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So for some years to come, the Tory nightmare is over. But labour will have their work cut out. The country is in a bad way. It will take some reversal.
Just like 1997 on replay (well almost!). And I know who to thank for saving my life so I am here to see it again! What a sad day for inequality. What a sad day for my Coservative supporting mother. What a great day for the (normally) voiceless, long suffering British pubic!
The defining moment of the night....
Revenge is sweet... Huge majority of > 26000 overturned in SW Norfolk sums up the mood of the electorate
Electoral map of the United Kingdom, 2024 (650 of 650 declared).
Note: the hexagonal map (left) shows all constituencies in equal area; the geographical map (right) is the true geographical representation.
Saying goodbye to the Tories - in fine james O'Brian style
James O'Brian - the nightmare begins
Jeremy Corbyn is my local MP - revenge is sweet
James O'Brian Show on polling day - MP4, to download
Jeremy Corbyn addresses muslim worrshipeers following his election win in Islington North
Where did it all fall apart for the Conservatives?
Electorate is more volatile than it used to be: polls analysed
How did this happen? The tories fell to their worst performance ever
Rishi Sunak's resignation speech
James O'Brian's show on LBC, 06/07/2024 - Labour's landslide win James O'Brian
14 years of chaos, while people food bank usage increases exponentially. James O'Brian
List of those who lost their seats - including some prominent members (ODS)
After I leave the UK, I remain a British citizen and can still vote by proxy. From anywhere in the world, remember... And I can wite to my MP too...
Spectacular given where they came from - the doldrums. Their result in 2019 was their worst since 1935.
But spectacular too by any metric, at any time, in any context, because the challenge they faced to win by a smidgen was Himalayan.
It's "the Starmer tsunami" as one shellshocked opponent put it.
The story of this election is one of an electorate showing a ruthless determination to eject the Conservatives.
In plenty of places that meant electing a Labour MP. In a fair chunk of others it meant electing a Liberal Democrat MP. And there are a heck of a lot of votes for Reform UK.
Today, the brutality of campaigning yielded to the civility of its aftermath.
The victor and the defeated offering each other public warm words.
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak paid each other compliments, not criticisms, as they spoke outside 10 Downing Street.
To stand in Downing Street today, as I have done, was a privilege - to witness something actually quite rare in contemporary British history.
I am 44 - I was born in 1980 - and so what I saw has only happened three times in my lifetime: the transfer of power from Conservative to Labour, or Labour to Conservative.
It happened in 1997, it happened in 2010, and it.s happened again in 2024.
Garnishing the baked-in choreography of the changing of the prime ministerial guard - the trips to Buckingham Palace, the still images of the prime ministers shaking hands with the monarch - was a splash of partisan stagecraft too.
Labour activists brandishing union flags, Welsh flags and the Saltire as the Starmers arrived - and so trying to project an image of a government for all of the UK.
The thrust of Keir Starmer.s message was to emphasise a desire for stability, in contrast to the chaos of recent years.
Labour's share of the vote is the lowest won by a post-war single-party government, suggesting a breadth, not a depth to its support.
“No one should ever have to choose between children’s food, fuel and clothes.”
What really happened - breakdown
Front page of the Guardian, 06/07/2024
Front page of the Times, 06/07/2024
Front page of the Express, 06/07/2024
Change from the 'Brexit' elecetion, 2019
Map of results - a lot of Red!
Labour's Richard Quigley is now the MP for the Isle of Wight West Constituency, following yesterday's General Election.
In a historic win for the Labour Party, Mr Quigley achieved 13,240 votes (38.6%) making him the first Labour MP in the Islands history.
Mr Quigley, who lives in Cowes and owns a local fish and chip shop, has been a member of Labour since 2015. During his campaign he promised to focus on key Island issues including ferry connectivity, creating green jobs, and helping Islanders get on to the property ladder.
Mother, meet your new Labour MP! Yes, Labour won in Isle of Wight West!
Election results where my mother grew up:
LABOUR - Richard Quigley: 13,240
CONSERVATIVE - Bob Seely: 10,063
REFORM UK - Ian Pickering: 5,834
GREEN - Cameron Palin: 2310
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS - Nick Stuart: 2,726
ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM PARTY - Rachel Thacker: 117