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https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/1808866342499406171

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Posted : 04/07/2024 11:58 pm
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"I was looking forward to seeing the C4 coverage, but I can’t watch that hateful woman"

Same - lasted about until about 10.15 before switching to the BBC!


 
Posted : 04/07/2024 11:58 pm
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Hannah Fry is so much better than Curtice (self promoting Skeletor wannabe)


 
Posted : 04/07/2024 11:58 pm
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Do we only like FPTP when it works to minimise numbers of those we disagree with?

Nah I hate it regardless.
Sadly as much as I dislike it a lot of people are being convinced by the rubbish spewed by Farage and friends. The only hope would be that if we did had a proper electoral system the other parties would make more of an effort to help them. Admittedly the problem is this is a accumulative issue of them being ignore for the swing seats so hard to fix. Plus there is also the illogical part of it eg various bits of Wales and Cornwall voting brexit despite the only people giving a vague toss about them being the EU.


 
Posted : 04/07/2024 11:59 pm
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**** a duck, Stirling possible flip to tory? WTAF?


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:00 am
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The Sky website points out that the exit poll is in 133 constituencies.
"The majority of constituencies are selected because they reflect the battle between the two main parties - Labour and the Conservatives. A smaller number represent battlegrounds between the Liberal Democrats and each of the two main parties".

I'm hoping that means the results for LibDem and Reform are, erm, more fluid.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:00 am
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Posted : 05/07/2024 12:00 am
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Is there anywhere to watch the results that doesn't have people that give me the urge to smash my TV? Tried C4 and BBC so far


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:02 am
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Channel 4 doing the vox pops. Young people switching from Labour to Reform at the last minute.
Guess we know which votes Labour are going to be chasing for the next 5 years.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:02 am
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For Reform to become a major party, the two main parties must have muppets in their ranks.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:02 am
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Well, the Sky exit poll has Macclesfield at 97% chance of going to Labour. It's been Tory, and solidly, safely, not a tad marginally Tory, since 1918. Nineteen. Eighteen.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:04 am
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Labour reported to maybe have a smaller share of the vote than they did under Corbyn in 2017


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:04 am
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Reform wasn't a factor in 2017 and they've gained a third of their voters from labour


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:07 am
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David TC Davies has conceded.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:07 am
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99% labour gain here


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:07 am
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Reform wasn’t a factor in 2017 and they’ve gained a third of their voters from labour

5% then, out of Labour’s 40-45%. Neither surprised nor that worried. Yet.

Leadsom acting like a stateswoman !?!?!?!


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:10 am
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**** a duck, Stirling possible flip to tory? WTAF?

Labour and the SNP splitting the anti tory vote could let tories in in Scotland.  a side effect of FPTP or possibly the old tory / labour anti SNP pact?


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:11 am
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Sunak resigning tomorrow as PM?

What are we thinking?


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:11 am
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https://flic.kr/p/2q2bMUf

Slow handclap for James Daly. Don’t let the door hit your arse on the way out


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:12 am
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Sunak will be off to the US ASAP.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:12 am
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Until the results are in I'm enjoying the thought rishi, kemi, cruella could all fall... what ever happens, tonight is a most excellent night.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:13 am
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https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/1808976195834556778

"accidentally"


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:14 am
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What are we thinking?

I am thinking he voted labour in the hope he can bin off this experiment with politics completely tomorrow morning . It was fun trying to impress the inlaws and all but overall unsuccessful.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:14 am
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****ing hell Sunderland


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:14 am
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Historically over all elections since 1900, the median share of the vote for Labour has been 38%, and 42% for Conservatives. Labour have polled as per historic rate. Conservatives have lost about half of their share. Much of that has been to Reform.

Brexit has destroyed the Conservative Party.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:14 am
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Wow ... Sunderland with Reform in the second place. Approximately 7k plus difference only.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:15 am
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He won't be PM, only decision is whether he leads Tories still...


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:15 am
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“accidentally”

Tricky.
I would have thought gbeebies would be more likely to announce reform the winners followed by the tories.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:15 am
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Sunderland South announced.  Labour 18k, Reform 11k, Tories 5k.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:15 am
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My constituency 99% lab gain.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:15 am
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Sunak resigning tomorrow as PM?

What are we thinking?"

5.55 am "I'm standing down as leader of the Conservative Party "

First flight out of the country 6am more like.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:15 am
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Sunderland South, that's a cracking result for Reform to come second.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:16 am
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51% turnout in Sunderland. That's disappointing.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:16 am
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51 % turnout 😕


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:16 am
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It's worth remembering that the new Parliamentary Tory Party is likely to be less right-wing than the previous one.

The Tories who are most likely to hold on to their seats are those in the traditional deep Tory heartlands, these tend to have more One Nation Tories.

In contrast the Tories most likely to lose their seats are those in the traditional Labour Red Wall seats, these tend to be working class rabid right-wingers like 30p Lee.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:17 am
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1 down! Well done but scary at the same time


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:18 am
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Massive vote for Reform! 29%! Sweet baby Jesus and the orphans!


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:18 am
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Good call Ernie - fingers crossed.

JRM on BBC, What a **** with his diptych of Churchill and Thatcher behind him


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:18 am
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Rees-Mogg is now trying to explain why we're shit and he's correct


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:19 am
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Gbeebies have got full behind Reform now. Grifters gotta grift.

Wouldnt recommend their coverage, looks like they spent a tenner in duct tape and an old plasma TV.?


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:20 am
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"First flight out of the country 6am more like."

Unlikely I would have thought. Unless he has lost his seat as well. If he has held his seat then he will have to resign his seat and step down before leaving, surely.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:21 am
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Leadsom acting like a stateswoman !?!?!?!

And JRM - what alternate universe have I wandered in to?


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:21 am
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Brexit has destroyed the Conservative Party

I mean,as much as I hate Brexit, there is a delightful irony that Cameron's gamble to save them has ended up destroying them


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:21 am
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"Massive vote for Reform! 29%! Sweet baby Jesus and the orphans!"

That Sunderland South result (Reform 2nd) matches the FT seat predictor. Reform slightly higher, FT predicted 25% and their overall prediction gives Reform 1 seat (Clacton).


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:23 am
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He'll do a Dave Cameron. He said he'd stay as MP and LOTO if that was how the poll went but now he'll say that clearly the people have rejected his offering and to stay would be a distraction.


 
Posted : 05/07/2024 12:24 am
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