First past the post would make our parliament look pretty different if the votes were replicated in a GE. A bit like this...Tories wiped out totally
That wouldn't happen, though. Lib Dems with more than twice the Tory vote, who also lose to the Greens? The Brexiters all voted for The Cult of Personality in this election. They won't in a GE. Lots of people voted for the Greens and Lib Dems as a Remain vote. That won't repeat in a GE.
So the Tories once again get utterly annihilated at the polls, so of course the BBC's take is "Labour had a bad night"... So that's "educate" and "inform" out the window, how's "entertain" holding up?
Oh well, there go our chances of being invited to any pre-season tours of the US for another year... please log in to view this image
Somebody may want to send this to the BBC, they seem to be missing the story Again... please log in to view this image
Sorry, with respect you cannot possibly say that all Brexiters (32% of the votes) were cast because of "cult of personality"!
All the stats I watched live effectively showed the Farage voter proportion as : 'UKIP like-for-like transfer' + 'bonus' where 'bonus' = voters transferring from other incumbent parties. The composition of the 'bonus' voters (usual Labour/Tory etc) we will not know, unless the exit / after polls ask(ed) this question.
***Completely ignoring the Conservative and Labour parties' manifestos from two years ago. Hmmm, ok...
Can't wait to see the looks on their faces when their MPs beg for their old jobs back In a few cases, it might be imprinted on the door that's slammed in said faces...
The CHUK vote share was so bad, you can barely put a *** paper between them and UKIP. Says it all. To me, it's a clear indication of how disconnected they are from public opinion, despite what they say. If their MPs had the balls to call bye elections in their constituencies as they should, they'd get destroyed. Won't hold my breath.
