The 2019 General Election Result and Aftermath

[AlterEgo]

Haven’t read the thread, so apologies if I repeat anything.

I’m slightly relieved. Not because I voted or supported the conservatives. Not because I’m looking forward to 5 years of conservative rule. And certainly not because I want Br**it.

Relieved because this will, hopefully, cause the Labour Party to have a seismic change in direction, and most importantly leadership - and not just at the top. Then come back much stronger with a sensible set of policies, and with a credible and reputable leader and leadership team. The next two weeks are crucial for the Labour Party. Will Steptoe go? Will momentum be sidelined? Will a new force emerge? If not, the country will be blue for the foreseeable future.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[TheBigD]

If he stands, then I'll be voting for Keir Starmer.

I fear Labour will have a sexist no men policy for the next leadership. Even if they don't, I don't see him winning a ballot of members now that the party is far/hard left.

 

[Bald Rick]

Corbyn is very quiet.

I wonder if he's preparing his resignation speech.

It will have been prepared for weeks. The issue is how quickly he will read it.

 

[43066]

Darlo has gone to the Tories. Heidi Allen already lecturing on how the voters don’t understand what they’re voting for...

 

[bussnapperwm]

Speaker HOLD Chorley

 

[507021]

I don't see him winning a ballot of members now that the party is far/hard left.

Sadly.

 

[bussnapperwm]

First of the London results in Ealing North has come in and that is Labour HOLD
LAB Hold Gateshead
LAB Hold Caerphilly
LAB Hold Makerfield

 

[507021]

It will have been prepared for weeks.

That wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

 

[bussnapperwm]

Rayliegh and Wickford CON Hold
Leicester South LAB Hold
Bracknell CON Hold
Peterborough CON GAIN
Knowlsey LAB Hold

 

[TrafficEng]

Speaker HOLD Chorley

Did nobody demand a recount?

 

[bussnapperwm]

Vale of Clwyd CON GAIN
Basildon and Billericay CON Hold

 

[TrafficEng]

Darlo has gone to the Tories. Heidi Allen already lecturing on how the voters don’t understand what they’re voting for...

There are some people who will never understand, no matter what. In this case it isn't the voters.

 

[43066]

There are some people who will never understand, no matter what. In this case it isn't the voters.

Peterborough conquered by the Tories...

 

[bussnapperwm]

SNP GAIN Angus from CON
CON GAIN Wrexham from LAB
LAB Hold Lewisham East

Ah well, the turkeys have voted for christmas

LAB GAIN Putney from CON
LAB Hold Wigan
SNP Hold Kilmarnock
LAB Hold Rochdale

 

[507021]

I'm what many would describe as a "Red Tory", and in my opinion this election has shown it's clear the Labour Party's direction needs to change if it's ever going to win another general election.

Tony Blair won three consecutive elections for a reason.

 

[bussnapperwm]

CON Hold Harrogate + Basildon South + Chelmsford + Harlow + Meriden
Alliance GAIN North Down from Lady Hermon
CON GAIN Leigh from LAB
LAB Hold Walthamstow
PC Hold Arfon

 

[507021]

CON GAIN Leigh from LAB

A seat that's been held by Labour since 1922...

 

[bussnapperwm]

DUP Hold Strangford
CON Hold Thurrock - Greens lost their deposit

 

[43066]

Not at all. I'm what many would describe as a "Red Tory", and in my opinion this election has shown it's clear the Labour Party's direction needs to change if it's ever going to win another general election.

Tony Blair won three consecutive elections for a reason.

Fair answer.

As a lifelong Tory voter, I’m gutted that the Labour Party is failing to provide any kind of sensible opposition. We desperately need that, in order to keep the Tories honest - look at who we will end up with as PM tomorrow.

I guess we get the politicians we deserve. Not sure what that says about us!

 

[bussnapperwm]

CON Hold Wycombe + Havant + Vale of Glamorgan + Fareham
LAB Hold Leicester East + Barnsley East + Stockton North + Birkenhead
SF Hold Tyrone West

A seat that's been held by Labour since 1922...

