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General British politics discussion thread

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    #14312
    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,647 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Ian Duncan Smith holds on but there's a bad split against him with a high Independent vote.

    FPTP sucks as always.



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    #14313
    Ahwell
    Registered Users Posts: 1,781 ✭✭✭Ahwell


    6 Tory ministers have lost their seats so far and there is still around 80% of the vote to come. This is carnage.

    Looks like Farage has won though.



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    #14314
    Cody montana
    Registered Users Posts: 5,268 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    yeah, farage won easily



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    #14315
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 45,587 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    From The Guardian:

    Penny Mordaunt, the Commons leader, will lose her seat to Labour, according to Conservative sources.

    Mordaunt has been MP for Portsmouth North since 2010.

    Falling on her sword.

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    #14316
    Ahwell
    Registered Users Posts: 1,781 ✭✭✭Ahwell


    As did Corbyn, that and IDS's seat are two more wins that Labour could have had.



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    #14317
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,725 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Its hilarious watching the likes of Sky twist themselves in knots trying to discredit the Labour win by talking about vote share over and over.

    It's also being pushed that the problem was Sunak's timing of the election as if this wouldn't have happened anyway.

    Reece-Mogg gone.

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    #14318
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,658 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    30p Lee Anderson got a seat boo.

    Lots of other hideous people confirmed gone Rees-Mogg, Mercer,Gullis, keegan, Jenkyns, Mordaunt, Shapps, Coffey (but given a damehood…), Galloway.

    More to come hopefully possibly Truss…



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    #14319
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,658 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    North Antrim...talk about frying pan into the fire…at least Paisley Jr can spend more time on his true love, accepting lavish holidays from dodgy regimes.

    Screenshot_20240705-060744.png



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    #14320
    Enzokk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,663 ✭✭✭Enzokk


    If it is shown that postal voting was a problem for people, are we going to see a bunch of by-elections for people to vote that missed out on postal voting in close seats? I am thinking of seats like Fylde, won by less than 600 seats, would this not be over or will the parties just accept it and move on?



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    #14321
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,658 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Fabricant gone too hurrah



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    #14322
    PommieBast
    Registered Users Posts: 2,723 ✭✭✭PommieBast


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122341504#Comment_122341504

    Most will accept. After Winchester in 1997 there is reluctance to challenge results after the fact.



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    #14323
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,202 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122341506#Comment_122341506

    That's lovely news to wake up to, almost as good as seeing JRM gone.

    I just saw that the Tories lost all their seats in Wales too. I wonder if the re-districting there, that saw Wales lose 8 MPs, was an additional factor.



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    #14324
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users Posts: 25,523 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Mogg, Gullis, Sunak, Mordaunt, Mercer, Harper and Shapps all gone but hate that Cleverly and Hunt held their seats.



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    #14325
    PommieBast
    Registered Users Posts: 2,723 ✭✭✭PommieBast


    Liz Truss bunking her own count..?



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    #14326
    Igotadose
    Registered Users Posts: 13,449 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


    Will Sunak be the opposition leader?

    So many enjoyable results this a.m.



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    #14327
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,725 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    The lettuce has wilted.



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    #14328
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,749 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Truss is gone 😁



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    #14329
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,658 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Truss gone doesn't even go on stage



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    #14330
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,658 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Esther McVey held on...her husband didn't...what are the odds of that…



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    #14331
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,749 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122341534#Comment_122341534

    she was there, hiding at the end of the line.



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    #14332
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,749 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Truss is the first former PM to lose their seat since 1906 I believe.



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    #14333
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,658 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Greg Hands gone, had 11k majority. Lost by about 200.



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    #14334
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,658 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122341539#Comment_122341539

    You are right apologies didn't see her



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    #14335
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,658 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Good overview on NI. Shame Naomi Long didn't make it.

    https://www.irishnews.com/news/who-has-been-elected-in-northern-ireland-rolling-results-from-westminster-election-USGSXIKWWJCZTCHNPM7Y3Q53AM/

    Sinn Fein currently with more seats in NI than reform has across the UK

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    #14336
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,658 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Reform looking like they will get....4 seats.

    For the amount of coverage they get very very poor.



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    #14337
    Enzokk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,663 ✭✭✭Enzokk


    I see the news channels are going big on vote share, but its like they have not been around for 30 years. Blair won a majority in 2005 with 35% of the vote, and there was only 3 parties at that time. Now you are fragmented even more with Reform on the right of the Conservatives, the LibDems in the Centre, Labour to the left of them and then the Greens to the left of Labour.

    I think someone needs to tell Sky News that this is not unique but a feature of FPTP, they seem to not realise it though.



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    #14338
    Akrasia
    Registered Users Posts: 22,406 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Reform and the greens both getting 4 seats. I wonder which party leader will get a higher share of media interviews for the next 5 years?



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    #14339
    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 13,065 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122341560#Comment_122341560

    FPTP hides a story behind that. How many constituencies did they finish second ahead of the Tories?

    Paisley Jr would have been the lesser of 2 evils versus the TUV leader so I'm kind of worried about what lies Jim Allister will be shouting in the Commons with Farrage cheering him on and of course no-one to correct the record.



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    #14340
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,910 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    Truss clearly lost because she didn't go on enough reactionary podcasts.



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    #14341
    timmyntc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,035 ✭✭✭timmyntc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122341573#Comment_122341573

    Yes, 15% vote share is not to be sniffed at. A victim of FPTP for sure but there is definitely notable support there.



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