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KJ Charles

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She/her. British, European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. kjcharleswriter.com


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It's been pouring for five miles. The last time I was this wet I was in the bath.

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I am walking to This Is The Day by greebo rock band Pop Will Eat Itself, in order to pretend I have the energy of a teenager at Brixton Academy.

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Reupping this on the day! Will be updating on this thread, mute as desired

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It might be clearing! Would be sorry to miss the Cotswolds views.

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Forecast down to light rain from thunderstorms though! Good direction of travel.

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It's literally going to rain all day. 26 mile walk. Oof.

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Very fair point

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Nope, sorry, it's The Right Hon Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister.

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It's his job. He's the Prime Minister. It's not a title that you attach a surname to. Idk, like you wouldn't say Head Accountant Smith, but Mr Smith the Head Accountant?

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you know what, I'm giving up the pretence of work. Going to pack for the walk and meander down to the unexpectedly Lib Dem Cotswolds.

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Yes. I suggest you join the Electoral Reform Society, who've been lobbying for change for a long time.

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you sit by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies float by.

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TBH I think Starmer should at least do another referendum. It's not an equitable result and while I am all for as few far right nut jobs in Parliament as possible, there's going to be masses of semi-legitimate grievance.

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FWIW I am a strong supporter of electoral reform, and I think FPTP is terrible. But we literally had a referendum on it, and I believe those are eternally binding and we all have to suck up whatever unliked consequences they produce, *Nigel*.

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Tories and Reform will complain relentlessly that their votes to seats ratio is so bad, and Labour's majority is wildly disproportionate. Worth remembering this is the system we've always had, which we voted (like morons) to keep a few years ago, and it's suited the right just fine till now.

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...twelve hours ago I was like "christ isn't it ten o clock yet" and now I'm like "fff how is it only ten o clock".

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Lee Madgwick's avatar Lee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social
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It’s raining. WHERE’S THIS ‘CHANGE’ THEN, STARMER?

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I was wrong, I forgot you could have Tories in Scotland

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Nope, 18 in the end. We're the slimmest margin in the country I think.

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I think I dozed through Fabricant going. Could we now please see the back of lying blond Tories with unbelievably stupid hair?

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I have not slept at all, though I lay down for two hours, I might conceivably have had a *couple* of cocktails at the exit poll, and I have now consumed an unwise amount of caffeine and bacon. On the whole my best advice is not to ask me to help with your tax calculations right now. /falls over

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Stop me if I'm wrong, but Poole is the last available seat for the Tories, yes? I'd just really prefer them to stick on 119, not get the round number. It's...messier.

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meanwhile Mr KJC reminds me that Hendon had pretty big boundary changes. I think we very nearly got gerrymandered there.

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So recounts in Inverness, Poole and S Basildon / E Thurrock, plus two Scottish constituences to close up.

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I will be his most frequent correspondent, lol. I've already written twice. /cracks knuckles/

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Welp, looks like an MP who is going to have to listen VERY HARD to his constituents.

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oh ho ho, that's gonna be interesting.

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you tell people "of course your vote matters" and they don't believe you and then

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If he takes the chiltern hundreds and forces a by-election....oof, that would go down badly. Not that I imagine he cares.

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Holy shit. I did say we were a swing seat, didn't I?

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Jesus wept. No wonder it took forever. This is lasting Corbyn effect if you ask me. We were solid Labour for years not so long ago.

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Idk, I'm assuming Hendon have just fucked off home or something.

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Maybe they can't find enough people who can count.

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FFS. Six seats left to declare which I assume is five remote Scottish island constituencies, and Hendon.

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I tell you what, I'm not doing IF this morning. Bacon. Stat.

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Lolololol Truss turned up, booted out

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She literally isn't turning up. This is absolutely pathetic

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Is she seriously not turning up?

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Liz Truss apparently hiding from the results, ahaha omg

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Berkhamsted gone Lib Dem wtf

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Of course Norfolk, how could I not anticipate that

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Come on Hendon and whatever hellhole Truss is in.

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NORTH LONDON NICHE TWEET Labour have taken 2 of 3 Barnet seats Inc Finchley so Hendon cannot be far behind...

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naye 's avatar naye @naye.bsky.social
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I love it when everyone's been up so long you start getting this kind of punch-drunk reporting.

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Bunch of people whose parties have been in power for years under FPTP suddenly discovering an urgent need for electoral reform.

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... ... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD AHAHAHAHA

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Mordaunt, Coffey, Shapps, Donellan and Rees Mogg out. Reform predicted 4 seats now rather than original 13. Farage and Tice in tho.

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