Massive Labour Party win in UK elections

[Reggie Dunlop]

Keir Starmer will be the next British Prime Minister


https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn09xn9je7lt

[Winsor_Pilates]

Wow, that's a blowout.
Un-Brexit?

[devo22]

good to see Sunak and the Tories getting ass-whooped. Thoroughly deserved.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Wow, that's a blowout.
Un-Brexit?

Nope. Not in the foreseeable future anyway. They'll have to go through all the measures that any other country would have to, including replacing the Pound.

[blankall]

Seems like the UK just votes in whatever the opposite of what everyone else is voting in.....Conservative upsets across Europe and the Americas?...let's vote in labour by a landslide.

[accord1999]

Originally Posted by blankall

Seems like the UK just votes in whatever the opposite of what everyone else is voting in.....Conservative upsets across Europe and the Americas?...let's vote in labour by a landslide.

Anti-incumbency movement, the Tories have been in power since 2010. The real question will be if Labour can stay in power for the next election.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Wow, that's a blowout.
Un-Brexit?

Closer working and cooperation with Europe is on the cards but reversing Brexit won’t happen. There is no stomach within the EU for a UK application, and the entry criteria would involve ditching the UK currency.

[soreshins]

https://amp.theguardian.com/politics...e-says-starmer

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by accord1999

Anti-incumbency movement, the Tories have been in power since 2010. The real question will be if Labour can stay in power for the next election.

Yeah. Basically a ~14 yr cycle.
Before that it was a similar landslide with Blair in 97. They'll stay in power basically because regardless people's memories of the Tories will still be fresh.

Reform (aka Brexit Party) looking at 13 seats.
SNP getting annihilated in Scotland.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Barnet Flame

Closer working and cooperation with Europe is on the cards but reversing Brexit won’t happen. There is no stomach within the EU for a UK application, and the entry criteria would involve ditching the UK currency.

Which makes Brexit look even stupider. The UK had so many special privileges that other EU members didn't get, and it still wasn't good enough for them

[Johnny Makarov]

what kind of moron thought brexit was a good idea to begin with?

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

what kind of moron thought brexit was a good idea to begin with?

Putin.

[opendoor]

The funny thing is, Labour's support isn't all that different from prior elections, it's just that the Conservatives' votes have tanked and bled to the Reform party. Labour is on track to have a smaller share than they did in 2017 and only a few points higher than in 2019.

I imagine we'll see the UK Conservatives move the right to recapture some of the vote, similar what we've seen in Canada in the '00s and recently under Poilievre. Particularly since this edition of the Labour party is pretty indistinguishable from the Conservatives in terms of policy, so they'll need to distinguish themselves somehow.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

what kind of moron thought brexit was a good idea to begin with?

Farage for one. Boris for another.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Locke

Farage for one. Boris for another.

Boris and Farage thought it was a good idea for them, they didn't give a toss that it crushed the UK economy

[accord1999]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

Boris and Farage thought it was a good idea for them, they didn't give a toss that it crushed the UK economy

It's not like the remaining Big 3 economies of the EU are doing all that great. Despite some jostling in the early years after the vote, the UK still remains ahead of France in terms of GDP but both have been surpassed by India as Western Europe continues to decline in importance.

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Originally Posted by opendoor

The funny thing is, Labour's support isn't all that different from prior elections, it's just that the Conservatives' votes have tanked and bled to the Reform party. Labour is on track to have a smaller share than they did in 2017 and only a few points higher than in 2019.

I imagine we'll see the UK Conservatives move the right to recapture some of the vote, similar what we've seen in Canada in the '00s and recently under Poilievre. Particularly since this edition of the Labour party is pretty indistinguishable from the Conservatives in terms of policy, so they'll need to distinguish themselves somehow.

I saw this as well. From everything that I heard pre-election, the Tories would be wiped out. That was true, but not because of some huge shift in popularity for Labour.

Other interesting tidbits with so many marginal parties. The communist party outperformed the Women’s party. The Monster Raving Looney Party did better than both.

[puffnstuff]

Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug

I saw this as well. From everything that I heard pre-election, the Tories would be wiped out. That was true, but not because of some huge shift in popularity for Labour.

Other interesting tidbits with so many marginal parties. The communist party outperformed the Women’s party. The Monster Raving Looney Party did better than both.

How did Count Binface do?

[devo22]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

How did Count Binface do?

finished 6th with 308 votes. His best result ever!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1809087804254695796

[Locke]

Nice! He really gave 'em a run this time!