Today is a bloodbath for conservatives in Britain

[Richard_GB]

The constituency of Bury St Edmunds has been a Conservative Party seat since 1885. Not today, l never expected to see a labour MP there. I only wish that my father in law had lived to see this. He voted Labour there in every election with no expectation of a Labour win. We have done our bit in the UK in this election year. I wish the the same for you in November. Today I am really enjoying watching political coverage on the TV. 😁😁😁😁

[DEM1955]

1. I hope we read those headlines for us in November

bloodbath for the far right, Biden easily wins a second term.

[Skittles]

2. oh I wish my mum had lived to see this

she and her family were Labour all the way

[no_hypocrisy]

12. I wish Glenda Jackson were here to see this.

[roamer65]

3. ...

Fuck right wingers everywhere.

[Azathoth]

4. It's a happy day, but there's a note of caution

It was only a couple years ago that commentators were crowing that the Torries had not only won, but had broken Labour's back by demolishing its northern red wall and thus permanently reshaping the future of British politics.

The political pendulum across the Western world is swinging back and forth very hard.

[Richard_GB]

5. I agree - we need to switch to proportional representation

I am not sure that this will happen any time soon.

[Skittles]

6. will never happen as long as one side constantly cheats and steals

the GOP has RUSSIA rooting for them

[moniss]

7. I liked the

"Jonathan Pie" election specials on YouTube and on BBC Sounds.

[moniss]

8. What a

beautiful thing to read that Jacob Rees-Mogg has been booted out.

[Old Crank]

9. Tories post a new record in defeat

8 cabinet members booted to the side.
Other illumimaries shown the door marked Do One. (Slang for get out)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/05/penny-mordaunt-grant-shapps-lose-seats-tories-face-electoral-armageddon

[rzemanfl]

11. May "Do One" cross the pond like the Beatles in '64.

That's a piece of slang the U.S. needs to remember.

[wryter2000]

10. Wonderful

Congratulations. I hope we do half as well.

[DavidDvorkin]

13. More of this, world!

[TheRealNorth]

14. I was looking at the vote percentages.....

Labor basically did squat (33.7% in 2024 compared to 32.2% in 2019). It looks like they just benefitted from:
1 - the collapse of the Conservatives. However, around 2/3 of the Conservative vote that was lost loss went to alt-right Reform UK. If you added the Conservatives and Reform UK , they easily have about 40% of the vote.

2- the collapse of the SNP put a lot of Scotland back in play for Labour

3- low voter turnout kind of suggests a lot of would-be conservative voters stayed home.

[RandomNumbers]

16. Should we worry about Farage winning a seat?

I'm not very knowledgeable about UK politics, but I saw that Farage won a seat finally after 7 previous tries, and he is in the ultra-right wing so-called "Reform" party.

Is Farage a nutjob wannabe demagogue like Trump? Should we be concerned?

[haele]

18. Farage forced to put his "principles" in action other than bloviate.

One hopes that actually catching the car will show his constituency how much of a smarmy opportunist with few brains he really is and how much of him was a sham to fleece the gullible.
But then again, it is Parliament, and there were enough in a district constituency who voted regularly for Liz Truss - who couldn't outlast a head of lettuce.
Politics. It's a game to too many.

Haele

[TheRealNorth]

20. If he drags the Conservative Party right....

I would be worried if I were a UK citizen.

[Richard_GB]

21. Farage will be a noisy irritant

That is what he is already.

I predict a spike in milkshake sales wherever he goes.

https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/04/nigel-farage-hit-milkshake-campaigning-clacton-20969887/

[Takket]

17. i'm so jealous..........

[LeftInTX]

19. Wish it was here!