The Conservative Party

[Alan Harper's Tash]

She’s not an orator, sadly.

 

[urban genie]

As astounding the swing is I don't think brexit was amajor factor, the complete fuckwittery and corruption within government of the last year and particularry few months was more a factor in my opinion.

But looking at it beyond the swing and tonights shock result it is highly likely they could regain the seat in a GE, the trun out was down by over 18000 voters in what looks like voter apathy caused by recent sleaze and lies will that 18000 vote in a GE? Probably and will that change it back to a tory seat? Mor likely.

In terms though of those that did vote.
Lib dems to turn 5000+ votes in 2019 to over 17000 is nowt short or an amazing result, the tories to collapse a complete embarrasment,
Labour also come out as a failure on the night dropping from 12000+ to 3000 vote (and yes turnout may be an affect as was the minority that tactically voted), the greens held a similar vote share.

Either way the knive will be being sharpened even more in each of those eyeing the PM job this morning

 

[jaiguruKun]

As astounding the swing is I don't think brexit was amajor factor, the complete fuckwittery and corruption within government of the last year and particularry few months was more a factor in my opinion.

But looking at it beyond the swing and tonights shock result it is highly likely they could regain the seat in a GE, the trun out was down by over 18000 voters in what looks like voter apathy caused by recent sleaze and lies will that 18000 vote in a GE? Probably and will that change it back to a tory seat? Mor likely.

In terms though of those that did vote.
Lib dems to turn 5000+ votes in 2019 to over 17000 is nowt short or an amazing result, the tories to collapse a complete embarrasment,
Labour also come out as a failure on the night dropping from 12000+ to 3000 vote (and yes turnout may be an affect), the greens held a similar vote share.

Either way the knive will be being sharpened even more in each of those eyeing the PM job this morning

The Tories strategy will now be to replace Johnson with someone equally inept then pretend the last 2 years never happened or if it did it was someone else's fault.

 

[urban genie]

The Tories strategy will now be to replace Johnson with someone equally inept then pretend the last 2 years never happened or if it did it was someone else's fault.

Exactly and ride it out till 2024 with a hope the last 2 years will be forgotten by then or be blamed on the pandemic, and outside factors.

Oh and labours letter in the treasury circa 2009 ;-)

 

[Gabriel]

Devastating result for Johnson. In the last week, I’ve been listening carefully and hearing far more key ministers stressing “I” rather than “we”, which is often an indicator of ministers distancing themselves from the leader and setting themselves up for a leadership contest.

Johnson’s popularity with the party is solely down to the impression that he has the electoral Midas touch, but this result suggests he has lost more than a seat. I imagine they’ll limp along with him for a couple of months and then replace him with Sunak, especially if the pandemic peters out after Omicron. That will allow them to draw a line under the pandemic and offer up Johnson as the scapegoat when the public inquiry begins.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

A great result but we are not going to have 40 by elections between now and 2024. The Nasty Party will still rule.

 

[blueinsa]

I’m glad they lost and happy to see such a huge swing away from them but again…where the fuck are the Labour Party?

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Oliver Dowden after an absolute drubbing, ‘But, the booster programme …’.

Tories in shit, they have nothing other than the vaccine roll-out that any government would have done. The only difference is that any other government would not be hitting the death figures that we’ve seen.

 

[Vic]

I’m glad they lost and happy to see such a huge swing away from them but again…where the fuck are the Labour Party?

Winning by-elections where they are the main challenger to the evil Tories.

 

[blue for life]

I am astounded 12000 people voted for those cnuts. Says more about them than the Tories. Great tactical voting by Labour voters. I would have done the same in that and similar constituencies