Thread 55: Sunak gives up

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New election thread.

Still waiting on Truss. Have had 3 hours sleep, but might go back to bed again after her declaration.

Jess Phillips looks absolutely scunnered.

Yuk eewww woke up stil in a blue area

I feel disgusting I need a hot shower, gin and tonic aswell as a colonic irrigation just to feel a bit clean after this.

Philips on Ch 4 now - appalled by what they've had to endure.

I was disappointed by North Beds as I woke up sure that I'd seen it as a Lab gain in the Guardian. Realised I'd dreamed it when I remembered I'd drilled down on the map to ward level!

Not seen her results yet.

But I'm distracted watching Jess Philips interview on ch4

My constituency had been a conservative seat for 54 years straight and that ended TODAY! 🎉🎉🎉 Good morning everyone! 😁

Love the user name!

Here is Braintree......

Oh bollox Cleverly is still here.

Cleverly holds his seat

Cleverly holds on.

I’m still in a blue seat. 😢

I guess we can commiserate together but North Beds is maybe less of a downer than mid?

Recount.

Hopefully she is GONE as it appears she's in 3rd place.

Sutton Coldfield too - luckily I moved to Shropshire a few years back and my Town has woken up with a new Labour MP this morning. Always disappoints me that it stays Tory but no surprise knowing the local community very well.

Jess Philips: women in politics change the world.

Love her

Yes, Harman speaking to Phillips is marvellous.

Well done for getting rid of #dklemon.

Sadly we got moved out of the constituency so are still Tory to your South, but am surprised how close the Lib Dems were, 1600 votes in it.

We have a new Labour MP and I'm overwhelmed with joy. Congleton. Thousands of steps and leaflets and it was flipping worth it 🎉🥰

You can see how much it means to Jess.

Thank you @Reugny

Hopefully they won't be too long. She is another on my bingo card

Just putting this here from the BBC

Some Tory losses.

1. Aldershot - Conservative since 1918
2. Altringham - 1924
3. Chichester - 1924
4. Dorking - 1885
5. Tunbridge Wells - 1931

Ha! Invisible Tory from neighbouring constituency also gone.

For anyone like me scrabbling to catch up -

There may have been more, but these are the "notable" Tory losses I spotted in the flurry of results overnight:

Penny Mordaunt
Johnny Mercer
Therese Coffey
Lucy Frazer
Michelle Donelan
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Tobias Ellwood
Gillian Keegan
Simon Hart (Chief Whip)
David TC Davies
Andrea Jenkyns
Connor Burns
Miriam Cates
Jonathan Gullis
Michael Fabricant
Brendan Clarke-Smith
Liam Fox
Alex Chalk
Douglas Ross
Victoria Prentis
Theresa Villiers

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