The contempt I feel for Nick Palmer and the rest of the self-indulgent Labour membership that enabled the absolute disaster of Corbynism is nothing compared to the verdict the British electorate has delivered. Never has a defeat been more deserved. Now we can only hope that Tories who said Brexit was about freedom, accountability and scrutiny actually meant it. They will need to hold a PM who believes in none of the three to account. Move beyond partisanship my Tory friends. Think of our country.
Boris Johnson is now going to have a plethora of seats representing ex-industrial and deprived constituencies. Unless he can offer these new places concrete things fairly quickly, his new populist coalition won't last.
Yes, he needs to deliver.
How Casino? Seriously, these are places which globalisation is leaving behind....they are on a one way ticket to Pallookaville
The remainers trying to throw Corbyn under the bus already.
Blame game is Corbyn Vs Remain
SNP success blows Remain argument out of the water.
Remain party wins Remain country shock. Must be because they aren't radically left wing (except they are whenever it suits the argument)
Left wing party with "remain" leader wins all the seats. Left wing party with "neutral" leader leads party to the worst result since 1935.
I know you're circling the wagons around your man and there is nobility in that. But he is a total abject failure, whose ego has led to this moment.
I just don't understand how you can't see the difference between a party standing across constituencies that mostly went for Remain, versus one standing in seats across the spectrum, gaining in Remainy seats (possibly, we'll see) while losing massively in Leave or less ardent Renain seats. The SNP doesn't have these Leave areas to lose.
It looks like Labour will lose votes in Scotland to the SNP, just like it's losing them everywhere else.
Wake up, this is a total catastrophe for Labour. There is nothing good here. This has happened on Corbyn's watch, he is responsible.
How the fuck has everybody been blindsided by that 2017 exit poll, such that we couldn't see the blindingly obvious - Labour were going to get marmalised?
Some of us have been forecasting Con 360 or so throughout, including @rcs1000 and @SouthamObserver and myself.
The contempt I feel for Nick Palmer and the rest of the self-indulgent Labour membership that enabled the absolute disaster of Corbynism is nothing compared to the verdict the British electorate has delivered. Never has a defeat been more deserved. Now we can only hope that Tories who said Brexit was about freedom, accountability and scrutiny actually meant it. They will need to hold a PM who believes in none of the three to account. Move beyond partisanship my Tory friends. Think of our country.
This was Corbyn's election. He was leader. He wrote the manifesto. He set strategy. This is his result. He needs to take responsibility, go and take the bubble with him.
Careful. The Stalinists and Trots who run the party are very capable of portraying the disaster as due to Corbyn personally, and therefore not due to any shortcoming in the ideology. It's not just Corbyn you need to get rid of, it's all those behind him.
I wish you luck, but they have the levers of power in the party.
The contempt I feel for Nick Palmer and the rest of the self-indulgent Labour membership that enabled the absolute disaster of Corbynism is nothing compared to the verdict the British electorate has delivered. Never has a defeat been more deserved. Now we can only hope that Tories who said Brexit was about freedom, accountability and scrutiny actually meant it. They will need to hold a PM who believes in none of the three to account. Move beyond partisanship my Tory friends. Think of our country.
Quite so. It's odd. I'm very relieved that Corbyn didn't win, yet underwhelmed. The results from Scotland are not good, and there will be a lot of people very pissed off by this outcome.
How the fuck has everybody been blindsided by that 2017 exit poll, such that we couldn't see the blindingly obvious - Labour were going to get marmalised?
Some of us have been forecasting Con 360 or so throughout, including @rcs1000 and @SouthamObserver and myself.
Yes, respect to you all
I anticipated a Tory maj of 20-40. This is well in excess
If labour a losing seats where they have held for 97 of the last 101 years they are in serious trouble. The tories must be really outperforming the exit poll
The remainers trying to throw Corbyn under the bus already.
Blame game is Corbyn Vs Remain
SNP success blows Remain argument out of the water.
Remain party wins Remain country shock. Must be because they aren't radically left wing (except they are whenever it suits the argument)
Left wing party with "remain" leader wins all the seats. Left wing party with "neutral" leader leads party to the worst result since 1935.
