General Election - 4th July 2024

[Don Karleone]

Laters Liz

 

[MillionMilesAway]

And she's gone - 600 ish votes, down from 26k.
Reform has taken her out.

 

[law74]

Liz Truss refused to arrive on stage.... evicted, labour gain

 

[BridgyDids]

Truss gone! Brilliant!

 

[MillionMilesAway]

I think the mehness of the outcome is partly because it was known all the way through that Labour were going to win.

Maybe it'll turn out to not be a bad thing - they'll know they're not especially loved, and might improve their standing if they do a good job.

 

[Don Karleone]

I take it back. The shit-eating grins of the Tories when they lose has been pretty good.

 

[Debaser]

And she's gone - 600 ish votes, down from 26k.
Reform has taken her out.

She's not right wing mental enough for reform

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Bwahahhahaaa!

 

[Don Karleone]

Hahaha no speech lol

 

[urban genie]

Labour win because of a backlash by Conservative voters.

Labour will be in power with the lowest percentage of the popular vote ever by a single majority party.

Only one election since 1885 (2001) has had a lower turnout.

Labour in by default.

Still in though, which is a lot better than having the tories stay in.

FPtP is a dire voting system but we have it so you take the victory despite the margins

 

[MillionMilesAway]

She's not right wing mental enough for reform

I meant that the 9000 (I think) votes that Reform got did for her.
Not sure who the 6000 vote independent was

 

[NZBlue]

Liz Truss refused to arrive on stage.... evicted, labour gain

Should have put a lettuce on the stage in her place

 

[crublue1]

Cleverly implying truss was mentally unstable and he supported her lol how low can they go.

 

[bonespost]

I blame the pork markets

 

[Stuuuuuu]

Still in though, which is a lot better than having the tories stay in.

FPtP is a dire voting system but we have it so you take the victory despite the margins

I think I'd go with, 'marginally less bad.'

 

[Dubai Blue]

The contrast between Harriet Harman and the mentalist that is Nadine Dories couldn't be more stark

 

[Mr Blue Moon]

I blame the pork markets

For her getting the chop…

 

[shemnel]

So, one in FOUR people voted for the terrible bunch we just had, 40% of people voted Tory or Reform (that's scary), Labour's vote share barely changed after 2019's kicking.....It feels like a very delicate large majority

 

[Gray]

Labour win because of a backlash by Conservative voters.

Labour will be in power with the lowest percentage of the popular vote ever by a single majority party.

Still in though, which is a lot better than having the tories stay in.

FPtP is a dire voting system but we have it so you take the victory despite the margins

Yes I agree that is what happens with our system. But the simple fact is that the electorate have not turned to Labour but have turned away from the Tory and SNP parties.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

The Conservatives are going to have an interesting time. A new leader will be needed - the Braverman/Badenoch wing will drag them close to Reform, Hunt will pull them the other way probably.

The MPs have to look at how to resolve the challenge of Reform, as that should be the main goal.
Secondary might be how to head off the LibDems too.