Anyway, I've been up all night and I'm going to bed. Final thoughts:
Unbelievably bad by the LDs SNP dominance continues to be very worrying We are now at the mercy of Boris, and are relying on him to be relatively sensible Labour will not learn any lessons from this.
I would love to believe Boris has a plan to win over Scotland, draw it back from the brink of indy other than just saying no to them, and that that plan will work, but I cannot. He's proven me very wrong before, so I hope he will again.
What's he actually meant to do? The Unionist vote in Scotland is hopelessly split. If we somehow end up with Indyref2 *AND* the No campaign wins it again, Indyref3 will simply follow in a few years' time.
The Union is finished. It's done.
The union has been finished since the Brexit vote. It’s an English nationalist project.
Wales voted to Leave.
But this is a sterile argument that's been had a million times. We are where we are.
My real concern regarding the Union with Scotland is what happens if we do have one - or more - repetitions of the failed first referendum, and it becomes obvious that the independence movement is simultaneously too strong to be denied power in Edinburgh and too weak to get what it wants. We could be going round in circles on this matter indefinitely.
That's no good for Scotland - but it's no good for the rest of us, either.
Remember those polls about the prices Leavers were willing to pay? They were cool with chucking Northern Ireland to the wolves. They were cool with jettisoning Scotland. They were cool with a serious economic downturn.
And everyone said: “oh, they don’t really mean it.” And now they’ve just voted for all of it.
FWIW, something like 45% of the population in both Northern Ireland and Scotland already wanted rid of the Union *BEFORE* the 2016 EU referendum was held. And that's OK. That's their right and they can articulate good reasons for adopting that stance.
However, I'm afraid that expecting the English and Welsh voter to respond to that stance with tremulous fear and wailing over the break-up of Britain may be asking a bit much. Please explain to said voter why, if so many of the Scots and Northern Irish want a divorce, they ought to care that much about preventing it?
The English have decided that they don’t care about being British. They want to pursue English nationalism. That is a choice. They could have prioritised the union. They decided that becoming a closed-minded country fearful of the necessary compromises of the 21st century was more important. So be it.
Posted further down but congratulations on winning our St Albans bet Alastair. Please let me know your charity of choice to settle the bet.
And settle down to enjoy the entirely unnecessary economic damage and isolation Britain is volunteering for with no compensating benefits.
Let's just hope that once Brexit is "done" in January, Johnson perceives his self-interest to lie in ditching the nutters and negotiating a future relationship that limits the damage.
At least we know he won't let principle stand in his way.
It is remarkable that the electorate has just handed a large majority to a PM, without any real clue as to how he will govern, other than getting Brexit ‘done’.
I would love to believe Boris has a plan to win over Scotland, draw it back from the brink of indy other than just saying no to them, and that that plan will work, but I cannot. He's proven me very wrong before, so I hope he will again.
What's he actually meant to do? The Unionist vote in Scotland is hopelessly split. If we somehow end up with Indyref2 *AND* the No campaign wins it again, Indyref3 will simply follow in a few years' time.
The Union is finished. It's done.
Famously Quebec separated from Canada after the 5th referendum.
Do we seriously think that the SNP is going to collapse in a heap if it fights a second referendum and loses?
The Block Quebecois is the closest analogy of the SNP's future.
One of the best results thinking about it is Burnley going Tory, on the same night the remain dream died. I’d love to see the look on Alastair Campbell’s face!
That was a terrible result for the old Lib Dem MP.
Alastair Campbell looks like he has swallowed a platefil of raw snails.
Anyway, I've been up all night and I'm going to bed. Final thoughts:
Unbelievably bad by the LDs SNP dominance continues to be very worrying We are now at the mercy of Boris, and are relying on him to be relatively sensible Labour will not learn any lessons from this.
I'm most concerned about the last point. The idiot membership are going to have a collective rattle-out-the-pram episode and vote in someone even worse than Corbyn, aren't they?
Basically look at the surviving members of the PLP and pick the most extreme and idiotic woman amongst them. There's the next leader of the Labour Party.
And settle down to enjoy the entirely unnecessary economic damage and isolation Britain is volunteering for with no compensating benefits.
Let's just hope that once Brexit is "done" in January, Johnson perceives his self-interest to lie in ditching the nutters and negotiating a future relationship that limits the damage.
