Tories Win Exit Poll By A Very Large Majorityity,

[anotheoldgit]

368 Tories,
191 Labour.

[Peter Pedant]

// Anyone remember Francis Pym? Foreign Secretary under Thatcher. warned against a too large majority. Thatcher got 144 majority and sacked him the next day.//

and it was said ( found to be true) that with no opposition - coz they are all on the dole cue see? - the opposition comes from the malcontents in the ruling party. - hence Thatcher and her difficulties with the pinko wets

the super speedy results - blyth and sunderland - where the results were out in under an hour - something has supervened which is the result is so close they are recounting. 1964 I think the world record was 20 recounts and the winner got in by 2 votes

[Old_Geezer]

Even given polls aren't always accurate, no one can reasonably believe they can be that far out. Confidence limits and all that.

Labour seems they may have shot themselves in the foot by treating the people's democratic decision with disdain. Like practically all the parties.

What's amazing is that the illiberal undemocrats still are likely to have seats. How daft does one need to be to vote for a party that admits it treats the public voice with disdain, that they know better and will do the opposite ?

Hopefully a large majority for Johnson will allow him ignore the Brexit moderates who want BRINO and to put the pressure on to demand better.

[tonyav]

368 Tories,
191 Labour.

Oh dear, what a shame. Time for a root and branch rebuild for the Labour party imo.

[Zacs-Master]

OG, how can Boris ignore the ‘Brexit moderates’? Parliament still has to approve a deal. Brussels still has to accept. The Irish backstop still has to be sorted.

[Zacs-Master]

‘ Oh dear, what a shame’

What a shame, indeed! It means the Cons have an even less credible opposition and can do exactLy as they please for the next 5 years.

Not fantastic news.

[david small]

Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”
For Marley read Corbin. Happy Christmas.

[Jackdaw33]

Holy Crap! The Toriesbhave just taken Blyth, just up the road from me. Never thought I'd see the day.

[TheDevil]

As usual with polls that apparently describe a national consensus, I did not get asked.

However, exit polls historically are generally accurate aren’t they?

I voted green. I knew they wouldn’t get very far but at least I can sleep happy tonight knowing my vote didn’t contribute to the red and blues. What ever mess they get themselfs into is not my doing!

[fender62]

this was always going to be the outcome, democracy prevails.

[Mozz71]

I did the same thedevil. I couldn't, in good faith vote for Corbyn (traditionally, I'm a Labour voter) and it will be a chilly one in hell before I vote Tory.

Green was the vote of my conscience.

[JimF]

Just under 20 results in now, and it looks like the Liberal Democrats have lost their deposit in about half of them!

[237SJ]

I wonder if Jeremy Corbyn will resign tomorrow or Monday morning? My money's on Monday.

[JimF]

If he has an ounce of dignity left, he'll go as the 326th tory seat is won.

[ToraToraTora]

TBF to Jezza he'll consider this a blessed relief and return ASAP to his natural habitat on the back benches.

[JimF]

I can't see how he can even carry on as a backbencher. Retirement beckons, and he can no wonder what Johnson will do with his pension...

[retrocop]

Off you TROT jezza.

[ToraToraTora]

jimF you attempt to assign normal feelings to him, he'll stay for the salary and sadly he'll probably get kicked upstairs at some point.

[JimF]

That would be the ultimate irony! Bad enough when Prescott went to the dark side, but Lord Corbyn of Islington? Unthinkable, surely?

[ToraToraTora]

no no no jimf, do as I say not as I do, the overriding mantra of marxism.

[JimF]

Well, BBC Scotland are showing footage of him arriving in Islington for the declaration, so let's see what he has to say.