Thursday 7th May

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

rebeccariots2 wrote:
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"

What sort of s*** are they going to come out with to try and wriggle out of accepting responsibility for what they've done ?

rebeccariots2 · Post by **rebeccariots2** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:00 am

yahyah wrote: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.

I've just looked at LDV too. Yes - I also feel a bit of sympathy - but there still seem to be a few not getting why it's happened to them.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:00 am

Goodnight Hugo, sleep well

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:01 am

Yes, good night Hugo.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:01 am

SNP gain Renfrewshire

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:02 am

'Night Hugo xxx

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:02 am

Con hold Gosport

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:03 am

SNP win Paisley & Renfrewshire North with a 18.0% majority a minute ago
Lab hold Easington with a 42.3% majority 3 minutes ago
Lab win Burnley with a 8.2% majority 6 minutes ago

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:03 am

Lab gain Burnley

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:04 am

SNP gain everything in their path

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:04 am

Night Hugo.

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:05 am

pk1 wrote:Lab gain Burnley

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:05 am

Lab hold Newport West

mbc1955 · Post by **mbc1955** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:05 am

I can't take any more of this. I'm switching the computer off, turning out the lights and I'm going to try not to imagine just how shitty it's all got. Thanks for the company, thanks for the joint sense of despair.

Just what the fuck have they got to do to be thrown out?

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:06 am

Current count:

Labour - 28
SNP - 18
Other - 12
LD - 1
Con - 16

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:06 am

Night mbc.

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:07 am

Cons gain vale of Clywd from Labour.

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:07 am

If the SNP do pull virtually every seat, just how are the other 50% going to feel ?
Who is going to be their voice ?

Can't think it is going to be good for Scotland in terms of community cohesion.

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:08 am

Clegg result expected at 0430.

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

Goodnight mbc, wish I could tell you what the fuck they have to do to be thrown out, I really do.

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:09 am

refitman wrote:Clegg result expected at 0430.

Dan, I've waited 5 years for that, but it seems almost unimportant now.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:10 am

Jim Murphy's lost to SNP

StephenDolan · Post by **StephenDolan** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:10 am

'Mike O’Brien, the former Labour minister, has failed to take North Warwickshire back from the Conservatives. The Tories’ majority in 2010 was just 54, and this was Labour’s top target. '

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:10 am

Renfreshire East: SNP gain. Jim's gone

WelshIan · Post by **WelshIan** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:10 am

SNP take Jim Murphy's seat

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:14 am

SNP hold Moray with a 18.4% majority a minute ago
Lab hold Durham North West with a 23.5% majority a minute ago
Lab hold Hammersmith with a 13.6% majority a minute ago
Lab hold Westminster North with a 5.0% majority 2 minutes ago
Con hold Cities of London & Westminster with a 26.7% majority

And Rupa Huk (manhandled by BoJo's henchman) has taken Ealing.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:15 am

yahyah wrote:If the SNP do pull virtually every seat, just how are the other 50% going to feel ?
Who is going to be their voice ?

Can't think it is going to be good for Scotland in terms of community cohesion.

It'll likely be worse for community cohesion that IndyRef was.

WelshIan · Post by **WelshIan** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:15 am

StephenDolan wrote:'Mike O’Brien, the former Labour minister, has failed to take North Warwickshire back from the Conservatives. The Tories’ majority in 2010 was just 54, and this was Labour’s top target. '

Tory majority now 3000!

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:16 am

How can all those hundreds of polls, including the constituency ones, have been so badly wrong but more to the point, how do we keep the party together whilst rebuilding with the explicit aim of beating the bastards to a pulp in 2020.

Hopefully we will still have a country worth living in by then.

StephenDolan · Post by **StephenDolan** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:17 am

WelshIan wrote:
StephenDolan wrote:'Mike O’Brien, the former Labour minister, has failed to take North Warwickshire back from the Conservatives. The Tories’ majority in 2010 was just 54, and this was Labour’s top target. '
Tory majority now 3000!

Holy crap.

