General Election June 2017

It's a bit like when the backwoodsmen had to come up to Westminster, it takes a while.

I think a lot of them are more rural constituencies so it takes longer for the ballot boxes to come in to the count - plus some returning officers aren't as competitive as others in their desire to win the trophy for first result declared.

44 seats to go, I'm going to bed.

didn't sleep a wink, feeling more awake than I have done in a long time

Just woken up after a nice early night, couldn't face tracking it through the early hours, feeling really quite fucking elated...

Really disappointed with the Norwich North result. Conservative hold, but only 500 seats in it and only 68% turnout. Doesn't feel like Labour put much into it, and the Greens here steadfastly insisted it wasn't that marginal and not to vote tactically

Elation is waning in the face of con&dup coalition.

BBC spinning it as shy remainers. Surely it's the young coming out mobilised by Corbyn socialist policies?

We're in a total disaster zone now.

Why?

I had to find Maybots speech when she retained her seat. "Blah stability stability stability stable stability" she mentioned stability four or five fucking times. Utter idiot. Can't wait to see her wobble off her perch.

Funniest joke - winner 2015.

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I remain not​ a betting man, even though I would've come out ahead on almost every other recommendation and prediction for the night.

I got East Devon and South West Surrey wrong too, and I really hoped those ones would fall.

Well to begin with, Brexit negotiations are supposed to start in 10 days and currently nobody really holds a mandate to conduct them. If we send anyone, they'll operate from a very weakened position and if we don't it just serves the EU an upper hand for when we finally do.

I think people overestimate how much negotiating there will be.

With a hard Brexit fucking over their economy? Let's see.

I disagree with this upper hand / head to head type assessment of the EU negotiation. I have a great deal of respect for Michel Barnier who has been nothing but concise and clear, if we leave EU and the single market we can not have a better arrangement than we do now. That is the proposal so we will have a worse deal than now. The worrying odds from EU officials that talks would break down and result in no deal were at 60% before the election, I'll take those odds as a world of caution against May's 'strong' position. The media galvanised the Brexiteers into thinking they actually had power. In my eyes a 'weakened' position is wholly beneficial at the moment if it means talks don't break down. My reservations are that someone more caustic than May will take charge and there will be a second GE where Tories get the majority, I reckon by the end of today odds will favour second GE in next year

Let's not forget, the NI administration have been complaining a lot that their voice wasn't being heard on Brexit.

Just woke up, coffee isn't working yet. Am I happy?

OMG I went to university with him. Surely it has to be the same person I mean how many people can have that name.Turns out it's not the same person . I guess it's not an uncommon name after all.

But nobody cares, the popular vote was remain but DUP have 10 seats in Parliament supporting Brexit

Which makes me think the Tories would prefer a minority government at the moment. If they get into bed with the DUP, the Brexit mouth-frothers will punish them in the next election. 3-4 months seems likely.

@johnmcdonnellMP says Labour wants to form a minority government and
challenges SNP, Green and LibDems to support it. Woooooo

https://twitter.com/Peston/status/873057307709526020

Great stuff, so what next?

Zac's back.

LD's already said no coalitions so probably a no go.