UKIP and Lib Dem lost their deposits there

LAB Hold Leyton and Wanstead + Bootle + Ealing Central +Tynemouth + Lewisham West + Leicester West
CON GAIN Clwyd South from Lab
CON Hold Southend West + Epping Forest + Beverley and Holderness + Stratford Upon Avon + New Forest East + Carlisle

CON Hold Southport
LAB Hold Llanelli + St Helens North + Barnsley Central + Swansea West + Blaydon
SNP Hold Dunbartonshire W + Renfreswhire S

CON Hold Hampshire NE + Hemel Hempstead + Warwickshire N + Cannock Chase
LAB Hold Warley + Hartlepool + Swansea E + Ogmore
CON GAIN Blackpool South from LAB

 

[507021]

Fair answer.

As a lifelong Tory voter, I’m gutted that the Labour Party is failing to provide any kind of sensible opposition. We desperately need that, in order to keep the Tories honest - look at who we will end up with as PM tomorrow.

I guess we get the politicians we deserve. Not sure what that says about us!

Absolutely, I completely agree.

At the moment Labour just feels like a protest movement which isn't interested in winning power or providing a robust opposition. Every government needs a decent opposition to hold them to account, and for the past nine years I think Labour has failed to do so. Unless a moderate replaces Corbyn, then in my opinion nothing will change and I fear an even worse result in 2024.

 

[bussnapperwm]

CON Hold Rochford + Truro and Falmouth + Swindon S + Copeland
SNP Hold Lanark
LAB Hold Garston and Halewood
PC Hold Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Jeremy Corbyn has just arrived at his count at Islington 0220hrs

CON Hold Walsall North + Aldershot + Hampshire NW
LAB Hold Blackburn + Nottingham S

LD Hold Westmorland and Lonsdale
CON GAIN Stockton South from LAB
CON Hold Chingford and Wood Green (IDS) + Haltemprice and Howden + Chingord

 

[Bald Rick]

On the BBC - Alastair Campbell has absolutely destroyed John Lansman.

 

[bramling]

On the BBC - Alastair Campbell has absolutely destroyed John Lansman.

I suspect that will be an argument we see repeated on our screens many times over coming days and weeks, and probably very much longer beyond that.

 

[43066]

Absolutely, I completely agree.

At the moment Labour just feels like a protest movement which isn't interested in winning power or providing a robust opposition. Every government needs a decent opposition to hold them to account, and for the past nine years I think Labour has failed to do so. Unless a moderate replaces Corbyn, then in my opinion nothing will change and I fear an even worse result in 2024.

Absolutely.

As a lifelong Tory will I be glad when we win tomorrow? Yes I guess on one level, I will.

Will I be glad about our PM, no, I really bloody won’t.

Politics has become utterly depressing.

 

[bussnapperwm]

Tories now have hit the 50 seat mark

SNP Hold Inverclyde
LAB Hold Gower + Canterbury + Aberavon
CON Hold Folkestone and Hythe + Hexham + Eastleigh

LAB Hold Battersea to get their 50th seat

LAB Hold Liverpool Riverside

 

[GusB]

Tories now have hit the 50 seat mark

SNP Hold Inverclyde
LAB Hold Gower
CON Hold Folkestone and Hythe + Hexham

I must be on a time delay - I'm just seeing Inverclyde votes being read out now!

 

[Bald Rick]

I suspect that will be an argument we see repeated on our screens many times over coming days and weeks, and probably very much longer beyond that.

4 senior Labour politicians have been on in the last 2 hours, and all have said the same thing - it’s primarily about Brexit, and nothing to do with Corbyn and the policies. Delusional.

 

[bussnapperwm]

I must be on a time delay - I'm just seeing Inverclyde votes being read out now!

I'm watching the Sky News coverage.

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CON Hold Colchester + Ribble Valley + Bolton West + Hertsmere + Blackpool North + Worcestershire Mid
LAB Hold Lewisham Deptford + Rhondda + Norwich South
SNP Hold East Kilbride

CON GAIN Wolverhampton NE from Lab + Suncthorpe from Lab
CON Hold Rugby
LAB Hold Nottingham N
SNP Hold Western Isles

CON Hold Bosworth + Saffron Walden + Harwich and Essex N
LAB Hold Wirral South + Tyneside North
CON GAIN Redcar from LAB
SNP GAIN Midlothian from LAP
SNP Hold Renfrewshire N

 

[43066]

4 senior Labour politicians have been on in the last 2 hours, and all have said the same thing - it’s primarily about Brexit, and nothing to do with Corbyn and the policies. Delusional.

It kinda was about Brexit, wasn’t it. Awful as Corbyn is.