General Election 2024

Yeah fair point, had forgotten about that. Wouldn't expect it to be much more than that though? Up to 15 maybe.

This proves the need for PR not FPTP. A vote against the Tory shower of shit. Lend my vote etc won it.

very decent majority for labour but I was hoping the cons would have fallen a lot further.
I'm not sure how to feel at the moment.
reform on 13 is sickening.

That Reform result has really sprinkled the shit on a good set of results. Which, I suppose, is what they exist for. The upside is that out of the predicted 13, it won't take long before half of them are involved in sex/fraud/bully scandals and be gone.

A lot of people are barking mad.

Will the 13 for Reform cement the belief amongst the Tories that they have to go further to the right, making them unelectable to their previous Centre-Right voters?

If the Tories and Reform squabble over (say) 20% of the electorate then that’s not great, but it likely keeps them out of power.

Isn’t being an MP going to inconvenience Farage in supporting Trump during the US election, also?

You imply he’s thought further ahead than the end of his nose.

I will personally like to rubbish this idea.

Re Reform, they won’t have any power and - particularly Farage - they’ll be terrible local MPs who people will get fed up with.

ian murray, secretary of state for scotland. excuse me while I go chew bricks

Was a great right back let’s give him a chance.

Incredible that so many people can still vote for the Tories but that's an amazing result none the less if it stays like that.

Right, I'm off to bed .

We saw similar with UKIP councillors. Few were ever re-elected. They were unable to understand and work within the structures of local government.

he’s a cretin

He is Raith rovers manager now so I will agree.

Why do they keep the specifics of the exit poll under wraps?

Not sure. I think it's likely that those Tory MPs who remain will be pretty centrist

To some degree it's not incorrect.

Looking at my constituency Labour have gained some ground, but based on the poll numbers what's turned it into a potentially winnable seat for the first time ever is Reform taking Tory votes.

Lol like he gaf 🤣

Some job on for this term however to further bury the cunts.

Reform predicted 13 seats a bit concerning - could be some serious support there. UKIP managed 1 MP in 2015 but had 12.6% of the vote share.

Feels less like an electorate voting in Labour, and more like people melting away from the Conservatives.

I think because they only survey 130 seats and extrapolate the rest

Pr or stv? So many options for what alternative voting system and variant could be used

It will almost certainly lead to a very rancorous leadership campaign in the Conservatives.

Possibly contested by Farage, post-defection, or other weird right-wingers like Badenoch, and whichever more moderate centre-right types have survived the cull.

Because people are still able to vote before 10 and the polls could sway them.