If we assume most of Reforms votes would have gone to the Tories then they would have been the largest party and we’d be looking at another ConDem Nation. 😱

Ed Davey’s stunts were derided in certain quarters but each one was linked to a Lib Dem policy, especially about water quality, and it seems to have cut through.

On Merseyside the Greens are second in the majority of constituencies, the Tories are often fifth. It’s been like that for a while I think.

So although Labour has a majority now, things could get very ugly next time around if they don’t do a good job.

And that’s the worry - people were highly-motivated to get the Tories out, so there was a lot of tactical voting, plus Reform split the right wing vote. Next time around, Labour are the incumbents and they’ll have to convince the electorate to explicitly vote for them (and if Reform and the Tories merge, that could be a major problem). However, Starmer is a smart guy who has demonstrated that he is prepared to think tactically and play the long game. So I bet that, as well as the first 100 days, he’ll have the start of a plan that aims to get them to the point that they can demonstrate improvements in everyone’s lives by the next election. I suspect a Green New Deal may be key to that.

That’s all probably part of the annual test - the copper chase.

I imagine a full health and safety survey was done beforehand.

It’s only Day 1, but it is kinda looking that way.

I keep hearing that “all politicians are as bad as each other” so this does not compute.

At night, because that’s a shepherd’s delight and it is good to get the farmers onboard.

Or we just hate the Tories with a passion. Eventually everyone else came round to our way of thinking.

One of the more intriguing results of the night and one of a few places Labour lost.

Or shit.

I believe that’s the rule.

True, but what filling? Lettuce?

And every night.

Can he afford both?

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Was he dropped on his head as a child because there’s clearly something not right there?

Labour had their vote split in some places by pro-Palestinian and/or former Labour MPs, so they lost a handful of seats.

Thanks for the knee-trembler, consider my needs done.