I know you're circling the wagons around your man and there is nobility in that. But he is a total abject failure, whose ego has led to this moment.
I just don't understand how you can't see the difference between a party standing across constituencies that mostly went for Remain, versus one standing in seats across the spectrum, gaining in Remainy seats (possibly, we'll see) while losing massively in Leave or less ardent Renain seats. The SNP doesn't have these Leave areas to lose.
It looks like Labour will lose votes in Scotland to the SNP, just like it's losing them everywhere else.
Wake up, this is a total catastrophe for Labour. There is nothing good here. This has happened on Corbyn's watch, he is responsible.
The remainers trying to throw Corbyn under the bus already.
Blame game is Corbyn Vs Remain
SNP success blows Remain argument out of the water.
Remain party wins Remain country shock. Must be because they aren't radically left wing (except they are whenever it suits the argument)
Left wing party with "remain" leader wins all the seats. Left wing party with "neutral" leader leads party to the worst result since 1935.
I know you're circling the wagons around your man and there is nobility in that. But he is a total abject failure, whose ego has led to this moment.
I just don't understand how you can't see the difference between a party standing across constituencies that mostly went for Remain, versus one standing in seats across the spectrum, gaining in Remainy seats (possibly, we'll see) while losing massively in Leave or less ardent Renain seats. The SNP doesn't have these Leave areas to lose.
It looks like Labour will lose votes in Scotland to the SNP, just like it's losing them everywhere else.
Wake up, this is a total catastrophe for Labour. There is nothing good here. This has happened on Corbyn's watch, he is responsible.
The contempt I feel for Nick Palmer and the rest of the self-indulgent Labour membership that enabled the absolute disaster of Corbynism is nothing compared to the verdict the British electorate has delivered. Never has a defeat been more deserved. Now we can only hope that Tories who said Brexit was about freedom, accountability and scrutiny actually meant it. They will need to hold a PM who believes in none of the three to account. Move beyond partisanship my Tory friends. Think of our country.
Quite so. It's odd. I'm very relieved that Corbyn didn't win, yet underwhelmed. The results from Scotland are not good, and there will be a lot of people very pissed off by this outcome.
The remainers trying to throw Corbyn under the bus already.
Blame game is Corbyn Vs Remain
SNP success blows Remain argument out of the water.
Remain party wins Remain country shock. Must be because they aren't radically left wing (except they are whenever it suits the argument)
Left wing party with "remain" leader wins all the seats. Left wing party with "neutral" leader leads party to the worst result since 1935.
I know you're circling the wagons around your man and there is nobility in that. But he is a total abject failure, whose ego has led to this moment.
I just don't understand how you can't see the difference between a party standing across constituencies that mostly went for Remain, versus one standing in seats across the spectrum, gaining in Remainy seats (possibly, we'll see) while losing massively in Leave or less ardent Renain seats. The SNP doesn't have these Leave areas to lose.
It looks like Labour will lose votes in Scotland to the SNP, just like it's losing them everywhere else.
Wake up, this is a total catastrophe for Labour. There is nothing good here. This has happened on Corbyn's watch, he is responsible.
Get the fucking rid
He's already gone effectively, the question is the successor.
This was Corbyn's election. He was leader. He wrote the manifesto. He set strategy. This is his result. He needs to take responsibility, go and take the bubble with him.
Careful. The Stalinists and Trots who run the party are very capable of portraying the disaster as due to Corbyn personally, and therefore not due to any shortcoming in the ideology. It's not just Corbyn you need to get rid of, it's all those behind him.
I wish you luck, but they have the levers of power in the party.
The unions are the key. Do they want Labour in power or not? When push comes to shove, the unions are pretty pragmatic.
How the fuck has everybody been blindsided by that 2017 exit poll, such that we couldn't see the blindingly obvious - Labour were going to get marmalised?
Some of us have been forecasting Con 360 or so throughout, including @rcs1000 and @SouthamObserver and myself.
