Off Topic General Election

Agree – 30p would have lost if he hadn't jumped ship.

Reform is just another temporal figment of the snake oil salesman Farage and a divided Tory party. I suppose you could see it as a manifestation of the fissure in the Tories, but without the accountability. They offer easy solutions and scapegoats to complex situations and are not a serious outfit, despite their burgeoning vote share.

However, Labour should take heed and deal with these pressing issues properly and fairly; without imitating.

I am sceptical they will do that but hope I am wrong.

 

Glad Ashworth lost his seat - absolute liability and grade a twat.

 

Big statement win for Farage.

 

Dreadful MP.

 

Horrible ****.

 

4-40am and Sunak has conceded the election, the ****ers are done.

 

Labour wins General Election at what is looking like a landslide majority.

Jacob Rees-Mogg booted out - can it get any better?

 

Yeah as I followed up, fair enough, my mind was more on the US where it's really quite difficult to vote, as I haven't been in the UK for an election before. I'd still suggest having it on a weekend would encourage participation and turn out. Perhaps it's so easy to vote because no one turns out to vote! I think I saw participation rates around Hull were the lowest in the country?

I still think about the fact I was at work from about 8.30 yesterday morning and was under the hammer to finalise our result until late in the evening. I'm sure there's plenty of people working in jobs that would make it restrictive to vote on a weekday. (Of course I accept there's industries that work on the weekend too) but it does sound like your postal voting system is a bit better than the US.

 

nowt like a beer at five in a morning to celebrate

 

The over 4 million unemployed in the early 1980s didn't have any food banks to go to, and there were no jobs available. Today bigger population way less unemployed jobs vacancies all over but people need food banks?

 

From experience down here sadly there doesn't need to be a decent option.

I had hoped when our Conservative-equivalent party lost they would regroup and centrify, they actually went further and harder right.

 

Alternatively you can get someone else to vote for you by post, if you see what I mean.

 

Pretty sure that will happen here too.

 

The lesson from this election is that bungee jumping, zumba and a rubber ring behind a boat are bigger vote winners than discussing policies.

 

Diversity is our strength!

Well done.

 

Not surprised what is happening

 

I went out on my bicycle and rode past 2, and the queue at both was Brobdingnagian.

At least there won’t be a turkey shortage this Christmas.