Swindon South. Labour gain from tory, Reform-UK in third. 16% swing from tory to labour. 62% turnout. Bit of a love-in between labour and tory candidates. Very decent.
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- Thread starter Bozza
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Buckland saying that lying is wrong....he's a Tory!
Quite nice, sensible and complimentary speeches from Labour (in) and Tory (out) candidates . Pity the rest of House Of Commons isn’t like them.
KZNSeagull
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Buckland was quite a loud voice for autistic people so I hope that there will be some even louder ones in the next parliament.
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
- 20,474
Shut up Swindon loser twat
Duck off you PRICK
Duck off you PRICK
Politics’ loss; skydiving, motorcycling and fast catamaran sailing’s gain!What a c u n t Steve baker f***ing brilliant he has lost his seat
[FPTP person here].
Almost 2/3’s of the Commons on 39% of the vote is absurd, almost undemocratic. No sympathy for Reform, but for the Green’s etc pretty unfair.
More worryingly, for Labour a fragile mandate going forward. In 97 it was obvious to me Blair would win 3 elections with a fair wind. Remember he was up against people the country would never warm to eg IDS.
Labour will have to work their socks of with serious strategy and policies. No relying on gimmicks like Cool Brittania.
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
- 20,474
Why?
Low turnout so far
Yeah, sorry for baiting you. But Reform will support any alternative to FPTP that will give them more seats. Which they would (give them more seats). Because that's what more fairness delivers.
Only if you think the system you want to replace FPTP with will not affect the GE outcome, would not make a fairer change, would you be correct that changing FPTP would not help Farage.
QED.
I think it depends on how the Conservatives react to the defeat (which I'm still not allowing myself to think is guaranteed).
As we've seen in the previous couple of elections, you can get away with a lot if most people don't see the opposition as a plausible government.
Sounds like he's a good man.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 71,926
It's got 410-131 written all over it
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
- 20,474
What a c u n t Steve baker f***ing brilliant he has lost his seat
He lost money investing in gold when the value of gold increased.
True story.
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He did, didn't he. These are the 'good Tories' - if we'd had more of them things wouldn't be in such a state.
How do you feel about the evaporation of SNP support?
Hopefully the worm will turn.