Thursday 7th May

howsillyofme1 · Post by **howsillyofme1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:34 am

If Miliband resigns Salmond will be the leading figure from the opposition side...is that what we really want?

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:34 am

Castle Point (Canvey Island): Con hold

TechnicalEphemera · Post by **TechnicalEphemera** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:35 am

pk1 wrote:
RogerOThornhill wrote:Douglas Alexander gone.

The worst thing Labour could do is for Ed to resign - we'll just get a period of infighting that won't do any good.

Too late Rog, it's already begun

George Eaton ✔@georgeeaton
Labour HQ source: "Ed has to resign tomorrow. Everyone here accepts that."
2:17 AM - 8 May 2015

Whatever future shape Labour takes it will be different.

It may be that Ed himself will feel he has to go. Centre left politics has taken a hammering tonight. The problem is you can't really tack right and there are no obvious successors ( unlike John Smith last time). I have no idea what happens next.

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:35 am

Cons hold Castle Point.

StephenDolan · Post by **StephenDolan** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:35 am

I can't bear to watch this on TV, thanks to those updating here with the results.

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:35 am

Gordon Brown's seat gone to the Nats ?

AngryAsWell · Post by **AngryAsWell** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:37 am

Night all have to go to upset

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:37 am

Miliband needs to stay or there is no-one to provide adequate opposition. That is what is "grown-up".

No-one could have done better than Miliband given the shit the tory press and SNP have been giving him. To think anything else is just fantasy.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:38 am

Jesus. There really is no justice.

Post by **letsskiptotheleft** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:38 am

This is worse than 92. Worse that I believed things had changed, that people were more sceptical of the media.

For all the polls, utter crap, the twitter campaigns, endless retweets of how well things were going on in constituencies, I wasn't optimistic but I didn't think it would be this bad.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:38 am

Night @AAW xxx

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:41 am

Lab hold Jarrow
Lab hold Mitcham and Morden

Swindon South - Con hold

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:41 am

Right.

I'm off to bed. Too depressed to stay up - I'll only start to think about the implications of this and that will make it worse.

Edit - and AS being over-run by the most vile crowing Tories. Had enough.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:42 am

GB seat not declared yet yahyah

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:43 am

Night night Angry.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:43 am

Goodnight AAW & Roger, try and get some sleep.

TechnicalEphemera · Post by **TechnicalEphemera** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:43 am

RogerOThornhill wrote:Right.

I'm off to bed. Too depressed to stay up - I'll only start to think about the implications of this and that will make it worse.

Yep I am calling it, but looking at this I fear Cameron will get a majority. If only he hadn't promised that euro referendum.....

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:44 am

Have had to switch off the radio. Salmond speaking.

WelshIan · Post by **WelshIan** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:44 am

Cons gain Brecon

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:44 am

Con hold Peterborough. Giselle will be gutted, she worked so hard there.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:45 am

Rhondda: Lab hold

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:45 am

I am going to try and stick it out.

There may be some light in the tunnel.

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:45 am

Night AAW & Roger & TE.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:45 am

Goodnight TE, see you when the suns up.

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:47 am

Lab hold Islwyn with a 29.4% majority

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:47 am

Am avoiding other media & websites to try and avoid crowing Tories & ScotNats.

Can anyone kindly give me a sense of how bad it is for the Lib Dems, and if, as RR suggests Plaid not doing that well.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:47 am

Jo Swinson's seat gone to SNP too

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:48 am

Islwyin: Lab hold

Goodnight Roger xxx

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:48 am

Alex Salmond is going to form a progressive alliance in the commons. presumably that means he is going to work closely with cameron to separate scotland from the rest of the UK.

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:48 am

Jo Swinson's gone. Dunbartonshire E - SNP gain.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:49 am

Your seat has been the only LD hold so far yahyah & Plaid have 3 I think

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:50 am

Con hold Montgomeryshire with a 15.8% majority a few seconds ago
SNP hold Dundee East with a 39.8% majority a few seconds ago
PC hold Carmarthen East & Dinefwr with a 14.2% majority a minute ago
SNP win Midlothian with a 20.4% majority 2 minutes ago

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:50 am

Someone on Lib Dem Voice says rumours Vince Cable is out.

