There’s a chance Liz Truss could lose her seat this time. She previously had a large majority but her failed stint as PM tarnishing her and a strong challenge by a local independent could unseat her.
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From the results that have come in so far, the right wing populist party Reform UK is quickly rising as a new political force. They’ve placed second in at least three constituencies so far.
If Starmer’s Labour fail to make visible progress to the country’s fortunes we could be facing a Trump moment in the form of Nigel Farage.
And as for the S*n, they just put their weight behind whoever is going to win.
I was a bit surprised the S*n did switch to Labour. From what I’ve heard there still a grudge amongst Murdoch and his minions towards Starmer, due the prosecutions he pursued as DPP during the phone hacking scandal.
After seeing the first few results come in, my main worry is how Starmer’s Labour will react to the rise of Reform. If Labour cannot visibly begin to turn things around, and they also fail to effectively counter the building populist undercurrent, we could be heading for some dark times.
We will have to see what exactly Starmer’s Labour will actually do once it has power.
First result is in at Houghton and Sunderland South.
Labour hold with 18,847 (47.1%) but Reform second with 11,668 (29.1%). Turnout also down compared to last 2 elections.
Yeah I was hoping they would fall under 100. The exit poll is just another poll though - it still could change yet. Maybe the projections won’t properly account for the effect of Reform and independents.
13 seats for Reform feels like it would be more than a foot in the door for Faragism if the exit poll is accurate for them. I hope Labour will be able to provide effective counters to this.
Of course it’s also possible that with suddenly gaining MPs in double digits, the inexperienced party might keep tripping over itself before it can trip anyone else.
More potential for drama I guess. Labour’s attitude is too subdued.
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From what I’ve heard she’s been noticeably absent from the local campaign trail in her constituency. Even failed to turn up hustings and other big events. So she’s shameless enough to stand but not to try and stand up for her record publicly.
I like containers. But they do have a habit of nurturing cludgy temporary hacks into permanent infrastructure, by sweeping all the ugly bits under the big whale-shaped rug.
I suppose this is the challenges for Reform. UKIP seemed to get a pass on much of its crankiness by being seen as a largely single issue protest party.
But now Breixt it is “done” and Reform has to present itself as a fully formed alternative to the traditional parties of governance. Which it turn means it will be under much greater scrutiny, and really challenge the appeal of the party outside it’s core.
Ian Gribbin, the party’s candidate in Bexhill and Battle, also wrote online that women were the “sponging gender” and should be “deprived of health care”.
Crikey. Farage’s new crop are making the likes of Godfrey Bloom look tame.
It’s the ones that are thinking it but managing to not say it aloud that we really should worry about.
Well it shuts up the conspiracists claiming Farage had himself milkshaked by a Reform supporter as some of 5d chess false flag thing I suppose.
Firing EMPs in urban areas does not sound a great idea at all. That’s a lot of potential collator damage on top of an already potential dangerous police action.
There are already methods police can use to stop moving vehicles, which would work on electric vehicles as well as existing ICE vehicles. These are still bikes, not magic carpets or something. Stopping a moving vehicle is also dangerous in itself, and it doesn’t sound a great idea to add to that the chances of frying everything from police equipment to vital medical devices that happens to be in the blast area.
Truss is out! Defeated by Labour candidate Terry Jermy by only 630 votes.