It's UK General Election time!

[mrsukyankee]

I have voted (and NOT Tory). Our area is voting for an MP (probably keeping the one we have as she's good) and a local council election (as the person dropped out to run for MP of another area - not unusual - I voted for a different party than the person who dropped out).

This is the first general election where you need ID (fucking Tories). We get a paper ballot and use a pencil to mark an X in the box of the person you want to vote for. Please note, before ID was necessary, there were something like 5 cases of voter fraud. Yeah, we really needed ID.

I'll keep you abreast of all the news around the election.

Voting began at 7am this morning and will close at 10pm.

10pm - we'll have some results from polling (the exit poll), based on voters in about 130 polling stations given a mock ballot.

11.30pm - predicted that first results will come from two constituencies (currently predicted to be Labour).

From midnight to 3am there will be a trickle of results coming in.

3am to 5am - a bigger rush of results will come in. 500+ out of 650 constituencies will likely to have been counted.

7am - the final results should be announced and I'll post it here!

[mrsukyankee]

We all know that Labour will win. What we don't know is who the Opposition will be - that is the party with the second highest vote. They get a stronger voice in the cabinet (get to have things like a Shadow Cabinet who push those in the cabinet). It's going to be between the Tories and Lib Dems. Please, please, please let it be Lib Dems. They would push things to the left. Labour is more centrist now than ever before. And to shut out Tories from any major voice in the cabinet would be amazing.

[basilosaurus]

Fingers crossed. It would definitely be amazing if opposition were lib dems!

[mrspez07]

Good luck UK today! Show us how to turn shit around!

[jamaicam]

Please please wipe out the Tories.

[mrsukyankee]

Exit poll predicts Labour will win 410 seats, securing a majority, the Conservatives’ 131. Unfortunately, predicting Lib Dems to only get 61 and even worse, Reform UK, are predicted to get 13 seats (they are even more racist and far right than the Tories).

[basilosaurus]

I hate grown UK got a single

[mrsukyankee]

Well, my H decided to go out late last night, drank too much and woke me up with his hiccuping and snoring and other noises. So, here I am giving updates at 3.45am.

Unfortunately, Farage won in Clapton. He will, of course, do nothing for them except yap his mouth uselessly.

At this time, Labour have 148 seats and Conservatives have 26.

A few of the 'big name' Tories have either lost or are being reported as close to losing: Grant Shapps - former Defence Secretary, Penny Mordant - former Commons Leader (who was reported as being the replacement for our current PM if he had stepped down), Gilligan Keegan - former Education Secretary, Michael Fabricant - just a general asshole in the Conservative party who always seems to be on t.v. Happy about all of these!

Our version of Bernie Sanders, Jeremy Corbyn, won his seat (he was ousted from the Labour party over some controversy).

[mrsukyankee]

Ha! Therese Coffey, a disgusting human being, lost to Labour.

Unfortunately, Suella Braverman won.

Green Party has gotten a seat, which is lovely.

Richard Tice, human excrement and the person who is probably tied to all the right wing idiots in the US, won for Reform.

[mrsukyankee]

Rishi Sunak did hold his seat. AND he announced that Labour has won.

[mrsukyankee]

(I'm now going to go to bed again, hopefully, to get an hour or two more sleep/rest). See you later with more results.

[mrsukyankee]

Unfortunately, H began to talk in his sleep, so I'm back. Work today is going to suck.

Looks like the Tory party could be wiped out in Wales.

And it is official that Labour have won as they have, at this time, 326 seats, which is a majority.

[mrsukyankee]

Happy News! Reese-Mogg has lost - he's our version of a right wing Christian candidate who apparently wants things to be back to the 'old days', like the 1800s. He looks exactly like you'd imagine.

[loira]

Jul 4, 2024 23:16:42 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Happy News! Reese-Mogg has lost - he's our version of a right wing Christian candidate who apparently wants things to be back to the 'old days', like the 1800s. He looks exactly like you'd imagine.

Jesus, he looks like a posh British version of Pierre Poilievre. It's giving evil Milhouse meets Snidely Whiplash vibes.

[mrsukyankee]

DUP have lost two big seats in N. Ireland, to candidates in the TUV (Unionist). Looks like Sinn Féin will overtake the DUP as Northern Ireland’s biggest Westminster party.

Liz Truss lost!

A record number of female MPs will sit in the new House of Commons, PA Media reports. PA says:
Some 242 women MPs have been elected so far, passing the previous record of 220 at the election in 2019. (per Guardian)

[basilosaurus]

I was just coming to post about the truss loss. Why is she even in politics at this point?! I'd assume a new identity and move away. And if anyone recognized me (unlikely), I'd have to insist in not a lettuce.

Although, disgustingly, farage (autocorrect said garbage) has shown zombies can be successful.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2gezr05xko.amp

[basilosaurus]

What are voting options in uk?

