General Election Is On

[claret_in_exile]

Blyth Valley just announced a gain for the Tories. It's started.

[taio]

Significant that Tories win Blyth Valley

[LordBob]

Blythe Valley .... WOW !!!!!

[claret_in_exile]

20% swing.

Labour are getting precisely what they deserve.

[Quickenthetempo]

2-1 to Labour.

I don't know what all the fuss is about?

[LoveCurryPies]

Blythe Valley.....Labour since 1950. Until now.

[BennyD]

smug, self satisfied, wealthy tories back in the driving seat. With a liar at the helm. Cannot fathom how empty headed our electorate are to have this shower controlling the purse strings. Rising crime, NHS on its knees, homelessness and food banks are rife, and the voting public choose conservative. I am genuinely astounded and disgusted.

Wow! Talk about a disillusioned empty headed moron; Johnson is a politician, just as Corbyn is, and they are all liars. Labour have traditionally f*cked the economy and, personally, I wouldn’t trust them with a piggy bank. Rising crime is being fuelled by drinking and gambling and de-restriction of both were Labour policies. The NHS has always been a problem because it has always been inefficient and always will be unles there is a root and branch overhaul. The voting public looks like it might be voting the Tories in because the Labour Party want to take the country back to the 1970s. I’m delighted and enthused that the 3 year old Governmental paralysis might be over because it may mean that Brexit is finally delivered (after the much requested 2nd public vote) and then we can get back to running the country, not the wet dreams of disgruntled remainers.

[Top Claret]

Great news from Blythe

[LordBob]

Are we calling it an exit poll or a BR - EXIT poll ?

[Clarets4me]

Blyth Valley Labour majority in 2017 was 7,915 .... just Wow !!

[Claret-On-A-T-Rex]

From the exit poll...
Forecast: Expected at 02:00
Burnley
54% chance of Conservative gain, 46% chance of Labour hold

[Bordeauxclaret]

I’m just worried Ringo’s battery will run out.

[tiger76]

Gains in the North East for the Conservatives,and a strong BP vote,they've saved their deposit in all 3 seats declared thus far,and Farage could well be right that they're taking votes from Labour allowing the Conservatives to come through the middle,i do find it amusing that remainers are complaining about a Tory/BP pact given the remain alliance.

[Wile E Coyote]

Wow! Talk about a disillusioned empty headed moron; Johnson is a politician, just as Corbyn is, and they are all liars. Labour have traditionally f*cked the economy and, personally, I wouldn’t trust them with a piggy bank. Rising crime is being fuelled by drinking and gambling and de-restriction of both were Labour policies. The NHS has always been a problem because it has always been inefficient and always will be unles there is a root and branch overhaul. The voting public looks like it might be voting the Tories in because the Labour Party want to take the country back to the 1970s. I’m delighted and enthused that the 3 year old Governmental paralysis might be over because it may mean that Brexit is finally delivered (after the much requested 2nd public vote) and then we can get back to running the country, not the wet dreams of disgruntled remainers.

moron ? you are one of those I alluded to, and your ill thought out summary of the days events are dreadful. Also, all your points are invalid and ludicrous. Sap.

[FCBurnley]

Imploding Turtle in hiding ?

[Bin Ont Turf]

I’m just worried Ringo’s battery will run out.

I'm worried for the sandals.

Chewed as though a dog has been at them.

[CombatClaret]

If there's one thing I hope comes out of the this election and the public is shown to overwhelmingly support; is tougher rules on enforcing factual claims only in political advertising.

[BennyD]

moron ? you are one of those I alluded to, and your ill thought out summary of the days events are dreadful. Also, all your points are invalid and ludicrous. Sap.

Really? The exit pole suggests even Burnley May go blue. That kind of indicates more people think like me than they do like you, which is a blessing to the country. Btw, this isn’t a summary of ‘the days events’, it’s a summary of the last 50+ years.

[claret_in_exile]

Holy crap: Redcar, Leigh and Chesterfield are touch and go.

Bloody hell. It's a massacre.

