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Grauniad:
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<h2 class="dcr-1wl2b6o">Exit poll suggests Labour has won 410 seats, and the Tories 131</h2>
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Clive Myrie is reading out the exit poll.
Conservatives: 131
Labour: 410
Liberal Democrats: 61
SNP: 10
Reform UK: 13
Plaid Cymru: 4
Greens: 2
Reform on 13. Labour NEED to deliver over the next 5 years or we'll have PM Farage.
I have no doubt it will be a landslide, but I don't believe that these numbers will be accurate.
Based on nothing but I reckon the results will be quite different for the other parties
Guardian reckon 2 green seats
“Reform got 47% of the votes with Labour the other 53% and no other party getting any votes.”
When I was at school the Chimps Tea Party won by a landslide. I think it was the last election they dared run ?
On the exit poll, too optimistic for Reform I think.
Reform on 13. Labour NEED to deliver over the next 5 years or we’ll have PM Farage.
They'll be rats in a sack. Farage can't even persuade himself to stick to his own party line.
How the eff did reform (all lower case on purpose) get 13 on the exit poll???
There must be a lot of desperate, delusional people out there.
"Reform on 13. Labour NEED to deliver over the next 5 years or we’ll have PM Farage."
No we won't
Very true, but within a month or so I bet a few of them are gone as skeletons reappear.
I think defections from the Tories is more likely
I'm hiring a hooker. Male or female, I dont care at this point.
I can't get upto anything as I've still got a broken cock but I need to share the Portillo moments to come.
A loveless landslide.....
Dorres is trying to sound intelligent
California by tomorrow lunchtime?
I suspect that Rishi Sunak has held on to his seat
Mogg has a 47% chance of winning.?
They have racist grandma talking now
Dorres is trying to sound intelligent
"There will be a lot of dissatisfied Labour people going into Parliament because Labour didn't get the lead it was predicted".
Not with a 280 seat majority they won't be dissatisfied, Nads!
Such a huge majority will prove a discipline problem for Starmer. As there is no chance the government will lose a vote, MPs will feel free to kick off and vote against party lines.
Loving Nadine trying to play the victim card!!! Sexist comment - **** off.
Very surprised if Reform scores anything like 13 seats.
Labour needs to deliver or they will last for one term only.
The wave of change is coming to the West and the ride will be rough.
At some point in the future Reform will be in govt if people are fed up with the two main parties.
Widdecombe's gonna kark it before results at this rate.
Looks like the mad old Reform trout seems to think they’ve won a majority
theotherjonv
Full Member
and a 53% of not winning
I'm a glass half empty type, to a fault.lol
Houns
Full MemberIs Widdecombe going to make it through the night?!
Is it wrong to be hopeful? Would that be a bigger moment than hunt getting the boot
I'm enjoying this Genny Lex so far...
A couple of things.
There are Tories out there that I can disagree with their methods, but their hearts and objectives are not unreasonable - they want everyone to do well but they think centre right policies are the way to do it. I disagree, but they are not bad people. There are also JRMs who I think are just bad people.
so Mefty if you have a good one, fair enough.
Second, 13 Faragistas might be great. They will be a disgrace and probably forced to resign one after another. Not bad for the UK overall.
PS - about blinking time we saw these charlatans off. May the exit poll be accurate.
Kuenssberg is looking particularly sour-faced on the Beeb. It must be difficult for her - from the heady heights of being Dominic Cummings' spokesperson to probably scrabbling around for a few gigs on Beeb Two. Vile woman.
Widdecombe sounds like she'll be dead before the final count is done!
Would that be a bigger moment than hunt getting the boot
131 seats... he'll be one of them
So does this quality as a supermajority then?
As all the hard work is now starting, can I just send all the best to everyone doing the counting tonight.
It looks like my turnout prediction was very wrong, which I'm more than happy about, so it sounds like they're all going to be very busy.
Can't believe people are willingly watching Dorries.
Is the reason we don’t have some new fangled phone/online voting ‘cos we’d then not have these action packed picture-in-picture scenes of the frantic counting folk of the north east trying to win a none-existent counting prize?
RM.
A fitting tribute to our new leader, only 1min long and rather amusing
As some of the very last polls showed Reform winning 13, thar part of the exit poll isn't a huge surprise - but is both concerning and disappointing.
At about 5pm today Labour sent a text saying that about 100 seats were too close to call and wanted everyone available to help get the vote out; don't know if that was a genuine concern or a bit of scare-mongering.
Is Widdecombe Farage's mother??
"13 for reform? Shit the bed."
That's 13 places where house prices will (probably continue) to fall as decent people move out and they become proper Reform heartlands. Sigh.
Such a huge majority will prove a discipline problem for Starmer. As there is no chance the government will lose a vote, MPs will feel free to kick off and vote against party lines.
also rebellions will have little power - so the threat of a rebellion can be ignored
I seem to be getting coverage specific to Wales from the BBC, are we all seeing regional programmes?
