Thursday 7th May

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:12 am

Con hold Bury North

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:12 am

Labour GAIN Norwich South

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:13 am

refitman wrote:In fact, thanks to every one who has been here, in 'person' and in spirit. to all.

You'll make me cry again. Running out of tissues.

Ed Balls in trouble. Oh flip.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:13 am

Birmingham Hodgehill: Labour hold for Liam Byrne

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:13 am

Liam Byrne holds his seat with a return of 28,069. Nearest rival was Con 4,707

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:15 am

pk1 wrote:I get my new Motability car at noon so I'm waiting for Ed M & maybe Ed B then I'm off for some sleep or else I might be a danger on the roads

Congratulations on your new car

Edit: to add - and goodnight and thank you for everything. xxx

rebeccariots2 · Post by **rebeccariots2** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:16 am

Christopher Hope retweeted
Britain Elects ‏@britainelects 2m2 minutes ago
David LAWS OUT.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:16 am

Normanton: Lab hold with increased vote (Yvette Cooper)

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:16 am

Yvette Cooper 25,213
UKIP 9,785
LD 1,330
Con 9,569

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:16 am

Bury North

Con hold with a 0.8% majority, 67% turnout
candidates votes %
David Nuttall 18,970 41.9% Cons
James Frith 18,592 41.1% Lab
Ian Henderson 5,595 12.4% Ukip
John Southworth 1,141 2.5% Green
Richard Baum 932 2.1% Lib Dem

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:17 am

Con gain Gower from Lab

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:17 am

Sorry Wales, Cons gain Gower

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:17 am

Lib Dems have lost £60,500 in deposits.

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

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:18 am

Con hold Finchley & wotsit

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:19 am

Charles Kennedy seat

UKIP 814
SNP 20119
Ind 191
Lab 2043
CK 14 995

so he's gone too

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:19 am

Sky'sGoneOut wrote:Yah Yah I'd love to join you in Wales but it seems your cymric fellows seem to be voting Ukip in disturbingly large numbers.

Don't you think it odd that the SNP, who claim they hate the Tories, didn't want people to vote Labour in England and Wales, thereby trying to ensure Labour were in no position to go into government ?

I'm not great in the critical thinking department myself but that obvious point seems to have sailed by the brains of all those SNP voters.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:19 am

Ross, Skye & Lochaber: Charles Kennedy OUT (ie., SNP gain)

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:20 am

Charles Kennedy has lost his seat. One of the few I wouldn't have minded surviving.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:22 am

Doncaster North: Lab (Ed Miliband) hold (UKIP 2nd, Con 3rd)

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:22 am

Doncaster North

Edward Miliband elected with 20708 votes

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:22 am

My brain's a bit addled, am I just hallucinating this theory ?

Murdoch, Tory, SNP deal - Tories will offer Nats another referendum, bye bye Scotland, Labour finished there for some years, Tories get England in perpetuity.

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:23 am

pk1 wrote:Doncaster North

Edward Miliband elected with 20708 votes

Such a good man. The people of this country are fools if they have kept him out of Downing Street.

rebeccariots2 · Post by **rebeccariots2** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:25 am

Boris has already talked about the 'federal' option apparently. So that's probably the deal.

I have to creep off to bed now - and creep it feels like. Truly depressing when you are living in a world that doesn't fit.

Goodnight all. Please may we wake to something just short of a Tory majority.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:25 am

Lab gain Manchester Withington from LD

utopiandreams · Post by **utopiandreams** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:25 am

Before I shed a tear I should clarify something I said yesterday. Terminology is important and I may have given a false picture regarding speed-reading. What I referred to would more accurately be described as scanning, something I do in preparation for studying a text. When speed-reading I do verbalise but only key words. It's as though they're floating on the page and the significant ones float to the surface. I still use music though to force the pace. Anyway let's catch up on what's been happening, I've been laying in my bed far too long, perhaps putting things off.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:25 am

Labour gain Withington from LD

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:26 am

Impressive result for Keir. Dobson had 46%, 25,198 in 2010

Labour Keir Starmer[4] 29,062 52.9
Conservative Will Blair[5] 12,014 21.9
Green Natalie Bennett[5] 7,013 12.8

Good to see that the Bennett vote didn't impact on Labour.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:26 am

Gawd, it sounds like Ed is thinking of quitting.

Don't do it Ed !

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:28 am

Goodnight, @rr2 - hope you get some decent sleep and thank you for all your incredibly hard work.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:28 am

Goodnight RR2

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:29 am

yahyah wrote:Don't you think it odd that the SNP, who claim they hate the Tories, didn't want people to vote Labour in England and Wales, thereby trying to ensure Labour were in no position to go into government ?

I voted Labour today, and I can't remember the SNP instructing anyone else how to vote.

Labour have to look to themselves. The English (and Welsh of course) Left has to look to itself.

thatchersorphan · Post by **thatchersorphan** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:29 am

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv ... st-9210799 Ms McVey was beaten by 417 votes by Margaret Greenwood.
The employment minister was behind in the polls for most of the race against Ms Greenwood.
Turnout was a massive 75.86%, up from 71.52% in 2010 with 42,008 people voting out of a possible 55,377.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:29 am

Con gain Plymouth Moor View

StephenDolan · Post by **StephenDolan** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:30 am

Steeling myself for the cognitive dissonance showing up in the English voters that have encouraged the dismantling of the NHS.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:30 am

John Hemming 10534

Lab 17131

Another gain for Lab at expense of LD

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:30 am

Labour gain Birmingham Yardley from LD's John Hemming

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:30 am

Goodnight PK & RR.

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:32 am

LadyCentauria wrote:Labour gain Birmingham Yardley from LD's John Hemming

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:32 am

Any idea what time Ed Balls & Danny Alexander declarations are due ?

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:33 am

RobertSnozers wrote:Dimbleby interview of McVey:

'There, there, you poor little thing, were the nasty other parties mean to you?'

She'll have more time to spend with her hair straighteners and fake tan.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:33 am

Kirkby in Ashfield: Lab hold (Gloria de Piero)

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:35 am

post deleted as half delirious.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:35 am

I didn't realise Rupa Huq was the sister of Blue Peters, Connie.

Live and learn something new every day.

StephenDolan · Post by **StephenDolan** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:35 am

Are the Conservatives on for a majority?

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:35 am

Oldham East & Saddleworth: Lab hold (Debbie Abrahams)

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:35 am

yahyah wrote:Did I miss something earlier when still asleep ?

Has Danny Alexander gone ?

Not yet but don't know what time the dec is due.

pk1 · Post by **pk1** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:37 am

Lab gain Wolverhampton SW from Con

Post by **refitman** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:37 am

pk1 wrote:I didn't realise Rupa Huq was the sister of Blue Peters, Connie.

Live and learn something new every day.

And sister-in-law to Charlie Brooker.

yahyah · Post by **yahyah** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:38 am

pk1 wrote:Gawd, it sounds like Ed is thinking of quitting.

Don't do it Ed !

No.

LadyCentauria · Post by **LadyCentauria** » Fri 08 May, 2015 5:38 am

Labour gain Wolverhampton West (or do I mean South West? see above)