At least we know he won't let principle stand in his way.
It is remarkable that the electorate has just handed a large majority to a PM, without any real clue as to how he will govern, other than getting Brexit ‘done’.
Well what was the alternative ? Hung Parliament ? Farage ? An 8 party rainbow coalition ?
If one wanted change with stability of a majority government they voted Conservative.
The union has been finished since the Brexit vote. It’s an English nationalist project.
Wales voted to Leave.
But this is a sterile argument that's been had a million times. We are where we are.
My real concern regarding the Union with Scotland is what happens if we do have one - or more - repetitions of the failed first referendum, and it becomes obvious that the independence movement is simultaneously too strong to be denied power in Edinburgh and too weak to get what it wants. We could be going round in circles on this matter indefinitely.
That's no good for Scotland - but it's no good for the rest of us, either.
Remember those polls about the prices Leavers were willing to pay? They were cool with chucking Northern Ireland to the wolves. They were cool with jettisoning Scotland. They were cool with a serious economic downturn.
And everyone said: “oh, they don’t really mean it.” And now they’ve just voted for all of it.
FWIW, something like 45% of the population in both Northern Ireland and Scotland already wanted rid of the Union *BEFORE* the 2016 EU referendum was held. And that's OK. That's their right and they can articulate good reasons for adopting that stance.
However, I'm afraid that expecting the English and Welsh voter to respond to that stance with tremulous fear and wailing over the break-up of Britain may be asking a bit much. Please explain to said voter why, if so many of the Scots and Northern Irish want a divorce, they ought to care that much about preventing it?
The English have decided that they don’t care about being British. They want to pursue English nationalism. That is a choice. They could have prioritised the union. They decided that becoming a closed-minded country fearful of the necessary compromises of the 21st century was more important. So be it.
Posted further down but congratulations on winning our St Albans bet Alastair. Please let me know your charity of choice to settle the bet.
Thanks for reminding me. I’m glad it’s for charity because I felt you were very rash taking it. As you can see, even on an awful night for the Lib Dems it was always a good chance.
Could you send the money to a charity called Headway Essex? Thanks.
I would love to believe Boris has a plan to win over Scotland, draw it back from the brink of indy other than just saying no to them, and that that plan will work, but I cannot. He's proven me very wrong before, so I hope he will again.
What's he actually meant to do? The Unionist vote in Scotland is hopelessly split. If we somehow end up with Indyref2 *AND* the No campaign wins it again, Indyref3 will simply follow in a few years' time.
The Union is finished. It's done.
The union has been finished since the Brexit vote. It’s an English nationalist project.
Wales voted to Leave.
But this is a sterile argument that's been had a million times. We are where we are.
My real concern regarding the Union with Scotland is what happens if we do have one - or more - repetitions of the failed first referendum, and it becomes obvious that the independence movement is simultaneously too strong to be denied power in Edinburgh and too weak to get what it wants. We could be going round in circles on this matter indefinitely.
That's no good for Scotland - but it's no good for the rest of us, either.
Remember those polls about the prices Leavers were willing to pay? They were cool with chucking Northern Ireland to the wolves. They were cool with jettisoning Scotland. They were cool with a serious economic downturn.
And everyone said: “oh, they don’t really mean it.” And now they’ve just voted for all of it.
FWIW, something like 45% of the population in both Northern Ireland and Scotland already wanted rid of the Union *BEFORE* the 2016 EU referendum was held. And that's OK. That's their right and they can articulate good reasons for adopting that stance.
However, I'm afraid that expecting the English and Welsh voter to respond to that stance with tremulous fear and wailing over the break-up of Britain may be asking a bit much. Please explain to said voter why, if so many of the Scots and Northern Irish want a divorce, they ought to care that much about preventing it?
The English have decided that they don’t care about being British. They want to pursue English nationalism. That is a choice. They could have prioritised the union. They decided that becoming a closed-minded country fearful of the necessary compromises of the 21st century was more important. So be it.
I get that you're disappointed but that hyperbole is needless - and both Celtic nationalism and Irish republicanism pre-date Euroscepticism by decades. It's arguable that this denouement has been coming since the dissolution of the British Empire.