I was going to stay up firstly to watch Laura Kuenssberg spiral into a pit of despair and Lord BucketHead making a well deserved break through.
Just shy of '97 majority, and loveless landslide is a bit harsh, but not disappointing. Have to accept reform getting something from helping to take down the Tories, as much as the thought of Farage sitting in parliament disgusts me. Good on lib Dems and greens, and SNP potentially getting a shellacking...if it all transpires of course.
MPs will feel free to kick off and vote against party lines.
That sort of makes democracy look better though. You can have people showing off their consciences without your party actually losing.
@tjagain - I've also abstained for the first time. I can absolutely understand that it's possible not to want to supoort any of the parties/candidates. My hope is that a bloodied SNP will re-focus back onto the independence question, after a bit of a clear out. However, I'm not expecting anything to change soon.
It’s tricky he doesn’t drink alcohol – what do you hand a teetotaller with the revolver?
A sandwich, he loves 'em.
There are Tories out there that I can disagree with their methods, but their hearts and objectives are not unreasonable – they want everyone to do well but they think centre right policies are the way to do it. I disagree, but they are not bad people
I disagree strongly with this. The tory party has one reason for existing - to keep power and wealth in the hands of the powerful and wealthy. Any party member is a part of this - the deliberate cruelty and impoverishment of the poor old and unhealthy is deliberate. they have blood on their hands. sure some have the capacity for self delusion but that does not make them decent people.
Dorries is a truly ****ing hideous person...but we already knew that.
There are Tories out there that I can disagree with their methods, but their hearts and objectives are not unreasonable
There were - not now.
At about 5pm today Labour sent a text saying that about 100 seats were too close to call and wanted everyone available to help get the vote out; don’t know if that was a genuine concern or a bit of scare-mongering.
Our local Labour candidate was down our street with a gang of followers at 6pm this evening, first time I've seen anyone out canvassing, and the first leaflet I've received throughout the whole thing. There were 8 candidates on the ballot, not heard of 6 of them before today!
Ta Scotroutes. One side effect if they really do lose all those seats is perhaps some repatriation of talent back north of the border
I am very disappointed that Tory are projected 131 AND reform 13
I anticipated a much lower number for the Tories in the event of reform performing well. Much much lower.
Let's see how it pans out.
13 Reform UK MPs if true is a disaster imo but the one consolation for me is that the Tories will be significantly stronger than many/most polls predicted and that will blunt the toxic effect of Reform UK being in Parliament to a degree.
If the Tories are sensible they will leave the far-right territory to Reform UK and work with Labour and the LibDems to isolate them.
Although I suspect that they might well be tempted to go for the knee jerk reaction and move further to the right.
The Tories will never be able to out right-wing Nigel Farage. They have been trying to do so for years and result of that looks like 13 seats for Reform UK.
the thought of Farage sitting in parliament disgusts me.
Don't worry, it disgusts him even more. He won't show up much.
I always thought the numbers posited for the Tories were too low - my own estimate was 200 tories
Just went to fetch a bottle of sparkling and we only have Prosecco. I can't believe I was so badly organised
So does this quality as a supermajority then?
No it doesnt. Stop repeating tory propaganda.
That is only relevant in some countries legislatures which dont include ours.
A win by one is as good as a win by 200 (unless its a recent tory government in which case that one and a few more would soon have a byelection for some misconduct offence or another).
Chap on my telly says that the exit poll results actually have about 30 seats credited to the Tories are actually too close to call or within the margin of error.
I anticipated a much lower number for the Tories in the event of reform performing well. Much much lower.
Yes I think most people did. It suggests that Labour's share of the vote isn't as large as most polls predicted.
They haven't announced percentages yet have they?
How the eff did reform (all lower case on purpose) get 13 on the exit poll???
I said this earlier. It's a mistake to underestimate them. We said "this can't possibly happen" in 2016.
The Right is VERY good at appealing to the heart. Just like there was a percentage who didn't know how to vote in the referendumb but had Remain sold to them as "do nothing" and so voted Leave to reject the status quo, there will be a good number of people disengaged from anything political who saw the word "reform" and thought "well that's a good idea, it's all a bit shit so let's try something else."
Still. If they've split the Send Them Back Where They Came From voters away from the Tories I can't complain too loudly.
13 Reform UK MPs if true is a disaster imo
My thoughts too. Way too many
Don’t worry, it disgusts him even more. He won’t show up much.
Depends how good the wine selection is in the bars. With the discounts on offer he might be tempted.
Otherwise yeah I reckon once a week for PMQs to try to grandstand.
I hope that the media watches any Reform MPs like a hawk. They're bound to do something awful soon enough. It'd be good to keep an eye on their expenses I expect, such as how much they claim compared to how much they actually do.
Trying to keep up with Vines little piece currently
Gullis, Anderson, Shapps, Rees Mogg all gone
At least a 3rd of reform mps will be gone by mid term there is no way they have been checked for the ol racist comments or Nazi costume party photos..
Just enjoy the moment folks