Clearly held on from the strength of personal votes which acknowledged his constituency work, visibility and local campaigning - which is kind of the whole point! And yes, the speech was decent. Fair play
Mid & West Dorset Lib Dem First time EVER that West Dorset has not been Tory South Dorset Labour Drax out
I used to do work related to the council in west Dorset as little as 5 years ago. Was there the day after Brexit in the build up. Vocal pro Brexit banners in Newbury and the council was dominated by (most incredibly old) Tory ideologues who were opposed to spending money on public services wherever possible. To see their council and MP now go Lib Dem is crazy
Why are the pundits saying that Farage being an MP will make Starmer rethink any even potential notion of considering more re-alignment with Europe? He’s currently one of 4 MPs for Reform - one of whom was already an MP for a different party and already had a massive platform in the media I guess it’s more down to the share of their vote? But that’s not how it’s being reported at all. It’s being reported as his mere presence in the chamber. I’m interested to what he can possibly do on a week by week basis a one of over 600 people.
Oh the recalculation was bollocks and it turns out Labour and the Lib Dem’s really were doing better than the exit poll. What a shame.
Brexit Hard Man Steve Baker is out. He can now go and enjoy his “fast catamaran sailing” (not a thing in case anyone wasn’t sure) Guy was on holiday during the campaign so it would have been galling if he had won
The gatemouthed gobshite is given more credence, respect and media coverage than he and Ltd Co show deserves.
The Lib Dem’s have made FPTP their absolute bitch this election, the perennial victims of the system have just mastered it. Who would have thought Ed Davey could do better than Charles Kennedy. On another note Truss losing her seat is just about the most satisfying feeling going.
My tactical vote counted. Henley and Thame Tory since 1910 who were ousted for the by the Lib Dems. Albeit with boundary changes but still a huge loss.
Things may not be smooth sailing there. Early in the night when the predictions came out they had someone from them on saying that they would be moving rapidly to “democratise the party”. But Farage set it up that way for a reason. He doesn’t like being challenged. I’m not sure (at the very least) the other three confirmed MPs will like that in the long run. But on the flip side, he himself has admitted that he eventually needs to hand over
When Henley, Chelsea, Surrey Heath, Chichester etc are ditching their Tories is really makes you wonder where these 100+ places that are still voting them in are. I know I can check at the end. But blimey
