General Election 2019 - Results Thread.

[Anna B 1,401]

Devastated.

[alchresearch 208]

This is not a time for gloating.  Its the bloody nose I've said for so long that Labour would get, only I didn't think it would get it from the Labour heartlands of the North.  

 

When places like Rother and Don Valley and so many other strong Labour seats are voting Tory, you know that Labour is no longer speaking to the people there.

 

Time to move on, fresh leader, fresh perspectives.  Brexit should now be a done deal and forgotten about.  No more talk about extensions and second referrendums which are splitting the party.  Remainers are just going to have to grin and bear it.  I accepted it some time ago, Lets get a moderate Labour leader to reunite the party and prepare for a 2024 victory.

Edited December 13, 2019 by alchresearch

[Albert the Cat 0]

I want my tax cut for the 40% bracket. Should have kept his promise by moving it to £80k. But still hopeful that the Tories can do something for us once welfare is rightfully cut. 

[alandrea0 16]

9 hours ago, Car Boot said:

What Brexit related chaos?

 

At least now we can Get Brexit Done and Take Back Control.

 

Don't worry, the sky won't fall when we Leave the EU club.

Take back control!!! From who?

Not the EU surely, we all know the aristocracy and rich run this country irrespective of whether we are in or out of the EU.

All voters for Brexit will be regretting it in the years to come, when they realise life out of the EU hasn't got any better but worse.

 

[Car Boot 10]

Many knew it would end badly for the Remainers when they rejected the democratic wishes of 17.4million voters.

 

Now Remain has been utterly rejected at the ballot box. 

 

But I don't feel victorious, I feel a sense of sadness that it had to end like this.

[Padders 2,833]

3 hours ago, Anna B said:

Devastated.

Chin up Anna, its not all bad...

Lets wait and see how the Tories mess things up.

[hobinfoot 25]

I am a happy boy.

[alchresearch 208]

52 minutes ago, Car Boot said:

 

But I don't feel victorious, I feel a sense of sadness that it had to end like this.

Me too. Its like leaving the dentist with a mouth full of fillings.  

 

It didn't have to be this way.  If only he'd listened back in 2016:
 

Labour MPs pass no-confidence motion in Jeremy Corbyn

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36647458

[L00b 441]

7 hours ago, apelike said:

But without going too much off topic people need reminding that its the voters that count and not the population and this time the voters decided again.

 

In the meantime...  it was democracy in action where people voted for what they wanted.

Err, not quite: pro-Brexit parties (Tories, BxP, DUP) gained less of the total vote, in proportion, relative to 2nd Ref/Anti-Brexit parties (Lab, LD, SNP, Greens).

 

Prof. Curtice  calculated it as 48% to 52% respectively, and the irony is delicious of course.

 

It's more the case, that the FPTP system decided again.

 

So, now that Johnson has got his big majority, let's see if he can switch off the electioneering mode he's been in since getting into no.10 this summer, and try governing instead.

 

In the meantime, Northern voters can look forward to the consequences of governance by Cummings, Patel, Raab, (etc).

 

LOL! 

 

 

[nightrider 13]

4 minutes ago, alchresearch said:

Me too. Its like leaving the dentist with a mouth full of fillings.  

 

It didn't have to be this way.  If only he'd listened back in 2016:
 

Labour MPs pass no-confidence motion in Jeremy Corbyn

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36647458

It's also his supporters who would not listen. Supporters who are already today saying it's everyone else's fault except theirs. The Tories are going to have a free ride for years whilst people try to wrest the labour party back from his supporters.

[francypants 441]

   

 

Once again .........   common sense has prevailed.

 

 

[iansheff 84]

11 hours ago, Car Boot said:

This was the Brexit election.

 

Because we didn't Leave when we should have, more people have voted for the Tories this time.

 

Remainers in their twisted desire to thwart democracy have delivered Boris for another 5 years.

Yes but I bet a lot of people who were Labour voters but wanted Brexit voted for the Tories, look at Bolsover for example.