Clangers Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Just woken up, I am presuming that Sweeney has admitted they have no mandate to do anything but continue to run a very poor local government! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Can the folk in Norfolk get a move on so we can see Truss 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Just now, Clangers said: Just woken up, I am presuming that Sweeney has admitted they have no mandate to do anything but continue to run a very poor local government! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) Just 6 seats In Scotland left to declare. Hands up - like many I did not see this kind of drubbing - expected the SNP to lose seats but not on the scale they have. There's a complex bunch of reasons they've lost - some within their control (the fraud investigation, the focus on peripheral issues and green shite, the ineffectual keadership of Yusaf and Swinney, and generally pisspoor campaigning) and other issues outwith their control (the momentum of Labour, the collapse of the Tory vote and the disproportionate time given to that c**t Farage). The SNP need to step back and take a reality check. Get away from the control freakery that was endemic under the Murrels, focus on the day-to-day issues that matter but still keeping independence at the forefront. They need to give voters a reason for voting for them, that voting SNP can make a difference. They can't just rely on Labour fucking things up (even if I do think they will) - there needs to be a clear strategy that enthuses voters. I just worry that with Swinney at the helm none if these things will happen and the same mistakes will happen again. Edited July 5 by DeeTillEhDeh 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 I’m quite glad that the exit poll prediction of Tory gains in Scotland doesn’t seem to have materialised. It was always an odd call but still a bit of a worry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_don Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Truss currently posted missing at her count. With her likely losing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clangers Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Yeah SNP lost because of tactical voting nothing to do with there inept corrupt leadership 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 *Wakes up and checks news.* Tories wiped off the face off the planet. Good. SNP Yer-da cybernats crying into their cornflakes. Good. Douglas Ross and Rees-Mogg gone. Effing Brilliant. Red tories everywhere delighted. Terrible. Farage and his pals. Concerning but hopefully a protest vote. Anything else? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) Labour with 35% share of the vote on a 60% turnout. 21% of voters voting for a landslide. There's the warning if Reform manage to increase their share of the vote if (or rather when) Labour become unpopular. Edited July 5 by DeeTillEhDeh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Truss isn't even at her own count. Pinched Rishi's flight to California 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Kite Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Merseyside remaining a Labour clean-sweep, which is the best option we have down here. Hopefully, Reform will remain an outlet only for a lot of angry folk and not get to actually do anything harmful. Farage getting even more airtime and Jeremy Hunt staying in place are both disappointing. However, some unpleasant characters getting binned is pleasing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 3 minutes ago, kent_don said: Truss currently posted missing at her count. With her likely losing. That’d be a Portillo moment. Except without the redemption of trains. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Orton Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 10 minutes ago, 101 said: Can the folk in Norfolk get a move on so we can see Truss Surprised it's taking so long in Norfolk, surely the six fingers should speed up the count. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 5 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Labour with 35% share of the vote on a 60% turnout. 21% of voters voting for a landslide. There's the warning if Reform manage to increase their share of the vote if (ir rather when) Labour become unpopular. I'm generally pro-PR but glad one of the many things Labour won't do is introduce it. Because at this juncture in history it would introduce more Faragists to parliament. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 SNP hold Argyll, Bute and South Lochabe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 7 minutes ago, Groundhopping Adventures said: Truss isn't even at her own count. Pinched Rishi's flight to California 'Gissa job Dahnald. I'm good on cheese and pork.' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Just now, KirkieRR said: I'm generally pro-PR but glad one of the many things Labour won't do is introduce it. Because at this juncture in history it would introduce more Faragists to parliament. And FPTP would have far many more if they increase their vote. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) Radio 4 with Jess Phillips is not the first thing I wanted to hear. Truss result coming through now. Gone. Scowling. Brilliant. Edited July 5 by Savage Henry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Truss loses a 22k minority. Ironically she spent most of the count looking like a lettuce 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Truss gone! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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