TechnicalEphemera · Post by **TechnicalEphemera** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:51 am

yahyah wrote:Am avoiding other media & websites to try and avoid crowing Tories & ScotNats.

Can anyone kindly give me a sense of how bad it is for the Lib Dems, and if, as RR suggests Plaid not doing that well.

On my way out the door, this is dire for the Lib Dems. Hughes may be gone, Clegg looks wobbly and even if he survives he will have to resign. I think the Tories have destroyed them in the South West and they have evaporated in the North.

This is an existential crisis for them as well.

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:52 am

yahyah wrote:Am avoiding other media & websites to try and avoid crowing Tories & ScotNats.

Can anyone kindly give me a sense of how bad it is for the Lib Dems, and if, as RR suggests Plaid not doing that well.

From Buzz Feed:

After defeats in:

Houghton & Sunderland South
Sunderland Central
Sunderland West
Swindon North
Battersea
Tooting
Nuneaton
Kilmarnock
Llanelli
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Arfon
Clwyd South
Islwyn South
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Darlington
Broxbourne
South Shields
Glenrothes
Dundee West
Halton
Castle Point
East Kilbride
Strathaven & Lesmahagow
Angus
Dundee East
Motherwell & Wishaw
Mitcham & Morden
Jarrow
Swindon South
Rhondda
Torfaen
Aberconwy

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomchivers/this ... ost-so-far

WelshIan · Post by **WelshIan** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:52 am

pk1 wrote:Your seat has been the only LD hold so far yahyah & Plaid have 3 I think

Plaid have 2 at the moment, vote share slightly up on 2010 so far (0.1%).

BBC are quite comprehensive here, not sure how quickly they are updating:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2015/results

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:53 am

'Night, @TE - sleep soundly xxx

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:53 am

SNP win Rutherglen & Hamilton West with a 31.0% swing a minute ago
DUP win Belfast East with a 6.5% majority 2 minutes ago
Lab hold Durham North with a 34.0% majority 3 minutes ago
SNP win Dunbartonshire East with a 4.0% majority 4 minutes ago

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:54 am

SNP have taken Kirkaldy.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:55 am

Lab gain Ealing & Acton from Cons

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:56 am

I've ventured to Lib Dem Voice. Actually feel a bit sorry for them.
They have been really hammered, at least we'll still be a little bit standing.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:57 am

Lab hold Islington South & Finsbury (Emily Thornberry)

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:57 am

Lab hold Caerphilly with a 25.0% majority a few seconds ago
Con hold Peterborough with a 4.1% majority a minute ago
Lab win Ealing Central & Acton with a 0.5% majority 2 minutes ago
Con hold Havant with a 31.1% majority 2 minutes ago
Con hold Wimbledon with a 26.1% majority 2 minutes ago

TechnicalEphemera · Post by **TechnicalEphemera** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:58 am

LadyCentauria wrote:Lab gain Ealing & Acton from Cons

Labours first gain then. ( really really going now honest).

Problem is they need a load more to stop Cameron romping home because the swing is going the other way in the Midlands.

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:58 am

LadyCentauria wrote:Lab gain Ealing & Acton from Cons

rebeccariots2 · Post by **rebeccariots2** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:58 am

David Crow ‏@bydavidcrow 3m3 minutes ago
A child with a calculator could have worked this out, but msg to Scotland: Voting SNP does not "lock David Cameron out of Downing Street"

SpinningHugo · Post by **SpinningHugo** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:59 am

Goodnight.

Let us hope they are short of 323. Not even looking good for that.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:59 am

Leigh: Lab hold (Andy Burnham)

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 2:59 am

Lab hold Leigh (Andy Burnham)
Lab hold Easington (Grahame Morris)

Con hold Worcester

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:00 am

Lab hold Easington
Con hold Worcester