General Election - 4th July 2024

[TinFoilHat]

Back up his word with actions.

Good speech, but will that be all it is.

 

[Quad]

Please tell what Reform would actually do for the working class people of this country.

Nothing as there will never get in

 

[Streetsweeper]

I take it you’ve never been to Boston, Lincs.

Or Smegness. Least surprising result of the night if you’ve ever been there.

 

[Eccles Blue]

A very good speech. Fitting tribute to Sunak. I might not have liked Sunak but he didn’t have an easy ride to get there and Keir acknowledges that journey.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Back up his word with actions.

Good speech, but will that be all it is.

When i was younger i use to be full of enthusiasm when Labour managed to get in power after the shitshow the tories use to make of running the country, hoping for change for those of us who work for a living and alas not a great deal changed. I’m hoping this time with this nation wide landslide things actually will.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Out of interest, what happens to an MP when they lose a seat - do they still get paid ?

They get a very generous redundancy package.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

I think Labour are the least worst option. My expectations of what they will do are not that high. It's quite heart warming to see some of the prominent Tories losing their seats though.

 

[hilts]

When seats are based on individual local elections, how does one accomplish proportional representation?

For instance, if I’m competing for 1 seat and I win by 1 vote, how do we “proportionally represent” that district? Or, do we get rid of those individual seats, vote only for the parties and then divvy up (say) 100 seats based on one’s party’s percentage of the vote?

That would certainly have made for a more interesting melange of representatives, and meant a coalition government would have been needed, even in this supposed parliamentary landslide election.

There is definitely more than one way to skin the cat, but do you really want a system where the votes coming out of a few large cities determine who will lord over you for the next six years?

Quandary.

Do I want a system where 30% of the population gets 30% representation, err pretty much yeah. I think they call it democracy.

 

[kaz7]

Adam boulton is very salty about this , closet tory and beth rigby , fuck me she is fucking annoying

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

They get a very generous redundancy package.

Explains why people like Steve Baker stood for re-election despite being relieved to lose.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Nice to see comrade jezza keeping his seat in Islington despite apparently being a Marxist, racist, anti- Semite, terrorist sympathising Czech spy etc.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Adam boulton is very salty about this , closet tory and beth rigby , fuck me she is fucking annoying

I'm not sure he is. It's always been fairly obvious that he is right wing. I've met someone who booked him as a guest speaker at a school and she remarked on his right wing politics, he's not hiding it it's just broadcasting rules.

 

[kaz7]

Explains why people like Steve Baker stood for re-election despite being relieved to lose.

He went out in a blaze of glory on gmtv , hilarious , lol

 

[jimharri]

I think Labour are the least worst option. My expectations of what they will do are not that high. It's quite heart warming to see some of the prominent Tories losing their seats though.

That's not a bad summing up, actually. I don't think too many are thinking it'll be a bed of roses now Labour are in government. At least, I hope not.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

He went out in a blaze of glory on gmtv , hilarious , lol

I saw it referred to earlier in the thread but have only watched the more dignified interview on BBC, I am assuming the BBC one was the first response he gave.

Will have to catch up with it later as delusional Brexit hardman and former future Tory leader having a meltdown sounds very watchable.

 

[SebastianBlue]

He went out in a blaze of glory on gmtv , hilarious , lol

His face when BBC’s election coverage literally kicked off by telling him, live on air, that he had a <1% chance of keeping his seat was priceless.

 

[SWP's back]

I kind of get that for many many Tories they simply can and never will bring themselves to vote Labour or any other left leaning party, they know the Tories have been a shambles so they felt politically homeless... the only way for many of them was to go even further to the right with Farage.

I just don’t understand people that are beholden to one party. I voted Labour for the third time in my life in this election as the Tories had fallen apart. Seeing as they’re not economically that dissimilar, then that was a far better option than MAGALite.

 

[i kne albert davy]

They get a very generous redundancy package.

I think letting everyone set their own redundancy package would be a proper vote winner :-)

 

[kaz7]

I saw it referred to earlier in the thread but have only watched the more dignified interview on BBC, I am assuming the BBC one was the first response he gave.

Will have to catch up with it later as delusional Brexit hardman and former future Tory leader having a meltdown sounds very watchable.

He ranted for five mins , blamed ed balls (he was presenting with susanna) blamed tony blair i think , blamed labour ,blamed everyone but the tories , worth a watch . Didnt watch tbe beeb , maybe he thought he couldnt lose it on the national broadcasters

 

[HelloCity]

Does anyone truly believe things will be significantly different under Starmer? Genuine question, not trolling or looking for a fight.

I'm not talking about migrants to Rwanda or headline shit, I'm talking about day to day living, NHS queues, ability to get a dentist/doctors appointment, cost of living etc

If given the time then yes.

We've been taken from the Premier League to non league by the tories.

You don't get back in the Premier League after one good season.