Tories Set to Suffer Total Annihilation

Wednesday, July 03, 2024

The final United Kingdom election polls make grim reading for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives. YouGov's MRP poll (more on that below) predicts Keir Starmer's Labour will win 431 seats, up 229 from 2019, with the Tories on 102, down 263 seats from the last election. These numbers would give Labour a majority of 212, the largest the party has ever enjoyed.

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Make me wonder why PM Sunak called for this election?

I guess I just do not understand UK politics.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-03 06:19 PM | Reply

Kinda like sleepy Joe Biden calling for a debate?

#2 | Posted by Robson at 2024-07-03 07:06 PM | Reply

"Make me wonder why PM Sunak called for this election?"

OK. I was going to explain, but I'll let you wonder. :)

#3 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-07-03 08:26 PM | Reply

Evidently, Sunak hoped to catch Labour, the Lib Dems, and Farage's Reform off balance. At this point Sunak could produce the Man from Galilee to offer a personal endorsement for the Tories, but it wouldn't help. They've botched it, slathered themselves in hubris and many still wonder why Nemesis is licking at their toes.

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-07-04 08:18 AM | Reply

Polls close at 10PM London time (5PM EDT).

Next up is the French elections, with the left pulling over 200 candidates that were in 3-way parliamentary races with 2 candidates from the left, giving the one remaining leftist candidate in the race a better chance to get the majority of the votes and win the district.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-04 11:51 AM | Reply

Make me wonder why PM Sunak called for this election?

I guess I just do not understand UK politics.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter

you're not alone there...

I understand the system but how they go about it can be a real mystery.

#6 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-07-04 01:59 PM | Reply

The election legally had to be done by Jan 2025. Sunak thought that there was a slight improvement in the economy and that things would not be ever better between now and Jan. 2025. Conservatives would have lost no matter which date between now and Jan 25 was chosen.

#7 | Posted by rosemountbomber at 2024-07-04 07:52 PM | Reply

Thus far Labour has 6 0f 670 seats. Other parties have none.

#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-04 07:56 PM | Reply

@#7

Thanks for that explanation.

Things make more sense now.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-04 08:06 PM | Reply

Labour set for general election landslide as early results come in
www.bbc.com

...

Summary

Labour has won a landslide victory in the UK general election, according to the exit poll

It will mean Keir Starmer becomes the new prime minister

Labour is expected to win 410 seats, with the Conservatives on 131

...

Now, on to Sunday with France's election....

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-04 08:08 PM | Reply

Labour:18 (+6); Liberal Democrats:2 (+2); Conservatives:1 (-8)

#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-04 09:09 PM | Reply

Labour:42 Everyone else:5

#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-04 09:38 PM | Reply

Farewell to those self-entitled clowns, chancers, liars, wazzocks, cheats, sociopaths, scumbags and bellends who'll be out of work this time tomorrow after taking us for complete mugs for 14 years

www.dailystar.co.uk

Cancervative trash is getting kicked to the curb.

#13 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-07-04 09:56 PM | Reply

They do seem to be taking the predicted beating. They might be thinking pulling the pin on the Brexit grenade might not have been such a good idea.

Labour:76; Conservatives:6; Everybody else:6

#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-04 10:03 PM | Reply

George Galloway is done. lol
He's almost as big a putin-fluffer as dotard.

#15 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-07-04 10:20 PM | Reply

UK election: Keir Starmer's Labour set for landslide victory
www.dw.com

... What you need to know

- - - Exit poll puts the Labour Party on 410 seats with a 170-seat majority, their best result since 1997

- - - Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer set to become next UK Prime Minister

- - - Current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party predicted to win just 131 seats in worst performance ever

- - - British voters said their main concerns were the economy and cost of living

- - - The Liberal Democrats are set to make huge gains

- - - Nigel Farage's Reform UK have been projected to win 13 seats

#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-04 10:29 PM | Reply

Now, on to France on Sunday.

We've been there': French Resistance fighters speak out against rule by the far right
www.france24.com

... In the run-up to the second round of legislative elections in France, former members of the resistance to Nazi rule are voicing their concerns over the possibility of a far-right government taking power. They urge the French people not to forget the legacy, spirit and values of the French Resistance during the Second World War. ...

#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-04 10:33 PM | Reply

And with half the seats counted...

Labour:239; Conservatives:42; Liberal Democrats:27: Everybody else:17

#18 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-04 11:22 PM | Reply

Labour has the majority win. 185 seats left to count.

#19 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-05 12:02 AM | Reply

Rishi Sunak accepts defeat, and says he has called Starmer to congratulate him. Sunak says calls it a "sobering verdict" adding "I am sorry"

#20 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-05 12:07 AM | Reply

@#20 ... says he has called Starmer to congratulate him ...

I've congratulated Starmer on winning election - Sunak
www.bbc.com

Wow, you mean, he didn't hold a rally to encourage his supporters to storm Parliament to over turn the election results?

#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-05 12:13 AM | Reply

he didn't hold a rally to encourage his supporters to storm Parliament to over turn the election results?

In an actual Monarchy, no less.

#22 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-05 12:20 AM | Reply

It's about time. People have woke up to what idiocy was being fed to them by the conservatives - in the UK anyhow.

#23 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2024-07-05 12:37 AM | Reply

Pretty much over, and pretty much as predicted.

#24 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-05 02:41 AM | Reply