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First result is in at Houghton and Sunderland South.
Labour hold with 18,847 (47.1%) but Reform second with 11,668 (29.1%). Turnout also down compared to last 2 elections.
13 seats for Reform feels like it would be more than a foot in the door for Faragism if the exit poll is accurate for them. I hope Labour will be able to provide effective counters to this.
Of course it's also possible that with suddenly gaining MPs in double digits, the inexperienced party might keep tripping over itself before it can trip anyone else.
Chances of at least 2 of them being disqualified/resigning for saying something awful is like 100%. There will be by-elections in no time.
Does anyone have a list of when the results are typically announced for each seat?
Is anyone watching the C4 programme? Nadine Dorries is made out of pure salt right now. Her and Alistair Campbell are scrapping at every opportunity. Chaotic but entertaining.
I'm flipping between C4 and BBC. I don't understand why they have so many Tories on the panel? Dories, Karting, Stewart and Zahawi? They've only got two labour people and Vince cable has been relegated to the children's table?
More potential for drama I guess. Labour's attitude is too subdued.
Yeah that was funny, she picked a fight with the wrong person!
Cons looking at 130ish seats let the blood games begin!
130 too many, but I'll take it!
Yeah I was hoping they would fall under 100. The exit poll is just another poll though - it still could change yet. Maybe the projections won't properly account for the effect of Reform and independents.
It's a tricky one, I want the Tories annihilated, but less so if it brings Reform in, shudder.
SNP hooo boy
hahaha get fucked SNP. We are so close to putting all this independence pish to bed. It was still affecting my vote a decade after the referendum. So tired of having to prioritise the constitutional question over everything else.
It'll be nice not to have to listen to them shoehorn independence into every debate
Exit poll soon!
As a non-european I have some questions!
Firstly, is voting in the UK compulsory?
Secondly, how likely is it that the polls are wrong and the Tories will form government?
And thirdly, how have the Tories suddenly fallen from grace? They've presided over a real shit show for the last decade but kept getting elected. What changed?
The polls can possibly be wrong if something is really close, but this basically never happens. Unfortunately, voting isn't compulsory
Polls in the US and Australia in the last decade have been absurdly inaccurate.
Well, right now Kier Starmer is meeting with His Majesty the King where The King will ask him to form a new government
1 - Nope.
2 - That remains to be seen, but the polls have never been too far wrong in the past.
3 - 14 years of mismanagement, no Brexit to use a as single policy election and the rise of Reform.
2: As Starmer and many others predicted, the end result was much tighter than the polls predicted. Lots of shy Tories out there, and a smaller number of people switching from Labour to Green as a protest (as we'd seen in our local council elections).
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TBH IDGAF who wins but I'm just happy the Tories are on their way out.
Don't screw this up.
Well, so long as Reform don't get in?