As touted by my placard watch, they made no effort in their former third best seat Norwich South and lost their deposit. They are the opposition on the council here
At the moment the Tories are on exactly the same share of the GB vote as they received last time: 43.5%. There are 8 results to come which will probably raise it slightly.
And settle down to enjoy the entirely unnecessary economic damage and isolation Britain is volunteering for with no compensating benefits.
Let's just hope that once Brexit is "done" in January, Johnson perceives his self-interest to lie in ditching the nutters and negotiating a future relationship that limits the damage.
At least we know he won't let principle stand in his way.
It is remarkable that the electorate has just handed a large majority to a PM, without any real clue as to how he will govern, other than getting Brexit ‘done’.
It will be very interesting to see whether he immediately jettisons people like Raab and Rees-Mogg, now he has a clear electoral mandate for his deal.
Note SNP 47 vs 48 is whether the guy they disowned (and SLAB still managed to lose to in Gordon Brown's old seat) counts as SNP or not. He was on the ballot paper as SNP, but may not technically sit as SNP until they've forgotten all about it a thorough investigation is completed.
Anyway, I've been up all night and I'm going to bed. Final thoughts:
Unbelievably bad by the LDs SNP dominance continues to be very worrying We are now at the mercy of Boris, and are relying on him to be relatively sensible Labour will not learn any lessons from this.
I'm most concerned about the last point. The idiot membership are going to have a collective rattle-out-the-pram episode and vote in someone even worse than Corbyn, aren't they?
Basically look at the surviving members of the PLP and pick the most extreme and idiotic woman amongst them. There's the next leader of the Labour Party.
The risk for Labour is the process of being a metropolitan only party is accelerated instead of reversed by it's next leader.
Anyway I wont post again probably until the run up to the Iowa caucus.
At the moment the Tories are on exactly the same share of the GB vote as they received last time: 43.5%. There are 8 results to come which will probably raise it slightly.
I would love to believe Boris has a plan to win over Scotland, draw it back from the brink of indy other than just saying no to them, and that that plan will work, but I cannot. He's proven me very wrong before, so I hope he will again.
What's he actually meant to do? The Unionist vote in Scotland is hopelessly split. If we somehow end up with Indyref2 *AND* the No campaign wins it again, Indyref3 will simply follow in a few years' time.
The Union is finished. It's done.
The union has been finished since the Brexit vote. It’s an English nationalist project.
Wales voted to Leave.
But this is a sterile argument that's been had a million times. We are where we are.
My real concern regarding the Union with Scotland is what happens if we do have one - or more - repetitions of the failed first referendum, and it becomes obvious that the independence movement is simultaneously too strong to be denied power in Edinburgh and too weak to get what it wants. We could be going round in circles on this matter indefinitely.
That's no good for Scotland - but it's no good for the rest of us, either.
Remember those polls about the prices Leavers were willing to pay? They were cool with chucking Northern Ireland to the wolves. They were cool with jettisoning Scotland. They were cool with a serious economic downturn.
And everyone said: “oh, they don’t really mean it.” And now they’ve just voted for all of it.
FWIW, something like 45% of the population in both Northern Ireland and Scotland already wanted rid of the Union *BEFORE* the 2016 EU referendum was held. And that's OK. That's their right and they can articulate good reasons for adopting that stance.
However, I'm afraid that expecting the English and Welsh voter to respond to that stance with tremulous fear and wailing over the break-up of Britain may be asking a bit much. Please explain to said voter why, if so many of the Scots and Northern Irish want a divorce, they ought to care that much about preventing it?
The English have decided that they don’t care about being British. They want to pursue English nationalism. That is a choice. They could have prioritised the union. They decided that becoming a closed-minded country fearful of the necessary compromises of the 21st century was more important. So be it.
Posted further down but congratulations on winning our St Albans bet Alastair. Please let me know your charity of choice to settle the bet.
The National Society for the Protection of Colourblind Tailors.
Anyway, I've been up all night and I'm going to bed. Final thoughts:
Unbelievably bad by the LDs SNP dominance continues to be very worrying We are now at the mercy of Boris, and are relying on him to be relatively sensible Labour will not learn any lessons from this.
I'm most concerned about the last point. The idiot membership are going to have a collective rattle-out-the-pram episode and vote in someone even worse than Corbyn, aren't they?
