Looks like labour ground game was as big as clueless
Oh no that great Spartan well of organised troops, the ground army, the better motivated soldiers they all made such a difference. After all as we have been told you have to have thactivists on the ground.
Sherwood Broxtowe Amber VAlley Carlisle Stroud Weaver Vale Lincoln Bedford Corby (hold compared to 2010) Brentford Hastings Northampton North Wirral West Cannock
Nigel Farage on ITV has just effectively said that UKIP are now an alternative party to Labour. A party for white working class bigots. I'm surprised he still has the nerve to wear his velvet collared camel hair coat.
He then walked on and took no questions - which I take it to mean he has lost. IF he has lost and resigns then UKIP will change character completely.
The problem for Labour is the perception they see all WWC people as bigots.
In the WWC north east Labour seems to have clung on.
Well yes, but it's something of a dead cat bounce - their NorthEast vote fell by 20% between 1997 and 2010, far bigger than falls in the South.
I agree. My point is that it doesn't get more white and working class than the NE.
Just a thought....if it does come out as predicted, Tories need Lib Dems.
Clegg can't stay as leader after this surely? If it isn't Nick who gets on well with Cameron, could it be seriously rocky if it is somebody like Fallon instead?
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! The Tories have won this election, haven't you heard?
God the media are still obsessed by twitter and Labour winning the twitter war.....it is clear that it is just a massive echo chamber and the silent majority aren't spending their whole life looking at politics on twitter.
If twitter was even a tiny bit representative, Labour would be on 50% of the vote share.
on my Laptop now. Had to switch to Vanilla forums discussions to make it readable. I hope the new margins are shortlived on the main site or Mike will lose his ad revenue.
Andrea - possibly one of the big stories of the night. Labour's famous ground game didn't just fall apart but it seems not even to have identified that they were losing. Big questions go answer. If the exit poll is right the Conservatives' campaign has been a scalpel
Christ almighty, it's looking like my dream outcome may eventuate - both UKIP and Labour utterly routed.
People's army my arse.
Farage has received the Roderick Spode treatment at the hands of Bertie Wooster:
The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you're someone. You hear them shouting "Heil, Spode!" and you imagine it is the Voice of the People. That is where you make your bloomer. What the Voice of the People is saying is: "Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags! Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?"
Andrea - possibly one of the big stories of the night. Labour's famous ground game didn't just fall apart but it seems not even to have identified that they were losing.
I disagree - their behaviour suggested they had figured it out.
Q1 Will Lib Dems have any MPs in London? Q2 Will there be any female LD MPs? Q3. Will there be any LD MPs in Wales? Q4. Will there be any LD MPs in Scotland?
Farage has received the Roderick Spode treatment at the hands of Bertie Wooster:
The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you're someone. You hear them shouting "Heil, Spode!" and you imagine it is the Voice of the People. That is where you make your bloomer. What the Voice of the People is saying is: "Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags! Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?"
Adrian Masters @adrianmasters84 · 12 min 12 minuti fa Conservative sources tell me Cardiff North genuinely on a knife edge; Montgomeryshire 'fine' & Brecon & R 'hopeful.'
no chance on nottingham s, or derby ne...sorry bbc
Why not? Huge council estate in Clifton, surrounded by owner occupiers in Wilford? Probably just needs the Con vote to stand still and enough Lab ->UKIP switchers.
Q1 Will Lib Dems have any MPs in London? Q2 Will there be any female LD MPs? 3. Will there be any LD MPs in Wales? 4. Will there be any LD MPs in Scotland?
I do always feel a little bit sorry for Dimblebore in these dead hours between 10pm and 1am. He literally has nothing to say apart from how interesting and exciting it all is.. For 3 hours.
I must admit I'm rather fond of him faffing up the video links though.
If by Nick losing you mean Nick Palmer, I think his comment about people who he'd have felt were going to vote for him refusing to disclose where they cast their vote may represent the biggest anecdotal nod of the night.
Q1 Will Lib Dems have any MPs in London? Q2 Will there be any female LD MPs? 3. Will there be any LD MPs in Wales? 4. Will there be any LD MPs in Scotland?
