Some of us pointed this out when Labour sat out by-elections in Eastleigh and Rochester & Strood and were pooh-poohed. This is the result.
Quite. And some of us pointed out there were problems within Scottish Labour - 'nothing to see here' we were told. But in fairness, I don't think any of us quite anticipated the scale of the drubbing......
For the sake of the Union the Tories need to be generous and magnanimous with the Nats, and sort out a Federal Britain, which helpfully excludes Labour from government forever, and for all time, everywhere.
The problem with that is that the Tories have a real difficulty replacing the Lords with a Senate of the Nations and Regions.
There were signs of swings to the Tories in the South even with Lord Ashcroft.
There was nothing of the sort of this, in none of the 170 constituency polls that LordA ever conducted, even in his latest Swindon poll. LordA is rubbish in his polls, utter trash.
If things go as they are you have to admit the tories have played an exceptional long game.
1) Set up Labour as patsys for the Scottish Referendum 2) Promise the referendum to pull back blue kippers 3) Used the effect of 1 to frighten middle England back to them.
Since Labour didn't make the slightest attempt in five years to reach out to southern England, it is hardly surprising to see swings away from them in southern marginals. Some of us pointed this out when Labour sat out by-elections in Eastleigh and Rochester & Strood and were pooh-poohed. This is the result.
Since Labour didn't make the slightest attempt in five years to reach out to southern England, it is hardly surprising to see swings away from them in southern marginals. Some of us pointed this out when Labour sat out by-elections in Eastleigh and Rochester & Strood and were pooh-poohed. This is the result.
I said the same. A one nation party needs to be relevant everywhere.
Labour will find it really hard to get Scotland back. I don't it'll be impossible for Labour to win seats there, but I doubt they'll ever recover their dominance of Scotland. It could be like the Tories' situation with the NE of England. Which means both parties will obsess over the Midlands and the South of England even more than they've done before.
Labour only need to take TEN seats off the Tories that the Exit Poll (margin 25 seats) doesn't predict for the ONLY government to form be dependent on the 62/63 SNP/Plaid MPs.
Labour now conceding ALL except Edinburgh South in Edinburgh's five seats.
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I'm guessing Freer in Finchley is going not just to hold on but to wallop Sackman.
Nice the way Labour campaigned there - reminding all the orthodox Jews Freer is gay, hoping this would make them hate him, and vote for the candidate with bigots on the ground.
Incidentally, the reason I'm posting here is that the Broxtowe count doesn't start till 2. They're currently separating GE and local government votes and verifying each (why they don't have separate boxes, who knows?).
Best of luck Nick. You would have had my vote.
I sincerely hope Nick loses (nothing personal) but I really can't stand Soubry either. What a shame they can't both lose.
Stand by for Nick telling us for months how he wasn't really bothered anyway.
what sort of swing to Tories needed for an overall maj? Is this out of question now? Might 4.2% be enough?
1% is enough if in the right seats. Assuming LD collapse which we know has happened.
Shocking result for LAB in Swindon N - 1987 scenario possible 229 seats
Appalling. Why were the opinion polls wrong? But in fact IIRC then Ashcroft's regional breakdown was predicting just this sort of result even if his national %ages were closer. This is head popping stuff.
What a shame IOS' internet connection is down on this night of all nights.
Compouter's squirrel chewed through the cable.
The pair of them are now desperately trying to find a ladder to repair the break, though the furry little fellow might be a goner after taking 50 volts of BritishTelecom's finest DC through his choppers.
What a shame IOS' internet connection is down on this night of all nights.
Compouter's squirrel chewed through the cable.
The pair of them are now desperately trying to find a ladder to repair the break, though the furry little fellow might be a goner after taking 50 volts of BritishTelecom's finest DC through his choppers.
The answer is simple. Labour are being squeezed by two kinds of nationalism. There are three losers in this election. 4 if you count Lord Mandelson.
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1) Set up Labour as patsys for the Scottish Referendum
2) Promise the referendum to pull back blue kippers
3) Used the effect of 1 to frighten middle England back to them.
Pretty much everything else has been noise.
According to the exit poll, there should have been a 1% swing to Labour in Swindon N. There was a 4.3% swing to the Conservatives.
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JackW was right all along polls and myself miles out by the looks of it
Wandsworth coming up.
Labour now conceding ALL except Edinburgh South in Edinburgh's five seats.
But to be young was very heaven!
Nice the way Labour campaigned there - reminding all the orthodox Jews Freer is gay, hoping this would make them hate him, and vote for the candidate with bigots on the ground.
Really thoughtful stuff by Labour there.
https://twitter.com/libdemdeposits
https://twitter.com/LibDemDeposits/status/596460798265917442
It was the SNP being so anti-Tory that killed Labour in England
What a shame they can't both lose.
Stand by for Nick telling us for months how he wasn't really bothered anyway.
This is head popping stuff.
(recount Bradford West!!!)
The pair of them are now desperately trying to find a ladder to repair the break, though the furry little fellow might be a goner after taking 50 volts of BritishTelecom's finest DC through his choppers.
Labour are being squeezed by two kinds of nationalism.
There are three losers in this election.
4 if you count Lord Mandelson.
Lab 19,378 (17,043)
Con 6,884 (6,068)
UKIP 4,910 (-)
LD 4,332 (12,590)
Greens 3,426 (620)
TUSC 170 (-)
Comm Brit 122 (177)
Lab vote +4.8%