Basically look at the surviving members of the PLP and pick the most extreme and idiotic woman amongst them. There's the next leader of the Labour Party.
The risk for Labour is the process of being a metropolitan only party is accelerated instead of reversed by it's next leader.
Anyway I wont post again probably until the run up to the Iowa caucus.
Don't stay away for long, you always add value to PB.
Privately, he has described Mr Johnson’s ‘fundamentals’ as ‘very positive’. Internal polling showed the PM was ‘miles ahead on leadership and the numbers are moving in the right direction’, he told ministers.
Well done to those who called it. I shall lick my wounds and be back. As will Labour and the LibDems, although in some ways I think the task for the latter is harder. For Labour, well they have to elect a Leader who is acceptable. And there will need to be a massive cleansing operation. Will they do it? I'm not sure.
It's incredible to think that on September 25th Labour and the LibDems could almost certainly have voted no confidence in Boris Johnson and installed someone else into No.10. The squabbled, allowed Johnson off the ropes and were absolutely walloped.
It's like that moment in GoT when Oberyn Martell got cocky against Gregor Clegane. He had him on the floor and facing certain death. Instead he got his skull crushed.
At the moment the Tories are on exactly the same share of the GB vote as they received last time: 43.5%. There are 8 results to come which will probably raise it slightly.
Well done to those who called it. I shall lick my wounds and be back. As will Labour and the LibDems, although in some ways I think the task for the latter is harder. For Labour, well they have to elect a Leader who is acceptable. And there will need to be a massive cleansing operation. Will they do it? I'm not sure.
It's incredible to think that on September 25th Labour and the LibDems could almost certainly have voted no confidence in Boris Johnson and installed someone else into No.10. The squabbled, allowed Johnson off the ropes and were absolutely walloped.
It's like that moment in GoT when Oberyn Martell got cocky against Gregor Clegane. He had him on the floor and facing certain death. Instead he got his skull crushed.
Very well put all round. They got complicated and clever when it wasn't necessary, the path was simple even though it was difficult for them.
Remember those polls about the prices Leavers were willing to pay? They were cool with chucking Northern Ireland to the wolves. They were cool with jettisoning Scotland. They were cool with a serious economic downturn.
And everyone said: “oh, they don’t really mean it.” And now they’ve just voted for all of it.
FWIW, something like 45% of the population in both Northern Ireland and Scotland already wanted rid of the Union *BEFORE* the 2016 EU referendum was held. And that's OK. That's their right and they can articulate good reasons for adopting that stance.
However, I'm afraid that expecting the English and Welsh voter to respond to that stance with tremulous fear and wailing over the break-up of Britain may be asking a bit much. Please explain to said voter why, if so many of the Scots and Northern Irish want a divorce, they ought to care that much about preventing it?
The English have decided that they don’t care about being British. They want to pursue English nationalism. That is a choice. They could have prioritised the union. They decided that becoming a closed-minded country fearful of the necessary compromises of the 21st century was more important. So be it.
I get that you're disappointed but that hyperbole is needless - and both Celtic nationalism and Irish republicanism pre-date Euroscepticism by decades. It's arguable that this denouement has been coming since the dissolution of the British Empire.
Disappointment is the wrong word. Since 2016, Britain has had only choices between alternative disastrous courses. It is distasteful in the extreme to see such an appalling, incompetent, dangerous and anti-democratic government rewarded so richly, but the alternative outcomes were no better. As a compensation, I shall enjoy watching the next few years unfold as some of those celebrating exuberantly tonight come to realise how they are going to be screwed over.
As to your main point, Celtic nationalism and Irish republicanism indeed predated Brexit. Britain had by 2016 reached an uneasy working balance with both. That has now been upended.
In 2017, the LibDems lost a tenth of their votes, but increased their seats 50%. In 2019, the LibDems lost a tenth of their seats, but increased their votes 50%.
Well done to those who called it. I shall lick my wounds and be back. As will Labour and the LibDems, although in some ways I think the task for the latter is harder. For Labour, well they have to elect a Leader who is acceptable. And there will need to be a massive cleansing operation. Will they do it? I'm not sure.
It's incredible to think that on September 25th Labour and the LibDems could almost certainly have voted no confidence in Boris Johnson and installed someone else into No.10. The squabbled, allowed Johnson off the ropes and were absolutely walloped.