[Somethingfishy]

Quite a few of the more regular lefties/remainers are conspicuous by their absence. Maybe finally they realise they were in the miority despite their perceived sense of higher intelligence and morality.

[Rowls]

Really? The exit pole suggests even Burnley May go blue. That kind of indicates more people think like me than they do like you, which is a blessing to the country.

kin-L

I'd be gobsmacked in Burnley went Conservative. That's unthinkable.

That's what Corbyn has done to the Labour Party.

[taio]

Yep Burnley predicted to turn blue. Incredible, it really is.

[BennyD]

I never thought I’d say this but, thank God the dozy ba5tards voted Corbyn in.

[slw]

lousie cooper?

[FCBurnley]

Burnley has not been Tory since 1910

[tiger76]

Blyth Valley Labour majority in 2017 was 7,915 .... just Wow !!

To put this into context Blyth Valley was number 116 on the Tory target list,this doesn't bode well for many marginals in the midlands,which are normally bellweather seats.

[Bordeauxclaret]

I'm worried for the sandals.

Resort?

[FCBurnley]

Sounds like Corbin was the Uk version of Hillary Clinton haha

[tiger76]

I never thought I’d say this but, thank God the dozy ba5tards voted Corbyn in.

The Labour MP'S didn't vote him in,it was their daft membership,not once but twice,it shows how out of touch they really are nowadays.

[RingoMcCartney]

The Liberal Democrats seriously need to change their name,Menzies Campbell just stated now in the BBC studio that unless the SNP achieve a majority of the Scottish vote share,then they don't have a mandate for a 2nd indy ref,well i disagree with their stance on independence,the SNP clearly are entitled to seek another say on the matter,and if they carry the majority of the country in such a vote then so be it,i'll be disappointed but i won't be defending a fresh vote,unlike the remainers and the brexit referendum.

They could start by being honest when they have the inevitable rebrand.

Remove the "liberal" and "Democrats" from their party name.

Illiberal Extremists would be more accurate.

[claret_in_exile]

The Labour MP'S didn't vote him in,it was their daft membership,not once but twice,it shows how out of touch they really are nowadays.

For all the gains that Blair/Brown made, Corbyn has undone all that credibility in four years. Labour gains in 2017 look like they were just a protest vote rather than approval of socialism.

[BennyD]

The Labour MP'S didn't vote him in,it was their daft membership,not once but twice,it shows how out of touch they really are nowadays.

Apologies, I should have made that clearer; by dozy ba5tards I meant Labourites.

[RingoMcCartney]

kin-L

I'd be gobsmacked in Burnley went Conservative. That's unthinkable.

That's what Corbyn has done to the Labour Party.

Wrong

It's a result of what the political class has tried to do to democracy.

[Bin Ont Turf]

Resort?

Yes.

Millions of disaffected Labour voters descending on the Bahamas can't be a good thing.

[CrosspoolClarets]

I said it at the time, but those prats should have voted for May’s deal. Huge mistake from Labour’s POV.

[CombatClaret]

Whilst it's clearly a once in a generation result I'm not sure it will be generational change. Once Brexit is in the rear view mirror and the 'Marxist antisemite' so many clearly had issue with is binned it will be back to more traditional UK issues. But Tories in the driving seat for now.

[LordBob]

Since Brexit there has been a lot of excellent threads and posts on this hallowed site, I love you all and I think we carry on being the mentally agile people I hope we've always been but we had a democratic vote and our wishes were ignored even my friends that voted different to myself have said enough DEMOCRACY has to be seen to be done.

[tiger76]

For all the gains that Blair/Brown made, Corbyn has undone all that credibility in four years. Labour gains in 2017 look like they were just a protest vote rather than approval of socialism.

Labour's big chance was 2017,Theresa May had a dire campaign,and brexit wasn't as divisive an issue,and even then they only made modest gains.

[RingoMcCartney]

Since Brexit there has been a lot of excellent threads and posts on this hallowed site, I love you all and I think we carry on being the mentally agile people I hope we've always been but we had a democratic vote and our wishes were ignored even my friends that voted different to myself have said enough DEMOCRACY has to be seen to be done.

