Official STW General Election Night thread

I’m waiting for Boris’s “Is this a dagger which I see before me?” speech. The slimy two-faced chancer should be in his element,with a bit of luck he’ll destroy his own party.

I only stayed up tonight to let the terrible truth of a Tory landslide soak in rather than hit me full on the chin when I got up.

Glad I did. I’ve never voted for a party and still been pleased when they didn’t win.

Just to clarify, I mean Labour!

Night all, God bless the Remainers/ young voters and every body else that didn’t give the Tory’s the landslide they expected.

I kind of want the NHS to be around for my son’s generation and beyond…

It has a small glimmer of hopee of doing that now.:-)

JRM – It’s not a disaster

🙂

Hammond is gone

Salmond out Tories in.

Lib Dems down 21% in Alex Salmonds ex-seat.

Strange to say, but I don’t think Alex Salmond is going to be personally disappointed.

mental election.

Tory DUP coalition 🙁
But wow; what a night for Labour. Shame about the nouveau ScoTorys

new labour squirming

New Labour is dead, it’s next gen Labour according to keiza dugdale.

Scotland WTF have you done?

Alistair Campbell (new labour) on 5live

10-12 Tory MPs from Scotland, about a fifth. How many from England?

And remember, the Scots Tories will be EVEL’ed…..

Well according to the predictions Labour have 35 left to win… any more and it’s a very bad day for the Tories

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says there are conversations going on among Conservatives about what to do tomorrow about Theresa May.

“One former minister has said to me they find it hard to see how she can stay after this result,” she says.

It will depend on the final numbers – whether, with Northern Ireland votes, she can “comfortably” stay in government.

“One minister is urging people to have a good night’s sleep and a solution will be found that does not involve having another election.”

Laura adds there are going to be “some real strains” inside the Tory party “about wheher or not they should take a different course of action”.

Rees Deluded Mogg

Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg says he believes Theresa May will be continuing with the Brexit negotiations following the election.

“The prime minister is the prime minister,” he says.

He claims the election was “inevitable” following the Brexit vote and the arrival of a new prime minister in Mrs May.

“It’s not a disaster, but it’s not as good as it could’ve been,” he says, commenting on the election so far.

He accuses the Tory former chancellor George Osborne of “throwing rocks” at the situation.

Jacob Ress deluded Mogg

Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg says he believes Theresa May will be continuing with the Brexit negotiations following the election.

“The prime minister is the prime minister,” he says.

He claims the election was “inevitable” following the Brexit vote and the arrival of a new prime minister in Mrs May.

“It’s not a disaster, but it’s not as good as it could’ve been,” he says, commenting on the election so far.

He accuses the Tory former chancellor George Osborne of “throwing rocks” at the situation.

I’m struggling to cope with the fact that jambalaya seems to have been incredibly wrong about something. It’s weird.

Corbs pre-election speech:

“As we prepare for government, we have already changed the debate and given people hope. Hope that it doesn’t have to be like this; that inequality can be tackled; that austerity can be ended; that you can stand up to the elites and the cynics.

“This is the new centre ground. The place where most people actually are. The policies the majority actually want, not what the establishment and its media mouthpieces insist they should want. This is the new mainstream, and we have staked it out and made it our own – together.”

Worst… Prime Minister… Ever…

10 MPs from Scotland, about a fifth. How many from England?

Ah sorry I forgot humour isn’t allowed.

Halifax 400 -> 5000 😯

Just in case anyone has forgotten :

May to deliver a 75-100 seat Conservative and Unionist Party win

Anna Soubry on the BBC looking like she has already dispatched the knives, not sure how to even try and defend May or the campaign.

‘morning all.

Boris is allegedly “on maneouvres”.

Jacob RM doing his usual “everybody keep calm, there’s nothing to see, move along…”

Jeremy doing his usual “Hello, nice to see you, thanks for coming” through his shockingly neglected front garden.

Anna Soubry signalling May should go in coded language.

May to deliver

A phrase that resonates with the gravitas that it deserves, we all know what happend when May says she will deliver.
The Yodel of poilitical delivery

Edit. Repetition.

Anna Soubry signalling May should go in coded language.

Consider her position isn’t code…

tory mp…. “wretched election” 😯

Just woke, expected to see the exit poll was wrong and Torys steaming ahead, instead turn on to Tory’s saying May should go, pleasantly surprised

Rudd Scrapes in

Amber Rudd keeps her seat with a majority of about 300. 🙁

Yep, it’s probably hard to celebrate retaining on a recount by that low a margin.

Chuka Umunna squirming around to say he’s now a Jeremy man. How many former “Blairites” will declare themselves new enthusiasts for the revolution, comrade?

I suspect May will fall on her sword.

Either voluntarily or pushed by others.

I suspect May will fall on her sword.

Do you think she’ll let me hold it?

The poor pound!

By fall, you mean be firmly pushed on to

Do you think she’ll let me hold it?

The queue is so long you will need to get all 6 numbers on Saturday, I suspect that she will have to go and visit Murdoch shortly and explain herself.

Markie – Member
The poor pound!

Quite. I can’t manage either wild celebration or funereal misery.

As a remainer (actually physically moved to put my feet where my convictions are) I’m happy she’s going and her “hard Brexit” with her.

On the other hand, the Sterling to Euro rate is flooring it just at the point I didn’t need it to.

Swings and roundabouts…