Pumped for this!
No football that night so a nice long sleep after work, up at 9pm for a snack and coffee fest in time for the Exit Polls.
LOVE election nights so much.
Yes, and it’s very telling that a lot more will follow in the coming weeks and even days according to Peston and other sources. They’re going to lose bigger than 1997, is my prediction, despite Reform, SNP, Libs and Greens diluting the vote from disenfranchised Labour left wingers and Muslim voters
They know the writing is on the wall and are saving face. Simply sidle into a nice City of London/consultancy job, wait for all this to blow over, and come back in 10 years when the new government burns out. Tale as old as time
Well Blair and Brown did some amazing things in government - introducing the national minimum wage for example. Sadly, as always happens due to the nature of politics, it all went sour. Very, very sour.
I don’t really follow what’s going on in this thread, but I’ll definitely be watching both the UK and US election nights - I absolutely love them. No joke, probably my favourite TV “event”. I have printouts and a set of highlighters, do my own “graphics” in downtime when awaiting results… 🤡
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I follow politics closely, so I’m not dense about these things - but there is something I really don’t understand here. Perhaps someone can give their thoughts.
After the Tories got their expected and well-deserved pasting (ongoing), Starmer immediately does that thing that opposition leaders...
Easy 107 councils tonight lads, no excuses. Looking forward to waking up to a new Labour government (not a New Labour government… well, actually kind of… oh never mind).
Mitoma hat-trick, Rayner with the other 104. UTA!