4 million votes, just 4 seats for Reform. But the far left LibDems, 3.5 million votes and 71 seats. What a joke. Lots of work ahead! (update, 5 seats, still outrageous)
Agreed with Mrs Bucket on the farce that is our current system of electing MPs into parliament… LibDem loonies get less votes and more MPs, it’s absurd that millions of people don’t have representation in parliament… however, Reform have their Bridgehead and 4 seats is going to ‘get the party started’, even if it’s an uphill job, Farage is nothing if he’s not tenacious! And, Reform are second in 198 seats, fantastic, two of those in Sunderland AND South Shields, that’s a massive deal in the North East and a great gauge for the rest of the country when thinking about those ‘forgotten’ areas around the country; the ones hardest hit with immigration in all its forms…come on Reform you can pick these voters off like birds on a dead carcass! Reform plant the seeds in 2024 and harvest fruit in 2029 🤞 Reform and the rest of us have to fight on… living in Leicestershire I watch in horror as Leicester South Jonathan Ashworth (for whom I have no love at all) lost his seat to sectarian votes… because of high immigration Leicester is vile, even settled migrants of many years don’t like the current state of it, and now they have an MP voted in on a ticket for Gaza, not that the idiots that voted for him realise he won’t solve their problems … so march on!
I think some nervousness set in about voting for Reform, although millions did, as they are an unknown and inexperienced quantity. But with high profile MPs now in the commons there will be plenty of opportunity to prove their metal and grasp of the issues.
The fact that they pushed the Tories into second place in so many places bodes well for the future as Labour will surely try the patience of that huge number who only voted for them to get rid of the conservatives. What an awful reason to risk the stability of the country!
Labour’s vote was actually smaller than Corbyn’s last time around.
Why we persist with FPTP is appalling for representation ; originated in a time when only a handful of rich, landed men got the vote. Of course the problem is that every administration that has such success with the antiquated system looses their appetite for change.
It will be an interesting, expensive few years ahead which I hope the country can emerge from without a complete change of identity.
4 million votes, just 4 seats for Reform. But the far left LibDems, 3.5 million votes and 71 seats. What a joke. Lots of work ahead! (update, 5 seats, still outrageous)
Agreed with Mrs Bucket on the farce that is our current system of electing MPs into parliament… LibDem loonies get less votes and more MPs, it’s absurd that millions of people don’t have representation in parliament… however, Reform have their Bridgehead and 4 seats is going to ‘get the party started’, even if it’s an uphill job, Farage is nothing if he’s not tenacious! And, Reform are second in 198 seats, fantastic, two of those in Sunderland AND South Shields, that’s a massive deal in the North East and a great gauge for the rest of the country when thinking about those ‘forgotten’ areas around the country; the ones hardest hit with immigration in all its forms…come on Reform you can pick these voters off like birds on a dead carcass! Reform plant the seeds in 2024 and harvest fruit in 2029 🤞 Reform and the rest of us have to fight on… living in Leicestershire I watch in horror as Leicester South Jonathan Ashworth (for whom I have no love at all) lost his seat to sectarian votes… because of high immigration Leicester is vile, even settled migrants of many years don’t like the current state of it, and now they have an MP voted in on a ticket for Gaza, not that the idiots that voted for him realise he won’t solve their problems … so march on!
Yes and Reform won seats along the East coast where some of the poorest voters live.
Who is really representing the left behind and the victims of unfettered immigration?
I think some nervousness set in about voting for Reform, although millions did, as they are an unknown and inexperienced quantity. But with high profile MPs now in the commons there will be plenty of opportunity to prove their metal and grasp of the issues.
The fact that they pushed the Tories into second place in so many places bodes well for the future as Labour will surely try the patience of that huge number who only voted for them to get rid of the conservatives. What an awful reason to risk the stability of the country!
Labour’s vote was actually smaller than Corbyn’s last time around.
Why we persist with FPTP is appalling for representation ; originated in a time when only a handful of rich, landed men got the vote. Of course the problem is that every administration that has such success with the antiquated system looses their appetite for change.
It will be an interesting, expensive few years ahead which I hope the country can emerge from without a complete change of identity.
Interesting to see if Starmer and Davey put PR on the backburner for quite some time. I'm wondering when and where the first by election will be.
Whatever, we should calm down, have a summer. There's no call for PR for how many years?
The election's over but the hysterical shouting goes on as loud as ever. The Daily Mail still goes on about the crusades and Agincourt.