It's gone. It's over Tory majority I think. As a post mortem. Don't blame Ed, he had a decent campaign, it is strategic weaknesses which have caused this. Scotland, the proverbial rotten tooth. Not getting England properly, particularly middle England is our fault. One may think it's been a harsh and disingenuous campaign, but those are our weaknesses being exploited. Blaming Ed is the easy way out. Look at ourselves.
It's gone. It's over Tory majority I think. As a post mortem. Don't blame Ed, he had a decent campaign, it is strategic weaknesses which have caused this. Scotland, the proverbial rotten tooth. Not getting England properly, particularly middle England is our fault. One may think it's been a harsh and disingenuous campaign, but those are our weaknesses being exploited. Blaming Ed is the easy way out. Look at ourselves.
Partly right - Labour need to blame Ed and their lack of policies, and taking part of the UK for granted.
Feels like 1992. I wonder if like 1992 it may prove to be a good election to lose.
One key difference is that Con are likely to be in a position to push through the rest of individual registration removing voters who can't be matched against NI numbers. This would then lead to a highly favourable boundary review.
I will ask again. Are UKIP actually helping the Tories in some of these seats by taking votes from Labour?
UKIP is the new party for the WWC. Symbolic that Farage will be lopped off: they are heading in a different direction.
It had to happen and it is a shame it has happened this way. He has campaigned tirelessly for a long while and it is quite sad that after all he has achieved he will end his career having been defeated.
What UKIP can achieve with someone like Steven Woolfe or to a lesser extent Paul Nuttall is quite exciting. Come 2020 Labour could be in serious trouble.
It's gone. It's over Tory majority I think. As a post mortem. Don't blame Ed, he had a decent campaign, it is strategic weaknesses which have caused this. Scotland, the proverbial rotten tooth. Not getting England properly, particularly middle England is our fault. One may think it's been a harsh and disingenuous campaign, but those are our weaknesses being exploited. Blaming Ed is the easy way out. Look at ourselves.
Ed was a poor choice. Many said it right at the start and they were ignored.
Politics is a ruthless business. Poor leaders have to be despatched swiftly.
Sturgeon ''I want to work with Labour to lock the Tories out''
Is she really still saying that? Even without a Tory majority, voting down a minority govt on those numbers can only mean an election. Why would the SNP want an election?
I will ask again. Are UKIP actually helping the Tories in some of these seats by taking votes from Labour?
UKIP is the new party for the WWC. Symbolic that Farage will be lopped off: they are heading in a different direction.
It had to happen and it is a shame it has happened this way. He has campaigned tirelessly for a long while and it is quite sad that after all he has achieved he will end his career having been defeated.
What UKIP can achieve with someone like Steven Woolfe or to a lesser extent Paul Nuttall is quite exciting. Come 2020 Labour could be in serious trouble.
It reminds me of the SNP's rise, at the beginning they were right wing, then they turned left.
Imagine how the Tories would have done if they had a decent coherent GE campaign with some sensible policies and Cameron had done "pumped up" for more than 3-4 days?
Congratulations to the Conservatives. A majority is looking a good possibility now.
An utter unmitigated disaster for Labour who'll be wracked by existential crisis and another leadership election. A left programme has been soundly repudiated. Labour needs another Blairite.
This is a mandate for the Conservative programme which I wish well for the sake of the country.
Still a great privilege to watch democracy in action. The people have spoken.
It's gone. It's over Tory majority I think. As a post mortem. Don't blame Ed, he had a decent campaign, it is strategic weaknesses which have caused this. Scotland, the proverbial rotten tooth. Not getting England properly, particularly middle England is our fault. One may think it's been a harsh and disingenuous campaign, but those are our weaknesses being exploited. Blaming Ed is the easy way out. Look at ourselves.
Ed was a poor choice. Many said it right at the start and they were ignored.
Politics is a ruthless business. Poor leaders have to be despatched swiftly.
He has already put a plan in place to stay on. I can't see it happening. Unite will switch the money to someone else!
I will ask again. Are UKIP actually helping the Tories in some of these seats by taking votes from Labour?
UKIP is the new party for the WWC. Symbolic that Farage will be lopped off: they are heading in a different direction.
It had to happen and it is a shame it has happened this way. He has campaigned tirelessly for a long while and it is quite sad that after all he has achieved he will end his career having been defeated.
What UKIP can achieve with someone like Steven Woolfe or to a lesser extent Paul Nuttall is quite exciting. Come 2020 Labour could be in serious trouble.
Agreed, a mad 24 hours for UKIP, with woolfe in charge and a weak labour leader it could be a bloodbath in 2020. Feel sad for Nigel but he should feel proud of what he's achieved to get them to this stage
But he cannot. The polls were not wrong. They were done wrong. Not deliberately, but they really did not know what they were doing. Kellner say we should not listen to polls!!! His company is the one doing them 4 times a week for 5 years!!!!!
