[Politics] The NSC 'up all night' election night *** OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD ***

[jcdenton08]

Very little is being reported on the Greens performance, but 4 MPs is a fantastic result

It’s on the front page of BBC news, and to be fair the BBC interviewed the co-leader about their wins and haven’t spoken to Reform before or since Tice much earlier in the evening. They haven’t spoken to Plaid Cymru either, it’s just not the main story of the night to be fair

 

[Randy McNob]

The party with no plan - their plan worked perfectly !

What was the Tories plan in the end? scarper...?

 

[Seagull27]

Tories will get over 150, it is a guarantee

How's that going for you?

 

[Bold Seagull]

It was a bit of a rollercoaster. Even though exit poll was decent, the 13 predicted seats for Reform was disappointing, and then more so when they revised the Cons up to 160 and LDs and Labour down by about 10 each.

Got to be happy with the outcome with Lab, LD and Greens all outperforming the exit poll prediction at expense of Reform and Cons!

It’s reassuring more of the Tory voters turned to Libs rather than Reform.

 

[Machiavelli]

Not Rishi's fault either. Everyone over the last 100 years is responsible

45 years, in my view.

 

[nwgull]

Very little is being reported on the Greens performance, but 4 MPs is a fantastic result

Get used to it, unfortunately. Reform are going to get disproportionately more coverage over the next 5 years, despite having the same number of MPs.

 

[BBassic]

I didn't make it the whole night but what wonderful stuff to wake up to.

Truss, The Victorian Lizardman both losing their seats. Reform not nabbing as many as the exit poll predicted. A good night for Lib Dems and the Greens.

And crucially, finally, an end to 14 years of calamitous Tory rule.

I'm going to treat myself to an extra dollop of peanut butter on my toast.

 

[Eeyore]

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Who that standing next to Mr Baked Bean Head ?

 

[birthofanorange]

It may well be wet and windy, but it's a beautiful morning, isn't it?

 

[nwgull]

It’s reassuring more of the Tory voters turned to Libs rather than Reform.

Anywhere reporting the percentages overall? C4 were covering it earlier and Reform was only on about 14% after about 350 declarations, which included their 4 wins and general best areas of support.

 

[Machiavelli]

Truss graciously blaming her defeat on 'the inheritance' the Tories received in 2010.
Labour crashed the economy.
They left a note saying there was no money left.
They sold the gold.

 

[Randy McNob]

Truss being interviewed now, still banging on about all the things (immigration etc) her constituents destroyed her on.

No contrition just Total delusion right to the end

 

[Machiavelli]

Anywhere reporting the percentages overall? C4 were covering it earlier and Reform was only on about 14% after about 350 declarations, which included their 4 wins and general best areas of support.

15% was the last I saw.
Interestingly, looks like Labour's 40% in 2017 will be larger than their 2024 landslide-winning percentage. Tories got c24%

Edit: see this link, showing Labour on just 34.7%, whereas Reform got 14.3% (still some to delare):

UK general election results in full: Labour wins in landslide

With nearly all of the 650 seats declared, Keir Starmer has become the new prime minister with a large Labour majority. Follow the final results and find out how your constituency voted

www.theguardian.com

 

[TomandJerry]

Ed Davey’s Liberal Democrats are set to be the third biggest party in the House of Commons, with at least 68 seats in the new parliament.

 

[Zeberdi]

@Bozza - please can you unlock the Liz Truss thread now otherwise people will get upset this thread is too much about her/my posts and not other results? Thanks.

 

[GrizzlingGammon]

I've got relatives in Tory stronghold, Northptonshire South. They were hoping for Labour to boot out the Tories, but not hopeful. Although they thought it might be close. So I'm looking out for that one.

 

[Eeyore]

@Bozza - please can you unlock the Liz Truss thread now otherwise people will get upset this thread is too much about her/my posts and not other results? Thanks.

I think it should be pinned to the top

 

[Seagull27]

It’s on the front page of BBC news, and to be fair the BBC interviewed the co-leader about their wins and haven’t spoken to Reform before or since Tice much earlier in the evening. They haven’t spoken to Plaid Cymru either, it’s just not the main story of the night to be fair

Perhaps I didn't word that particularly well - it's being reported, but I don't feel it acknowledges the level of performance. I don't remember seeing much suggestion that the Greens would get any more than 2 MPs, it's a phenomenal result for them

 

[CheeseRolls]

Are there any Etonians left in parliament, or Harrowians for that matter and is this finally the end of the Bullingdon Club era?

Who in the Tory party will be able to carry the natural ruling party aura now?

 

[Machiavelli]

I've got relatives in Tory stronghold, Northptonshire South. They were hoping for Labour to boot out the Tories, but not hopeful. Although they thought it might be close. So I'm looking out for that one.

Is that one of the 9 to declare?