It's like that moment in GoT when Oberyn Martell got cocky against Gregor Clegane. He had him on the floor and facing certain death. Instead he got his skull crushed.
Absolutely true. Arrogance and hubris by Lab and LD alike marked a massive turning point in history.
At the moment the Tories are on exactly the same share of the GB vote as they received last time: 43.5%. There are 8 results to come which will probably raise it slightly.
At the moment the Tories are on exactly the same share of the GB vote as they received last time: 43.5%. There are 8 results to come which will probably raise it slightly.
The union has been finished since the Brexit vote. It’s an English nationalist project.
Wales voted to Leave.
But this is a sterile argument that's been had a million times. We are where we are.
My real concern regarding the Union with Scotland is what happens if we do have one - or more - repetitions of the failed first referendum, and it becomes obvious that the independence movement is simultaneously too strong to be denied power in Edinburgh and too weak to get what it wants. We could be going round in circles on this matter indefinitely.
That's no good for Scotland - but it's no good for the rest of us, either.
Remember those polls about the prices Leavers were willing to pay? They were cool with chucking Northern Ireland to the wolves. They were cool with jettisoning Scotland. They were cool with a serious economic downturn.
And everyone said: “oh, they don’t really mean it.” And now they’ve just voted for all of it.
FWIW, something like 45% of the population in both Northern Ireland and Scotland already wanted rid of the Union *BEFORE* the 2016 EU referendum was held. And that's OK. That's their right and they can articulate good reasons for adopting that stance.
However, I'm afraid that expecting the English and Welsh voter to respond to that stance with tremulous fear and wailing over the break-up of Britain may be asking a bit much. Please explain to said voter why, if so many of the Scots and Northern Irish want a divorce, they ought to care that much about preventing it?
The English have decided that they don’t care about being British. They want to pursue English nationalism. That is a choice. They could have prioritised the union. They decided that becoming a closed-minded country fearful of the necessary compromises of the 21st century was more important. So be it.
Posted further down but congratulations on winning our St Albans bet Alastair. Please let me know your charity of choice to settle the bet.
Thanks for reminding me. I’m glad it’s for charity because I felt you were very rash taking it. As you can see, even on an awful night for the Lib Dems it was always a good chance.
Could you send the money to a charity called Headway Essex? Thanks.
Glad to Alastair and have just done so. It does appear to be a very good cause.
Daisy Cooper won quite comfortably in the end and got just over 50% which on an awful night for the LDs is impressive.
What's most remarkable looking at the new constituency map of the country - maybe even more so than the socking great yellow block at the top, which we've had before - is how shrunken Labour has become. They've just got the urban cores, the South Wales valleys, a few university towns and that's just about it. Labour has been essentially eradicated from rural Britain now (what's the nearest thing they've got left to a patch of countryside - Canterbury, perhaps?)
Labour's surviving strongholds are now marooned in great seas of blue, vanquished by a Conservative Party whose centre of gravity has shifted about a hundred miles north-westwards overnight. The big questions now are: is this Government capable of fulfilling the wishes of its new voter coalition and holding it together? And does Labour have the ability to reconnect with the parts of the electorate it has lost - and can it even be bothered to try?
Hang on, I think I've got confused about the vote share figures on the BBC website. I thought they were GB but they're actually UK, which means the Tories are up by 1.2%. Sorry about that.
Well done to those who called it. I shall lick my wounds and be back. As will Labour and the LibDems, although in some ways I think the task for the latter is harder. For Labour, well they have to elect a Leader who is acceptable. And there will need to be a massive cleansing operation. Will they do it? I'm not sure.
It's incredible to think that on September 25th Labour and the LibDems could almost certainly have voted no confidence in Boris Johnson and installed someone else into No.10. The squabbled, allowed Johnson off the ropes and were absolutely walloped.
It's like that moment in GoT when Oberyn Martell got cocky against Gregor Clegane. He had him on the floor and facing certain death. Instead he got his skull crushed.
Labour expected a Red Wave. Instead, they got a Red Wedding
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Unbelievably bad by the LDs
SNP dominance continues to be very worrying
We are now at the mercy of Boris, and are relying on him to be relatively sensible
Labour will not learn any lessons from this.