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:18 am

SNP win Stirling with a 20.1% majority a minute ago
Lab hold Ealing North with a 25.4% majority a minute ago
Lab hold Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney with a 35.2% majority a minute ago
Con win Vale of Clwyd with a 0.7% majority a minute ago
Con hold Isle of Wight with a 19.5% majority 2 minutes ago

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:19 am

Lab hold Newport East

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:19 am

John Mann needs to wind his neck in.

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:20 am

If anyone is looking at other sites/social media - how are the usual bunch of 'I'm a real socialist me, not voting Labour' types taking it ?
Delighted to see Labour kicked rather than upset the Tories are getting in ?

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:21 am

Mhairi Black being interviewed on Sky.

She is in for such a shock when she discovers that Westminster will pay absolutely no attention to what the SNP demand.

StephenDolan · Post by **StephenDolan** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:22 am

RobertSnozers wrote:
refitman wrote:John Mann needs to wind his neck in.
What's he saying? As if I can't guess. They're all going to be coming out of the woodwork now

John Mann ✔@JohnMannMP
Can't say that Labour leadership weren't warned repeatedly-those who even bothered to meet that is. Never hurts to listen.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:22 am

Con hold Herrfordshire East
Plaid hold Dwyfor Meirionnydd

rebeccariots2 · Post by **rebeccariots2** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:23 am

Tim Shipman ‏@ShippersUnbound 55s56 seconds ago
The Save Nigel movement is in full swing now. Makes sense for Ukip. There wont be a Save Ed or Save Nick movement

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:24 am

Con hold Basildon & Billaricay
Con hold Harlow
Con hold Rochford
Con hold Ludlow

Lab hold Coventry South

rebeccariots2 · Post by **rebeccariots2** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:25 am

I know it's far too early to even start pondering things such as this ... but ... if Labour do depose Ed Miliband as leader I'm not sure where that will leave me ... he's the reason I felt able to join.

ephemerid · Post by **ephemerid** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:26 am

This is not good.

We've got the oleaginous Tory in Brecon&Radnor. Poor Matthew. Worked his socks off, as did his team.

I'm getting really worried now.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:27 am

rebeccariots2 wrote:I know it's far too early to even start pondering things such as this ... but ... if Labour do depose Ed Miliband as leader I'm not sure where that will leave me ... he's the reason I felt able to join.

Same here and I've been giving it some thought too.

Jack Straw is whinging about how Cons trashed Labours record and how they sold the country a lie by saying Lab to blame for crash

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:27 am

Con hold Harrogate & Knaresborough with a 30.7% majority a minute ago
SNP win Glasgow East with a 30.6% swing 2 minutes ago
Lab hold Coventry South with a 7.3% majority 3 minutes ago
Con hold Rochford & Southend East with a 21.7% majority 3 minutes ago
Lab hold Leigh with a 31.2% majority 4 minutes ago

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:27 am

Lab hold Wigan
LD hold drat fallen off screen somewhere...

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:28 am

Lab hold

Swansea East
Wigan
Vauxhall

ephemerid · Post by **ephemerid** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:28 am

rebeccariots2 wrote:I know it's far too early to even start pondering things such as this ... but ... if Labour do depose Ed Miliband as leader I'm not sure where that will leave me ... he's the reason I felt able to join.

I know. If Ed has to go, I don't know where I'll stand if the Blairite tendency move in.

rebeccariots2 · Post by **rebeccariots2** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:28 am

pk1 wrote:Mhairi Black being interviewed on Sky.

She is in for such a shock when she discovers that Westminster will pay absolutely no attention to what the SNP demand.

I'm also wondering how well some of the new SNP MPs will function as constituency MPs. Some of the people they are replacing were really old hands at dealing with complex issues for individuals from their electorate - doing that well usually takes some development.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:28 am

Lab gain Redcar from LDs

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:28 am

Lab gain Redcar
Lab hold Vauxhall

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 3:29 am

Worth catching Jim Murphy's concession speech, if you can. Much more dignified than the SNP who took Alexanders winning one.