It's only what I've been saying for 3 and a half years.

And I've had dogs abuse from a small gaggle of posters who simple refused to accept a very simple principle.


DEMOCRACY- IT MEANS SOMETIMES YOU LOSE

[LongsideClaret]

It would be f@cking hilarious if Burnley did elect a Tory MP. The conservatives and Brexit will be nothing short of disastrous for Burnley and people have actually voted for both.

[Wile E Coyote]

Really? The exit pole suggests even Burnley May go blue. That kind of indicates more people think like me than they do like you, which is a blessing to the country.

of course, swine follow swine, but nothing intellectual about it, just a docile herd mentality. as I said, self satisfied and smug, but without one iota of common decency. I hope you're fatuous tribe excel themselves in the months to come, you deserve each other.

[BennyD]

It's only what I've been saying for 3 and a half years.

And I've had dogs abuse from a small gaggle of posters who simple refused to accept a very simple principle.


DEMOCRACY- IT MEANS SOMETIMES YOU LOSE

And if/when you do lose you should accept it in good grace, which is also what you should do in victory. However, the remainers make this very difficult...........

[Spiral]

I've always thought the "why won't you respect democracy" argument a bit pi$$y and childish. It's not about respect, that's just plain naïve, and you can't just expect people to stop fighting for what they believe because they lost a vote. The whole point in democracy is that it's robust enough to overcome any perceived obstruction when the mandate is clear and solid (and that is a perception in its truest sense, because opposition is a feature of democracy). Get the mandate and there's no impediment to power. Fail to get that clear mandate and you'll struggle. Well, here is that mandate and it's emphatic. No pi$$ing and moaning from me because it's literally pointless.

[CombatClaret]

It's only what I've been saying for 3 and a half years.

And I've had dogs abuse from a small gaggle of posters who simple refused to accept a very simple principle.


DEMOCRACY- IT MEANS SOMETIMES YOU LOSE

I think there's a difference between accepting you lost and rolling over on deeply held principals. What a lot of people including myself couldn't get to grips with is when you picked two 'winners' and they had totally different opinions of what the prize was. But that's one for the MA dissertations and histories yet to be written.

All I want is a happy & prosperous future for the 'normal' folk of the UK and it seems the choice has been loudly made who they think will deliver that, so forward into the future we go.

[nyclaret]

Due to austerity, Blyth Valley has 14,847 (24.18%) children living in poverty.

26.7% of households are classed as fuel poor.

The unemployment rate is 31%.

And they just voted for Conservative...

[Rowls]

At least Jeremy Corbyn won't have to remain neutral on Brexit.

[Spiral]

Due to austerity, Blyth Valley has 14,847 (24.18%) children living in poverty.

26.7% of households are classed as fuel poor.

The unemployment rate is 31%.

And they just voted for Conservative...

Nobody said these people were smart.

[BennyD]

STOP PRESS; I’m listening to a Labour candidate (Stoke Central) who is realistic about what is likely to happen tonight. It’s such a pity he might lose his seat.

[Bfcboyo]

It would be f@cking hilarious if Burnley did elect a Tory MP. The conservatives and Brexit will be nothing short of disastrous for Burnley and people have actually voted for both.

Do you actually believe this nonsense. Have you looked around the industrial estates and business parks in and around Burnley. Because the improvement and clear push and investment over the last ten years is there for all to see. All since the Tories have been in.

Oh yes I forgot that the country was going to be on its knees within months of the initial referendum absolute disaster.

Still waiting.

You are a robot who believes all anti Brexit nonsense and doom mongery.

[Somethingfishy]

of course, swine follow swine, but nothing intellectual about it, just a docile herd mentality. as I said, self satisfied and smug, but without one iota of common decency. I hope you're fatuous tribe excel themselves in the months to come, you deserve each other.

Spoken like a true sulking, foaming at the mouth, resorting to insults lefty. A complete failure to grasp political reality..a common theme with the left.