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More election good news- Rod Liddle lost his deposit in Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East. 4.8%, with a clear run from Reform, is really quite shit.

Arguably, Liddle running cost the Simon Clarke the seat- Labour won by only 214. Though if Reform had run they'd likely have taken more votes off Labour, so swings and roundabouts.

Arrowhead wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 8:59 pm Fysh is now blarbing on about the urgent need to build a new right-wing party "that is actually small c conservative where 65% of the country is, that is isn't nativist or weird"

Does that mean really shit, but led by Kemi Badenoch?

Is anyone on here still represented by a Tory?

That's some "head rot from the fysh".

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 9:06 pm Is anyone on here still represented by a Tory?

Yep! Saqib Bhatti ended up holding on by about 4,500 votes here in Solihull East & Meriden.

To be honest, I am still feeling kinda jet-lagged after Thursday evening / Friday morning. I felt a blood-letting at 22:00 and then a drunken, euphoric haze until around 02:00 when I went to be with bluetooth buds, just awakening enough to clock the most important moments. I am shattered.

I am certainly not trading all that poison for elderflower-scented pillows, but my faith in the Old Country is, step-by-step, being restored. My boy tells me that people in west London are warmly greeting each other on the street.

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 9:06 pm Is anyone on here still represented by a Tory?

Arrowhead wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 9:13 pm
Yep! Saqib Bhatti ended up holding on by about 4,500 votes here in Solihull East & Meriden.

How much of the town of Solihull is in your seat? Because there was a discussion on Twitter about how appallingly the Tories have done in towns, and the question was asked which is the biggest town wholly or mostly contained by a Tory held constituency. The two Solihull seats were suggested, as was Maidstone (and Malling).

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 10:32 pm How much of the town of Solihull is in your seat? Because there was a discussion on Twitter about how appallingly the Tories have done in towns, and the question was asked which is the biggest town wholly or mostly contained by a Tory held constituency. The two Solihull seats were suggested, as was Maidstone (and Malling).

Only a relatively small amount of Solihull itself, I think. It's a very oddly-drawn seat which takes in a lot of the posh rural areas between Solihull and Coventry, and a rather downtrodden portion of eastern Birmingham. I believe the main bulk of Solihull itself is covered by the new Solihull West and Shirley constituency.

Incidentally, on the subject of Solihull West & Shirley: I've just noticed that the previous MP for the abolished Solihull constituency, Julian Knight, finished a distant last and lost his deposit. Lord only knows what convinced him to stand again, he hadn't even been an MP for long enough to build up much of a personal vote.

Some people just don't know when to make a dignified exit.

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 9:06 pm Is anyone on here still represented by a Tory?

Sadly yes and Reform came second. But I don’t care as I walk the dog three streets away where the first former PM for over a century was ejected by Labour. And even better it’s Liz Truss.

Anthony Browne, a reactionary gobshite who replaced Heidi Allen in South Cambs, went on a chicken run to a neighbouring constituency. And still lost.

Arrowhead wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 11:09 pm

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 10:32 pm How much of the town of Solihull is in your seat? Because there was a discussion on Twitter about how appallingly the Tories have done in towns, and the question was asked which is the biggest town wholly or mostly contained by a Tory held constituency. The two Solihull seats were suggested, as was Maidstone (and Malling).

Only a relatively small amount of Solihull itself, I think. It's a very oddly-drawn seat which takes in a lot of the posh rural areas between Solihull and Coventry, and a rather downtrodden portion of eastern Birmingham. I believe the main bulk of Solihull itself is covered by the new Solihull West and Shirley constituency.

Chelmsley Wood? It's a really sharp contrast between there and the forest of Arden.

Here In Loughborough we turned a Con majority of 6k into a Labour one of 5k

Also gone- Daniel Kawczynski, booted out of Shrewsbury with 22.4%, barely half the Labour vote.

And Lia Nici. Came third in Grimsby and Cleethorpes. Massive Reform vote there, naturally, but if they'd have wanted to vote for her, they could have done. Melanie Onn beat Nici by 7,000.

This is good news.

They've done pretty well in this area. Was absolute madness not to campaign on it. A few Tories that were taken out by Lib Dems might now be wishing they had.

This crank was nearly an MP. He's got MP in his Twitter name even if he lost. Predictably amplified by 5 Pillars.

The crank naivety of this guy really takes some believing. Why would the Greens stand down for Galloway candidates? That would absolutely kill them in lots of places. Say what you like about Corbyn, he gets that Galloway is an absolute disgrace.

No surprise, but still good to see it. Greens overwhelmingly telling Workers Party people to fuck off.