They got 15.7% in Bury St Edmunds:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000613
LD hold by 2,507.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/S14000051
Basically look at the surviving members of the PLP and pick the most extreme and idiotic woman amongst them. There's the next leader of the Labour Party.
Lots of people in London talking to each other but having no understanding of the rest of the country
Hung Parliament ?
Farage ?
An 8 party rainbow coalition ?
If one wanted change with stability of a majority government they voted Conservative.
Could you send the money to a charity called Headway Essex? Thanks.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2019/results
Congrats to Boris and the Tories!
ELBOW predicted vote shares of 43.1 and 33.7, so it wasn't far off this time
Note SNP 47 vs 48 is whether the guy they disowned (and SLAB still managed to lose to in Gordon Brown's old seat) counts as SNP or not. He was on the ballot paper as SNP, but may not technically sit as SNP until they've forgotten all about it a thorough investigation is completed.
she does have a good sense of humour
Anyway I wont post again probably until the run up to the Iowa caucus.
no sense of irony either
https://twitter.com/ScotNational/status/1205371534208098304?s=20
Con 23,485
Lab 16,039
LD 2,361
BRX 1,921
Grn 933
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000834
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7787579/Boris-Johnsons-poll-guru-serenaded-Tory-HQ-shock-exit-poll-result-announced.html
I got that badly wrong
Well done to those who called it. I shall lick my wounds and be back. As will Labour and the LibDems, although in some ways I think the task for the latter is harder. For Labour, well they have to elect a Leader who is acceptable. And there will need to be a massive cleansing operation. Will they do it? I'm not sure.
It's incredible to think that on September 25th Labour and the LibDems could almost certainly have voted no confidence in Boris Johnson and installed someone else into No.10. The squabbled, allowed Johnson off the ropes and were absolutely walloped.
It's like that moment in GoT when Oberyn Martell got cocky against Gregor Clegane. He had him on the floor and facing certain death. Instead he got his skull crushed.
Does it have the same hair stylist as Boris?
Disappointment is the wrong word. Since 2016, Britain has had only choices between alternative disastrous courses. It is distasteful in the extreme to see such an appalling, incompetent, dangerous and anti-democratic government rewarded so richly, but the alternative outcomes were no better. As a compensation, I shall enjoy watching the next few years unfold as some of those celebrating exuberantly tonight come to realise how they are going to be screwed over.
As to your main point, Celtic nationalism and Irish republicanism indeed predated Brexit. Britain had by 2016 reached an uneasy working balance with both. That has now been upended.
In 2017, the LibDems lost a tenth of their votes, but increased their seats 50%.
In 2019, the LibDems lost a tenth of their seats, but increased their votes 50%.
https://twitter.com/JeremyCliffe/status/1205373939813359616?s=20
They can't have a leader outside of the Commons.
Davey is dull but they don't exactly have many options
Con 28,486
LD 27,505
Lab 2,921
OMRLP 445
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000630
Daisy Cooper won quite comfortably in the end and got just over 50% which on an awful night for the LDs is impressive.
Con 30,985
Lab 18,646
LD 7,503
Grn 1,782
UKIP 442
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000656
Labour's surviving strongholds are now marooned in great seas of blue, vanquished by a Conservative Party whose centre of gravity has shifted about a hundred miles north-westwards overnight. The big questions now are: is this Government capable of fulfilling the wishes of its new voter coalition and holding it together? And does Labour have the ability to reconnect with the parts of the electorate it has lost - and can it even be bothered to try?
St Ives, Devon W, Arundel, Northants S, Fermanagh.
Last time: 43.5% GB, 42.4% UK
This time: 43.6% UK (GB unknown, but probably 44.7%)
Above is with 5 results to come
YG: Lab 40% Con 37% PC 10% LD 6% BXP 5%
Real:Lab: 40.9%, Con 36.1% PC 9.9% LD 6% BXP 5.4%
https://twitter.com/seatsixtyone/status/1205376443401883648?s=20
Con 47.1%
Lab 34.2%
LD 12.3%
Green 3.0%
Brex 2.0%
Assuming the Tories take the four remaining seats, that's an overall majority of 153.
https://twitter.com/itvtynetees/status/1205373793167986694
that total wanker in the Brexit hat is back
TV was watchable for a while