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Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social |
The goodish news - Reform has only 4 seats, the same as the Greens, so the exit polls were badly wrong. The really bad news - Reform has more than 4 million votes, more than Lib Dem on 3.5 and not far behind Tories on 6.7 million and Labour on 9.6.
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Tom Shakespeare
@tomshakespeare.bsky.social
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Politics badly needs an injection of hope & faith.
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Veronica
@veronicafrance.bsky.social
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Yes, came second in loads of places and can obviously claim a grievance when they got more votes than LDs and vastly fewer seats.
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Miriam Vollmer
@miriamvollmer.bsky.social
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Es wäre ja auch erstaunlich, wenn die ganzen Leute, die von einer triumphalen Rückkehr in alte Zeiten geträumt haben, nun alle bekehrt oder verschwunden wären
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John Lyons
@jlyons1991.bsky.social
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Sobering.
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Mister Slang
@misterslang.bsky.social
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Raphael Behr in Guardian this morning:
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Selina Chen
@minkfossa.bsky.social
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It is worrying to think they might possibly have done quite a lot better if their vote efficiency had been higher.
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Robin McKenna
@rbnmckenna.bsky.social
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I’m most worried about the age profile of the reform vote which, at least from what I’ve seen, is a bit younger than you might expect. It isn’t surprising-the natural consequence of the collapse in Tory support in the under 60s is a rise in young people voting for the far right.
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VinylTiger
@vinyltiger.bsky.social
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53% progressive 38% reactionary
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Jonathan Gibbs
@jonathangibbs.bsky.social
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Hate to say it, but keep an eye on South Basildon and East Thurrock, which is still to declare, and must be in real Reform territory.
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Paul Carroll
@paulcarroll15.bsky.social
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Startling suggestion from the Guardian. I'm struggling to think how the ever-present Nige could get more coverage.
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Gavin Smith
@smithg.bsky.social
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Imagine Conservatives will go full fascist now to try and regain those Reform votes. Very scary for the future.
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Tracy Quan
@tracyquannyc.bsky.social
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I saw somewhere that RN in France is in charge of (how many) municipalities, and I thought “what’s it like to live in a town where the muni government is RN?” It made me uneasy. Would that be like a small US town circa 1920 run by members of the Klan?? We’re a bit sheltered in these liberal cities.
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Tracy Quan
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Would be nice if they were thinking how to win over Lib Dem types, or form an alliance, but somehow Starmer ….yikes. Also, the Lib Dem people I know are quite antiauthoritarian.
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Tracy Quan
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But yes, exactly, it’s bad news in other respects. Labour will be thinking about how to… sorry to say I’m imagining the worst ways to resolve that.
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Tracy Quan
@tracyquannyc.bsky.social
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Whew. I saw how (and what!) they did in a few places and this was quite a blessing. Some locales were so close, I winced. Reform votes could have ….
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Adrian Giddings
@cunabula.bsky.social
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I wonder what a Reform vote share looks like if the structural issues Tory neglect has fostered aren't there. I don't think Starmer can fix them soon but I refuse to believe we've lurched to the right (and stupid) that much.
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Casmilus
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How many councils are Reform in charge of? Now that the fireworks are over, how many activists will they mobilize to keep those 4 muppets in their little Westminster niche? They all get sick of each other, making less actual difference to anything than the Greens or LDs.
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Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈
@rachelhandley.bsky.social
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That's scary
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