[Youngian]

Just been to cast my vote. I had to laugh when I saw the name of the Reform candidate - Russell Winston Armstrong. He is the only candidate to have his middle name included on the ballot paper.

Suspect Mr Orpen-Smellie will romp home.

[safe_timber_man]

Really?? He's the gift that keeps on giving

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[Bones McCoy]

Tomorrow morning we'll get out first glimpse of the power of shy tories.

[Youngian]

Really?? He's the gift that keeps on giving



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Oh my word, the demagogue who gerrymandered himself out of a vote.

[Bones McCoy]

The joy to be that polling centre staffer...

I hope they properly celebrate their 15 minutes of fame.

Really?? He's the gift that keeps on giving



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[kreuzberger]

The do-you-know-who-i-am-ery must have been in spate, matched only by the gales of laughter. Priceless.

[Oboogie]

I'd be so tempted... "Oh, were you in Grange Hill? The fat kid who got bullied?"

[Watchman]

Mid-term? Seeing as unless a GE is called, Parliament will automatically be dissolved on 17th Dec 2024. You would think the Chairman of the party would understand timelines. He probably thinks every time you change PM the 5 years starts again

Heart goes out' to losing Tories, says Holden
Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden who we heard from earlier has also been speaking to BBC Breakfast.

He says his "heart goes out" to Tory colleagues who have lost their seats overnight.

"Overall a disappointing night for us but that's what you expect from parties in mid-term of government," he adds.

[Yug]

Mid term? Surely it's the End Times - for them, anyway.

[Tubby Isaacs]

The PCC elections aren't going very well for the Tories. Only win so far is Lincolnshire.

Labour won Avon and Somerset despite large Green and Lib Dem votes. In a sense, the Tories were hard done by because Bristol had its turnout boosted by council elections. But fuck it, they changed the electoral system to favour themselves.

[Nigredo]

Re: Binface - we could, and indeed for far too many years have, done a lot worse

He did the Jello Biafra thing of having largely agreeable comedy policies but sprinkling in the odd actual decent idea as well. I was saddened that Tory tom-fuckery with FPTP led to having to cast my vote for Khan to be certain that Susan (the scary woman of White) Hall was kept out.

I haven't yet caught up with my dad about which cryptofascist he voted for. I wonder if he went for the borderline Nazi.

[Nigredo]

Also, apologies for the double post but I'm relishing in Laura K witnessing the count this morning:

[Tubby Isaacs]

[Abernathy]

I am particularly delighted that Labour has won back control of Redditch,

It's an indicator that Chris Bloore is well on course to boot out the disgusting Rachel McClean.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Fuck's sake. Why say this? I'll be generous and assume it means "Hamas launching the war" has created a political problem that's helped Street. But there are less generous readings.

Labour are briefing they believe they are on course for defeat in the West Midlands mayoral race, with support for independent candidate Akhmed Yakoob, who stood on a pro-Gaza ticket, a major factor.

A senior party source said: "It’s the Middle East, not West Midlands, that will have won [Conservative candidate] Andy Street the mayoralty. Once again Hamas are the real villains."

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ah, the Independent who took a lot of votes is a pal of Galloway. Fuck him.

But still not wise to say that at all.

[Tubby Isaacs]

The Tories still losing over half their seats. I don't know if they've got some councils not fought last time in 2021 to come in (where they'd have lost the seats already) but this is very bad.

[The Weeping Angel]

Ah, the Independent who took a lot of votes is a pal of Galloway. Fuck him.

But still not wise to say that at all.

Yeah I agree. Personally I'm worried about what will happen in a general election will thse same voters back Galloway candidates then.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Yeah, I think lots of them will. But they're mostly in safe seats.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ouch. Tories have lost 10 out of 14 seats they were defending in Welwyn and Hatfield. Grant Shapps has a problem. I've noticed before that they're doing badly in Hertfordshire. Sunak could be spending the election campaign shoring up the Home Counties.