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Chorley is weird.
Party Candidate Votes %
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 26,831 67.3
Ind Mark Brexit-Smith 9,439 23.7
Green James Melling 3,600 9No Tory, no Labour (is that usually what happens in the Speaker's constituency?) and someone named "Brexit-Smith" running as an Independent?
Hoyle is speaker, other main parties dont stand.
Ah right, cheers. I know Hoyle is Speaker, I didn't know others then stood aside in that instance.
Is Mr Brexit-Smith being somewhat duplicitous then in standing as an Indie rather than BP?
The way I read the situation is that Brexit was the issue
If you look at those early results and votes picked up by the Brexit party that's pretty obvious.
Ah, this explains it.
He was the Brexit candidate but they followed convention and stood down so he changed his name and stood as an independent.
ITV calling Redcar for Tories
Think I've lost it with the North of England. Once a proud region of working people with open minds who had each others backs. Now just a nest of unthinking, selfish, blinkered, and frankly racist *****. 'Night all.
****ing Burnley's fallen.
Con gain
Burnley
Party Candidate Votes %
Con Antony Higginbotham 15,720 40.3
Lab Julie Cooper 14,368 36.9
Lib Dem Gordon Birtwistle 3,501 9
Brexit Stewart Scott 3,362 8.6
Burnley Charlie Briggs 1,162 3
Green Laura Fisk 739 1.9
Ind Karen Helsby Entwistle 132 0.3Christ, I'm not well to start with but I genuinely think I'm going to be sick. Still waiting for my constituency "expected 3am" ie in 4 minutes, and we're slap in the middle of a pile of reds and blues.
Ex labour MP Ruth Smeeth just tore Corbyn a new arsehole live on sky hahah.
Think I’ve lost it with the North of England. Once a proud region of working people with open minds who had each others backs. Now just a nest of unthinking, selfish, blinkered, and frankly racist *****. ‘Night all.
I see you have pivoted to my view of the world and the nation.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tzvY1OzoDbQ
Dodds gone. Hilarious.
How's his dad's dog?
How’s his dad’s dog?
Doggone!
So anyone missing them yet?
I think we've got quite enough lies, Fabrications and war zones to deal with, without bringing them back, don't you?
Predicted Tory seats being forecast down by 10 to 357
Think I’ve lost it with the North of England. Once a proud region of working people with open minds who had each others backs. Now just a nest of unthinking, selfish, blinkered, and frankly racist *****. ‘Night all.
Yup. I’m going to try my best not to hold this against northerners though. Will be hard. Off to bed. I’ve drunk enough. School run will be fun.
I think we’ve got quite enough lies, Fabrications and war zones to deal with, without bringing them back, don’t you?
At least we were cool man.
War crimes have a certain ring to them.
Brexit and our current situation is just pathetic.
Also, has anyone seen my moral compass?
It's all over, isn't it.
They needed to gain 20 seats. They've already done that, they now just need to continue to break even over the next ~450 result announcements.
****.
Also, has anyone seen my moral compass?
It's in the pocket of your shell suit, with your happy Mondays bucket hat.
Yup, predicting majority of 76 now.
It’s done, night folk, see you on the other side.
It’s in the pocket of your shell suit, with your happy Mondays bucket hat.
This made me laugh.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU........................!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Con gain
Hyndburn
Party Candidate Votes %
Con Sara Britcliffe 20,565 48.5
Lab Graham Jones 17,614 41.5
Brexit Gregory Butt 2,156 5.1
Lib Dem Adam Waller-Slack 1,226 2.9
Green Katrina Brockbank 845 2Graham Jones has (narrowly) been our MP for as long as I can remember. Something stinks here.
Ooh Zacs gone!
I’m vaguely turned on.
It’s all over, isn’t it.
It ain't over til its over. They are down to a majority of 31. We knew the red wall was going to fall. Maybe the entire south goes labour to reamin.
Something stinks here.
Did you remember to flush?
66% brexit innit.
I hope you're right, but at this point I can but admire your optimism.
I can but admire your optimism.
Is it optimism if it's merely utter dread of the alternative?
Twitter suggests JC has resigned.
Twitter suggests that apples are made out of gravel.
I do hope it's true, but we're gonna need a source for that.
Ian Dunt do?
Corbyns true believers like Ash Sakar retweeting this...
Two really good points from
@novaramedia
:1.
@AyoCaesar
: “the project is socialism, not Corbynism”.2.
@AaronBastani
: “this is a 30+ year project”. One election is just one battle in a much longer class struggle.Anyone who thinks socialism depends on one election is v wrong
Hahah batten down on the stupidity for the cause comrades, that’ll learn em!
do hope it’s true, but we’re gonna need a source for that.
He hasn't resigned but he did say in his speech that he wouldn't lead labour into the next GE.
Corbyn just stated he’s going to stay on to oversee Labours period of introspection and to help oversee the leader election.
Lol.
So more **** wittery then.
Flint gone.
Rabb's won his seat by losing 20,000 of his 23,000 majority from last election. 18% swing, or twice labour's swing in the north. Close but no cigar.
I despair.
I'd start drinking heavily if I didn't have work in five hours. I should probably try and get some sleep, like that's going to happen.
Swinson gone!
Halfway through and it's a demolition.
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Total votes
Conservative 189 48 6 +42 7,349,488
Labour 123 9 36 -27 5,681,287
Scottish National Party 27 9 1 +8 658,759
Liberal Democrat 6 2 9 -7 1,763,038Jesus.
this is just depressing as hell 😩
The remarkable thing is the efficiency of the conservative vote. 30% more votes 50% more seats.
It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas - the people have rejected division and hate, the politics of us vs. them.
ahh ffsake...alister Jack has held onto Dumfries & Galloway...this is just **** depressing no matter the overall outcome.
He’s a closet racist entitled Tory prick 🤯
Hopefully this new re-invented Labour Party will have PR as an aim. Hillary Benn said problems were
Brexit
Corbyn
Not believing they could deliver manifesto (ie too many promises)
Agreed.
It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Just what the turkeys wanted.