BTW Are the LD inclined actually voting tory to counter UKIP votes? There cannot be a straight LD to UKIP switch.
Sturgeon ''I want to work with Labour to lock the Tories out''
He also said that nobody, NOBODY, predicted the likely actual result anywhere. At all. Clearly an ARSE denier, unless we are meant to believe he never ever ever reads PB.com.
Congratulations to the Conservatives. A majority is looking a good possibility now.
An utter unmitigated disaster for Labour who'll be wracked by existential crisis and another leadership election. A left programme has been soundly repudiated. Labour needs another Blairite.
This is a mandate for the Conservative programme which I wish well for the sake of the country.
Still a great privilege to watch democracy in action. The people have spoken.
Congratulations to the Conservatives. A majority is looking a good possibility now.
An utter unmitigated disaster for Labour who'll be wracked by existential crisis and another leadership election. A left programme has been soundly repudiated. Labour needs another Blairite.
This is a mandate for the Conservative programme which I wish well for the sake of the country.
Still a great privilege to watch democracy in action. The people have spoken.
But he cannot. The polls were not wrong. They were done wrong. Not deliberately, but they really did not know what they were doing. Kellner say we should not listen to polls!!! His company is the one doing them 4 times a week for 5 years!!!!!
BTW Are the LD inclined actually voting tory to counter UKIP votes? There cannot be a straight LD to UKIP switch.
Sturgeon ''I want to work with Labour to lock the Tories out''
He also said that nobody, NOBODY, predicted the likely actual result anywhere. At all. Clearly an ARSE denier, unless we are meant to believe he never ever ever reads PB.com.
Well, also the only reason many people didn't predict it was because of the polls. No polls, plenty of people would have predicted it. It made sense.
Congratulations to the Conservatives. A majority is looking a good possibility now.
An utter unmitigated disaster for Labour who'll be wracked by existential crisis and another leadership election. A left programme has been soundly repudiated. Labour needs another Blairite.
This is a mandate for the Conservative programme which I wish well for the sake of the country.
Still a great privilege to watch democracy in action. The people have spoken.
Congratulations to the Conservatives. A majority is looking a good possibility now.
An utter unmitigated disaster for Labour who'll be wracked by existential crisis and another leadership election. A left programme has been soundly repudiated. Labour needs another Blairite.
This is a mandate for the Conservative programme which I wish well for the sake of the country.
Still a great privilege to watch democracy in action. The people have spoken.
A top post, I have liked your honesty and lack of complacency during the past weeks
Congratulations to the Conservatives. A majority is looking a good possibility now.
An utter unmitigated disaster for Labour who'll be wracked by existential crisis and another leadership election. A left programme has been soundly repudiated. Labour needs another Blairite.
This is a mandate for the Conservative programme which I wish well for the sake of the country.
Still a great privilege to watch democracy in action. The people have spoken.
Fine post. Well said.
Absolutely.
After all the bile and nasty spite I have seen on my Facebook wall all day, that is a refreshingly considered response to a very surprising night.
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Seriously? Clegg in trouble?
I think I might mess myself if he loses.
He will be more upset if East & South Belfast don't come in.
What UKIP can achieve with someone like Steven Woolfe or to a lesser extent Paul Nuttall is quite exciting. Come 2020 Labour could be in serious trouble.
This result gives the Tories the scope to be a lot more imaginative about a new constitutional settlement if they care to be.
Politics is a ruthless business. Poor leaders have to be despatched swiftly.
Anyway, back to tonight.
'@ShippersUnbound: The half dozen people who called me earlier to say Lynton Crosby will never work again in Britain have turned their phones off'
Does that include compouter2 ?
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) May 8, 2015
"I'm enjoying this I'm enjoying this!" :-)
This is worse than 1992. Period.
Hope you Tories are enjoying this. Victory tastes so sweet especially when it's rather expected.
An utter unmitigated disaster for Labour who'll be wracked by existential crisis and another leadership election. A left programme has been soundly repudiated. Labour needs another Blairite.
This is a mandate for the Conservative programme which I wish well for the sake of the country.
Still a great privilege to watch democracy in action. The people have spoken.
LD 13,414
LD Hold Ceridgion
Labour out
I thought they would lose there!
Dr Éoin Clarke @LabourEoin
16m 16 minutes ago
Still see no reason, whatsoever, to change my view that David Cameron's career is over.
TWENTY SIX PERCENT SWING
SLID 789
SNP 30000
SLAB 16362
SCON 6752
WOW
That's a creaming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Followed by 1 of 58/59 for the SNP
Wow
But Scotland has devolution.
How can the English do anything about Scotland?
After all the bile and nasty spite I have seen on my Facebook wall all day, that is a refreshingly considered response to a very surprising night.