Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/07/04/uk-exit-poll-suggests-labour-landslide-but-not-quite-as-large-as-expected.html
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I’m not British, but AFAICT this is very much a victory, and a good thing to happen.
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I fear Starmer as much as I feared the Tories.
I have two years of articles like this, if you really want me to continue.
This ex-Labour party member will remain an ex-Labour party member.
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I jumped off the Labour wagon a long time ago when i saw them moving ever closer to authoritarianism so crap like this just leaves me with no regrets.
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This is absolutely not seeing him go down. It is seeing the right rise. They have no MPs now, and to get any is a very worrying sign. The permanent gloat of Farage if he wins his seat (the 8th time he has tried to win a seat, having failed 7 times before) will be almost intolerable. If there are 12 of his fascist buddies in Parliament with him, it will be a fucking disaster. They will get publicity, credibility, and a real national presence to build from.
ETA - with more than 6 seats Reform would get public money to run its party and operate in Parliament.
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Getting rid of the Conservatives is good, now they just need to also get rid of Labour and then the UK can maybe start work on being a decent country.
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The 13 fascists are worrying
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First seat. Labour hold Sunderland south. Reform second and Tories third.
Not to read too much into it, but that’s worrying.
Turnout is low- also not good.
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These are actually more seats than were projected for them. So nothing to celebrate.
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Second result - Blyth, also in north east England.
Another Labour hold. Reform second again. Fucking fascists are doing too well.
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It’s a new seat, but turnout is also down there compared to the last election.
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You know what? Just as long as The Count (Campaigns: General election 2024 — Count Binface) beats that fecking blagger sunak in his own constituency, I’ll be happy.
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Coverage on all the major channels is just wall-to-wall idiots spinning nothing into bullshit as we wait for the next results to come in.
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Labour hold Sunderland Central, Reform in second place.
This is in Brexit Country, but it doesn’t look good.
Turnout is down again
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No, it’s bloody depressing to see so many people falling for the grift.
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