The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates

[Smangus]

I would prefer it if we shot the monarchy really....

 

[SpookyFrank]

I suspect many people who voted for Suella Braverman would be happy...

Doesn't really matter what the end of this sentence is, it's clearly wrong. Voting for Braverman is not the behaviour of anyone with the capacity to feel joy.

 

[two sheds]

I glanced at the headline in the Guardian

"Shadow health secretary rebuked for behaving ‘abominably’ in Commons"

and my first thought was 'what's Labour done now'


tory twats can't get used to getting less hot air time apparently

 

[tim]

He was elected to do a job that involves swearing the oath so he should just do what the electorate voted for him to do. Many of those people value the monarchy and it is arrogant of him to decide he knows better. But I don't suppose you care about what is of value to ordinary people.

I don't suppose you have much idea of what ordinary people, whoever they are, actually care about

 

[brogdale]

For the Londoners on this thread, I recommend this article that digs into the GE results across the conurbation.

An example of the number crunching and mapping can be see below:




Much to mull over...enjoy.

 

[BusLanes]

So they've got stronger in the bit the Lib Dems have got stronger in?

 

[brogdale]

So they've got stronger in the bit the Lib Dems have got stronger in?

Orange = 0 to 5% increase in vote share, so could be hardly any increase in strength and, given the national swing, poor by comparison.

 

[brogdale]

The Statesman's ward level interactive results map; fill yer boots nerds...

The ultimate 2024 General Election breakdown

 

[brogdale]

Although, the other day I was telling Callie to chill about E.Sutton being part of Greater Croydon, the electoral map tells a different story. The 'Golden Crescent' of SW London meets the 'Iron Curtain' of Labour S. London along the Merebank (LBS/LBC boundary)...