I predicted LDgeddon in the SW and in London.
But I didn't think it would be this bad.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall at your family gatherings ;-)
Q1 Will Lib Dems have any MPs in London? Q2 Will there be any female LD MPs? Q3. Will there be any LD MPs in Wales? Q4. Will there be any LD MPs in Scotland?
God the media are still obsessed by twitter and Labour winning the twitter war.....it is clear that it is just a massive echo chamber and the silent majority aren't spending their whole life looking at politics on twitter.
If twitter was even a tiny bit representative, Labour would be on 50% of the vote share.
Anna Burnside @MsABurnside 11 mins11 minutes ago Lib Dem candidate Graeme Cowie tells me that he has heard from a Tory that the SNP has beaten @Jim4Scotland by 10% #GE2015
Bugger. I've tried twice to get to sleep, but both times I've had to get up to listen to the radio (and come on PB, obviously). I had a meeting this afternoon and am knackered. I've had a large glass of whisky to try to still my mind, but all it's done is accelerate it.
I can see myself staying up all night. But I have a toddler to look after tomorrow.
Q1 Will Lib Dems have any MPs in London? Q2 Will there be any female LD MPs? Q3. Will there be any LD MPs in Wales? Q4. Will there be any LD MPs in Scotland?
Basildon could be very UKIP - BBC. And South Basildon and East Thurrock.
Yes but did you follow what she was saying. Absolutely hopeless journalism. 'I've seen a big pile of ukip' votes isn't what you need. You need the agents and candidates reactions.
Oooh BBC say big turnout, 70% and a lot of previous DNVs in South Basildon and E Thurrock voting Kipper and the reporter has seen the UKIP votes with her own eyes!
Christ almighty, it's looking like my dream outcome may eventuate - both UKIP and Labour utterly routed.
People's army my arse.
Farage has received the Roderick Spode treatment at the hands of Bertie Wooster:
The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you're someone. You hear them shouting "Heil, Spode!" and you imagine it is the Voice of the People. That is where you make your bloomer. What the Voice of the People is saying is: "Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags! Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?"
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UTTER BOLLOCKS.
BBC predicting Con holds:
Sherwood
Broxtowe
Amber VAlley
Carlisle
Stroud
Weaver Vale
Lincoln
Bedford
Corby (hold compared to 2010)
Brentford
Hastings
Northampton North
Wirral West
Cannock
Outgoing Great Grimsby MP @AVMitchell2010 predicts Labour's @OnnMel will win seat "by at least 2000 votes" #GE2015
but Mitchell is out of his depth...so you never know
Horrendous on the Tory/Lab battleground though.
If twitter was even a tiny bit representative, Labour would be on 50% of the vote share.
The Midlands is just horrible for Labour.
Just 30% majority.
First time in electoral history.
BBC have Balls surviving
Paisley North 76.3% turnout. Double wow!!
The question is: what happens if the Tories end up with 306 and not 316 ?
Mayhem.
Q2 Will there be any female LD MPs?
Q3. Will there be any LD MPs in Wales?
Q4. Will there be any LD MPs in Scotland?
Poor Nick, but talk about pride going before falls.
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Farage has received the Roderick Spode treatment at the hands of Bertie Wooster:
The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you're someone. You hear them shouting "Heil, Spode!" and you imagine it is the Voice of the People. That is where you make your bloomer. What the Voice of the People is saying is: "Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags! Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?"
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Brilliant!!
Conservative sources tell me Cardiff North genuinely on a knife edge; Montgomeryshire 'fine' & Brecon & R 'hopeful.'
And South Basildon and East Thurrock.
But I didn't think it would be this bad.
Reckons Cameron couldn't be PM if he won 316 seats.
I must admit I'm rather fond of him faffing up the video links though.
It certainly has been stuck in my head.
I thought it was Castle Point.
Lib Dem candidate Graeme Cowie tells me that he has heard from a Tory that the SNP has beaten @Jim4Scotland by 10% #GE2015
I can see myself staying up all night. But I have a toddler to look after tomorrow.
Can Zombies do childcare?
Come on I need a 20/1 winner!