Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
- 11,525
yeah that's what I'm saying
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[Politics] The NSC 'up all night' election night *** OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD ***
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beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,772
mikeyjh
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Delighted to see a mini landslide in East Worthing and Shoreham, well done Tom!
Oh, and an overwhelming thumbs up to the Union, across the UK, marvellous.
Oh, and an overwhelming thumbs up to the Union, across the UK, marvellous.
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
- 11,525
I disagree - Reform's performance + tactical voting, is what has done for the Tories, so it is an important story.
However there was very little fuss made about UKIP standing down to secure a Tory victory in 2019.
I should have had the courage of my convictions and stuck on a few quid instead of believing in a margin of error!
So Sunderland were first, I wonder who'll be last. I seem to recall we often have to wait for votes from the Isles of Scilly, delivered by an old man in a rowing boat.
Meade's Ball
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Rees Mogg surely made £98m gambling on his own defeat
TomandJerry
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- Oct 1, 2013
- 12,323
Labour's David Pinto-Duschinsky has taken the Hendon seat from the Conservatives by 15 votes following a recount.
I admire your commitment to remaining "not interested".Used all my tears laughing at you lot actually thinking Labour will improve things.deluded.
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
narcissist‘s have a very short half life when put under the microscop.
ironically the one thing he craves, that of being an MP, is the thing that will screw him over.
He’s going to be under a microscope with both labour and the Tories wanting to rip him a new one. The new speaker will be very hard nosed which means he’ll sit on Farage and his ilk when they start playing up.
Rdodge30
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- Dec 30, 2022
- 532
Spare a thought for me, my only involvement this time round was going under on every voter turnout bet I could find - all of which have come in and added together equaled my ‘all in’ stake on 59.9% or under at 3/1 with sky bet ….so currently I’m even and it just keeps sitting there at 60% … only 5 left to declare
My thoughts were that the ID would be a massive factor !!
Do we know how many of our politically seats were down to the tactically voting? We were fortunate not to have to vote tactically. I am a little concerned that we may have too many lib dems that perhaps are only there because they are not Tories. How is this going to effect parliament?
TomandJerry
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2013
- 12,323
I believe tactical voting played a huge part in getting the Lib Dems more seats
They won't have much of a say, Labour have a big enough majority to do what they want
Si Gull
Way Down South
Maybe, but I hope a large percentage of the Reform vote, outside of their core support areas, was an anti-Tory protest, and that those voters wouldn't vote that way if they knew it meant they might elect a Reform MP. Time will tell.
Well on the basis that the fewer Conservatives there are the better, it'll drastically improve it.
The voting system's f***ed up, but it's not suddenly more f***ed up just because the tories have found themselves on the wrong end of it.
Lyndhurst 14
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- Jan 16, 2008
- 5,189
Rather fitting that the current shot of Downing Street shows it pissing down with rain, just like it was when Sunak's inauspicious campaign started
The exit poll - yes.
But the pre-vote polls over-estimated labour and under-estimated conservatives.
TomandJerry
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2013
- 12,323
The five constituencies yet to declare are:
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
- Poole
- South Basildon and East Thurrock
BadFish
Huge Member
- Oct 19, 2003
- 17,857
Definately coming across and laughing at everyone though.
Same thing happened to the Lib Dems in 2017, they got 7.4% of the national vote and got 12 seats, the SNP got 3% and got 35 seats. In 2019 it was even worse, Lib Dems got 11.5% of the vote and had 11 seats, SNP had 3.9% and got 48 seats.