Yes, respect to you all
I anticipated a Tory maj of 20-40. This is well in excess
The contempt I feel for Nick Palmer and the rest of the self-indulgent Labour membership that enabled the absolute disaster of Corbynism is nothing compared to the verdict the British electorate has delivered. Never has a defeat been more deserved. Now we can only hope that Tories who said Brexit was about freedom, accountability and scrutiny actually meant it. They will need to hold a PM who believes in none of the three to account. Move beyond partisanship my Tory friends. Think of our country.
How the fuck has everybody been blindsided by that 2017 exit poll, such that we couldn't see the blindingly obvious - Labour were going to get marmalised?
That's a shame. Of all the LAB MPs, I'd have loved for Ruth to have kept her seat as the Jew-baiters who taunted her at that press conference saw their champions fall.
How the fuck has everybody been blindsided by that 2017 exit poll, such that we couldn't see the blindingly obvious - Labour were going to get marmalised?
Some of us kept the faith... 😎
Mysteriously many of the Tories who kept the faith nevertheless have trousers to wash tomorrow.
How the fuck has everybody been blindsided by that 2017 exit poll, such that we couldn't see the blindingly obvious - Labour were going to get marmalised?
I said it. I bet on it. Twice! I've spent the past 24hrs reassuring PB Tories that their fears were meaningless. Like, hello?
North East seems to be understating Tory swing as BP are mopping up the Labour defections. Swindon and Nuneaton suggest where the transfers are direct the swing is even bigger
How the fuck has everybody been blindsided by that 2017 exit poll, such that we couldn't see the blindingly obvious - Labour were going to get marmalised?
Some of us have been forecasting Con 360 or so throughout, including @rcs1000 and @SouthamObserver and myself.
Yes, respect to you all
I anticipated a Tory maj of 20-40. This is well in excess
How the fuck has everybody been blindsided by that 2017 exit poll, such that we couldn't see the blindingly obvious - Labour were going to get marmalised?
Some of us have been forecasting Con 360 or so throughout, including @rcs1000 and @SouthamObserver and myself.
This was Corbyn's election. He was leader. He wrote the manifesto. He set strategy. This is his result. He needs to take responsibility, go and take the bubble with him.
Careful. The Stalinists and Trots who run the party are very capable of portraying the disaster as due to Corbyn personally, and therefore not due to any shortcoming in the ideology. It's not just Corbyn you need to get rid of, it's all those behind him.
I wish you luck, but they have the levers of power in the party.
The unions are the key. Do they want Labour in power or not? When push comes to shove, the unions are pretty pragmatic.
In principle, yes, but not so much in the last few years.
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Nicky Morgan is on the BBC now. I may open a fifth bottle to numb the pain.
damn...
Con 20,488
Lab 16,312
BRX 1,749
LD 1,525
Grn 596
Ind 842
Ind 87
Wake up, this is a total catastrophe for Labour. There is nothing good here. This has happened on Corbyn's watch, he is responsible.
https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/1205296852444307457?s=20
Tories 20 488
Labour 16312
Fermanagh And South Tyrone : This is expected to be very tight between Sinn Fein and U.U.P.
Big for the SNP - gain Rutherglen from Labour
I wish you luck, but they have the levers of power in the party.
Even in 48% leave Newc Central there was still a 3.75% swing though.
I anticipated a Tory maj of 20-40. This is well in excess
They failed to represent their constituents.
https://twitter.com/GoodwinMJ/status/1205293242847301638?s=20
Edit: 9.8%. Even better.
FOUR THOUSAND.
https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/1205297131759775744?s=20
I am a Unionist.
SNP 23,775
Lab 18,545
UKIP 629
SLD 2,791
Con 8,054
SNP GAIN
Swing: 5.1% from Lab to SNP
SNP 23,775
Lab 18,545
Con 8,054
LD 2,791
UKIP 629
NEW THREAD
So Labour must be doing slightly, tinily, better than the exit poll (or Tories not quite as well by a smidge)
Con gain Darlington.
SNP 53
CON 3
LD 1
LAB 1
The exit poll looks correct in Scotland too.
Con 20,901
Lab 17,607
Don't you mean that Blue Wall
https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1205298593315377157