNP and LD. LDs insist they’ve got it.

So, likely Tories stop on 121, which is much better than the exit poll had it,

 

[Artaxerxes]

the world is all ears for your better system…

PR, STV, I’d even take AV which is shit

 

[Elpenor]

Labour have roughly 2/3 of the seats for 1/3 of the vote

But yeah let’s keep FPTP

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Shockat Adam from Leicester South

Very good speech. Hopefully the other three are as good.

 

[moochedit]

So basically, labour got fewer votes than they did under Corbyn but the right wing vote was split between Tory and Reform which meant that the conservatives lost.

Does look like the main shift (in vote share) was tory to reform here (from sky news)...

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Wow so Labour got under 34%. On a reduced turnout. That's miserable.

Gaza did have a measurable effect. People are disillusioned with Starmer before he even starts. That's quite some achievement.

 

[weltweit]

As it happens, this time, my vote did count!

Yay for me

 

[Idaho]

PR, STV, I’d even take AV which is shit

We had a referendum on electoral reform already. If we are going to start having a second pop at referenda, then there is a more pressing one to go for first.

 

[tommers]

We had a referendum on electoral reform already. If we are going to start having a second pop at referenda, then there is a more pressing one to go for first.

Bring back lilt?

 

[weltweit]

I didn't realise Liz Truss lost her seat!

Such a shame :/