Thread 55: Sunak gives up

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New election thread.

Something tells me the King will be very happy about this. I suspect he and Starmer have a lot in common.

Yes, Plaid Cymru also got 4 seats but they'll barely get a mention.

Somebody has to be. Sorry for you all. Ignore them and focus on government.

I’d like to see stats on how a) the delay in postal votes and b) voter id affected turn out.

I know four people who didn’t receive their postal votes and one who received his in Portugal on Monday - not sure if there is a deadline for it to be received back here. All 5 would have been Lab or Lib Dem.

Are they trying to prise his fingers from the door jam?

He is sorry

Stepping down as party leader

I see reform Bots are already telling us that Reform are Really Important and how many constituencies they came second in. Errmmm.... so did LibDem, so did Labour, so did the Tories. Someone has to.

Missed lots of the good stuff I fell asleep at about 2am, am relieved that reform didn’t get the predicted amount of seats.

This is unexpectedly graceful.

It is

Just thinking the same.

And he is off to Buckingham Palace

If he had been more like that during debates, instead of petulant, he may not have lost the GE.

Yes, good point.

https://twitter.com/RussInCheshire/status/1809092437433811124
Lovely summing up here.

You just know the crowds are there for Starmer. 🎉🥂👏

It’s a good speech, but quite a striking lack of awareness after his Government’s divisive culture wars and Rwanda bill to recognise that our country’s values are the opposite of that.

Very gracious to Keir Starmer and pleased after the campaign to see Keir’s decency etc acknowledged

This is hilarious! Pretending MB is any better than JRM! She is uncouth and it’s frankly embarrassing to have her representing Scotland. I mean she swears in parliament!

I’ve always had a lot of time for her. I think I’d probably swear in parliament, it must be beyond frustrating.

Don’t remember her blaming the Grenfell victims. But, yeah, being a bit sweary is no different than that.

I have good news in my constituency, Labour won with a majority of just over thirteen thousand Tory in second reform third, a new constituency but previously Tory for the last seventy years.

What a night !

Right, because parliament is such a showcase of civilised behaviour and good manners...

I'd rather have someone who swears and gets on with the job than someone who hides behind a false veneer of gentility.

Postal votes had to be in by 10pm yesterday.

Some of our friends never got their postal vote either.