UK Politics

[Kurosagi]

Tedious having to wait for the big tory seats. I think the first cabinet minister maybe up for the chop is Oliver Dowden, probably in a couple of hours or so.

[Kurosagi]

Mick Lynch is great fun on Sky. Big argument with Hodge. Burnham trying to get involved too. Don't think Starmer will have a particularly long honeymoon period.

[Ryan1984]

Bring back Ozanne!

[Kurosagi]

How the sodding 'ell do you put tweets in a reply these days <grrr>?

 

Anyway, if the below happens then the SNP are truly toast:

 

[flyingmonkeypigs]

1 hour ago, Alvoram said:

That's interesting, what area of the country are you? 

Around here it's all the 'old boys' that are very pro reform, most of the youngsters I know are very anti Farage, and see him and his supporters as fascist dinosaurs. 

The worry for me is that Reform/ Farage have realised they need to throw the electorate a bone. I’ve also seen young men advocate for them, but they’re often keen to say they don’t want to throw anyone out. They do however like a much higher tax allowance and the idea of majority public ownership of public utilities.

 

Farage is currently combining media goodwill (mail, sun, express, etc…) with policies that wouldn’t look out of place in a Corbyn manifesto and that’s a dangerous combination once Labour have disappointed with their lack of progress and further disaffection come 2028.

[Kurosagi]

[Kurosagi]

10 minutes ago, flyingmonkeypigs said:

Farage is currently combining media goodwill (mail, sun, express, etc…) with policies that wouldn’t look out of place in a Corbyn manifesto and that’s a dangerous combination once Labour have disappointed with their lack of progress and further disaffection come 2028.

 

If Starmer doesn't impress as a PM and pull some fat rabbits out of the threadbare manifesto hat then it's a real concern when thinking about the impact Farage could have in stirring things up and maneuvering to secure a populist right wing swing come the next election. Could be bleak.

 

Hope the media don't continue to underestimate him. He might be a pint sized Trump, but he's adept enough to play the same tricks Trump does with possibly the same impact.

[Kurosagi]

Bollox, was hoping Mark Francois would lose, or at least come close to losing.

[Punksnotdead]

Ugh! The vile Lee Anderson won - the first moment of disgust of the night!

[Kurosagi]

Reform get their first seat of the night (Lee Anderson), wonder how many they'll end up with? Their % has been a bit below the poll averages and they've missed out on Barnsley South so far...

[Kurosagi]

God it's a big majority too.

[Kurosagi]

Would love to be a fly on the wall of tory hq as I should imagine the vitriol being screamed at farage and reform must be acidic.

[Kurosagi]

Galloway lost and couldn't be arsed to go on stage for the count. Poor form.

[Punksnotdead]

GALLOWAY GONE! f**king marvellous!

[Kurosagi]

Hilarious listening to Burnham rip into Galloway "our communities will be glad to see the back of him" being one of the more polite things he said.

[Kurosagi]

Blimey, turnout for Rayner's seat was only 49%. Was it raining up north or something today?!

[Punksnotdead]

Massive champagne moment for me! Cheltenham Lib Dem gain - Alex Chalk gone! I am so f**king happy!

[Kurosagi]

...and let's pop another one for Shapps gone. Bye Bye.

[Kurosagi]

f**k it, IDS is staying.

[Punksnotdead]

Just now, Kurosagi said:

...and let's pop another one for Shapps gone. Bye Bye.

Yep - unfortunately IDS has won, the horrible twat!

[Kurosagi]

IDS was predicted to be a comfortable labour victory. Weird some of the results tonight.

[LJS]

5 minutes ago, Kurosagi said:

IDS was predicted to be a comfortable labour victory. Weird some of the results tonight.

Entirely Labour's fault for binning an excellent canidate.

[Kurosagi]

Corbyn lives for another day.

[Kurosagi]

...and not even close in the end, huge win.

[Kurosagi]

Well Farage wins, was there any doubt? Let's move swiftly on...