Bollocks!
Although he canāt constitutionally concede, Sunak has conceded
Time for a few zeds before work. Have a pay deal to get through today now the election is over.
Waiting for Truss, and prayingā¦
Hunt used the phrase āthe magic of democracyā.
Well itās crtainly made a lot of tories disappearā¦
My constituency (Lewes) a Lib Dem gain which was expected. Maria Caulfield (Con) only had a 3K majority to start with
South Norfolk Lab gain (Got excited for a minute, thought that was Trussā seat for a moment)
JRM out!
327!
LABOUR WIN THE ELECTION !!!
MOGG HAS GONE.
Rees Mogg has been my favourite bit.
Fuck my whippet, Goole stays Conservative.
Surrey Heath (Goveās Old seat ) LibDem win
Every silver cloud has a grey liningā¦
He needs to be careful, the sunās rising.
Iāve attended a few counts, usually as a nominated representative of a candidate. It is, as Maureen says, an interesting process but bugger me itās often a looooong night with the highlight being getting the chance to look at the suspect ballot papers & agreeing which ones should count & which ones should be binned. The majority of these are just wilfully spoiled
or rejected as a result of blatant stupidity and lack of understanding
, but occasionally you find one with a comment on it that raises a smile & a titter
amongst the agents & candidates (usually irrespective of political bias!)
I would have loved to have taken all of them home to read - some people had written entire theses on them - some of them, predictably something more in the faeces line - but the more creative had attached extra sheets, pictures, objects (nothing gruesome that I saw), drawingsā¦
Iām a night owl, fuelled by strong tea, so it wasnāt too much of a struggle staing up, but then I was mostly just circulating and chivvying Paul up in concert with a few others from the local group. Those of us involved at different levels have all learned a lot.