I'm watching a channel 4 show I downloaded a free days ago, and right next to the 4 logo it says be lazy. Just vote.

You mentioned needing I'd so I'm guessing you have to be somewhat not lazy to vote

[mrsukyankee]

Jul 5, 2024 3:23:34 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

What are voting options in uk?

I'm watching a channel 4 show I downloaded a free days ago, and right next to the 4 logo it says be lazy. Just vote.

You mentioned needing I'd so I'm guessing you have to be somewhat not lazy to vote

You can get a postal vote, you can vote by proxy (give someone your ID to vote for you after you apply for it) or you can vote in person (which, for me, has always been within walking distance and typically is in more central cities). 

[babsbunny]

Jul 4, 2024 22:46:06 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Rishi Sunak did hold his seat. AND he announced that Labour has won.

I see headlines he is stepping down. Your thoughts? (No rush if you are working or napping). 

[basilosaurus]

Jul 5, 2024 8:54:59 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Jul 5, 2024 3:23:34 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

What are voting options in uk?

I'm watching a channel 4 show I downloaded a free days ago, and right next to the 4 logo it says be lazy. Just vote.

You mentioned needing I'd so I'm guessing you have to be somewhat not lazy to vote

You can get a postal vote, you can vote by proxy (give someone your ID to vote for you after you apply for it) or you can vote in person (which, for me, has always been within walking distance and typically is in more central cities). 

Can you vote early? It must be difficult given snap election calls.

I'm just really curious about the messaging about be lazy and still vote.

I noticed after I posted that they added a th to the 4 logo

[mrsukyankee]

Jul 5, 2024 9:29:29 GMT -5 babsbunny said:

Jul 4, 2024 22:46:06 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Rishi Sunak did hold his seat. AND he announced that Labour has won.

I see headlines he is stepping down. Your thoughts? (No rush if you are working or napping). 

His resignation as Tory leader doesn't surprise me at all. He is not popular with the few remaining Tories. Who they are going to pick as opposition leader is beyond my comprehension - I don't know who would want the role who is remaining.

[mrsukyankee]

Jul 5, 2024 10:36:11 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Jul 5, 2024 8:54:59 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

You can get a postal vote, you can vote by proxy (give someone your ID to vote for you after you apply for it) or you can vote in person (which, for me, has always been within walking distance and typically is in more central cities). 

Can you vote early? It must be difficult given snap election calls.

I'm just really curious about the messaging about be lazy and still vote.

I noticed after I posted that they added a th to the 4 logo

My MIL got her postal ballot a week prior. You can send it out 1 day before and it'll get to where it needs to go in time (at least on the island).

[mcsangel2]

Jul 5, 2024 15:09:42 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Jul 5, 2024 9:29:29 GMT -5 babsbunny said:

I see headlines he is stepping down. Your thoughts? (No rush if you are working or napping). 

His resignation as Tory leader doesn't surprise me at all. He is not popular with the few remaining Tories. Who they are going to pick as opposition leader is beyond my comprehension - I don't know who would want the role who is remaining.

Who's even LEFT? I think I heard awhile ago that - no joke - BoJo wanted that job back!

[mrsukyankee]

I'm so happy with the leadership team for Labour - here's a few:

Deputy Prime Minister and Levelling Up Secretary: Angela Rayner (very intelligent and well spoken woman who has stood up to massive bullying)

Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister): Rachel Reeves - actually studied economics and worked in the Bank of England


Foreign Secretary: David Lammy - did law here and an MA in law at Harvard, is very outspoken about human rights (which I love)

Home Secretary - Yvette Cooper - has studied economics both here and US (even worked for Bill Clinton at one point); has done a lot of work in the gov't

One junior appointment that I love is of James Timpson as Prison Minister - he has started a chain of key-cutting and shoe-repair businesses works with ex-offenders.

[elleblue]

mrsukyankee - did you see this? Pretty wild.

Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people

Doubt raised about election hopefuls who stood without providing photos, biographies or contact details

Reform UK has come under pressure to provide evidence its candidates at the general election were all real people after doubts were raised about a series of hopefuls who stood without providing any photos, biographies or contact details.

Reform insists every one of its 609 candidates on 4 July were real, while accepting that some were in effect “paper candidates” who did no campaigning, and were there simply to help increase the party’s vote share.

[mrsukyankee]

Jul 8, 2024 16:35:43 GMT -5 elleblue said:

mrsukyankee - did you see this? Pretty wild.

Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people

Doubt raised about election hopefuls who stood without providing photos, biographies or contact details

Reform UK has come under pressure to provide evidence its candidates at the general election were all real people after doubts were raised about a series of hopefuls who stood without providing any photos, biographies or contact details.

Reform insists every one of its 609 candidates on 4 July were real, while accepting that some were in effect “paper candidates” who did no campaigning, and were there simply to help increase the party’s vote share.

Not at all shocked. Not even an ounce. The party led by a grifter.