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Tory Wipeout duly delievered! Summing up the electorate's answer to 14 years of chaos, austerity, increasing inequality, arrogance and gross incompetance...

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

"Liz Truss, this is for the economy. Uncosted tax cuts for the superwealthy during a cost of living crisis always was a foolish idea. My 13 year old daughter would have shown a greater level of economic competency than you!"

Looking back: 7 chancellors, 5 prime ministers, recession and economic decline. Is the nightmare finally over?

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

Every Tory Scandel. David Cameron, Teressa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak. A chronology of Tory sleaze and dishonesty.

Jeremy Corbyn is my local MP - revenge is sweet

James O'Brian Show on polling day - MP4, to download

Jeremy Corbyn addresses muslim worshipers following his election win in Islington North

Highlights of 14 years of the 'Tory Nightmare'

Where did it all fall apart for the Conservatives?

This happened at the end of the night as if to sum up all that happened: Moment Liz Truss loses her seat

Electorate is more volatile than it used to be: polls analysed

How did this happen? The tories fell to their worst performance ever

What happens now?

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

We waited 14 years to year this. A Conservative Party prime minister resigns. Without Another taking their place. James O'Brian

Summing up the night: Liz Truss resigned after 44 days. She was a fool to run again. One of the safest Tory seats (majority over 26000!) lost.

He could never comb his year. But what does Boris Johnson's appearance tell us? (Of course, lying is second nature to him! After all, he resigned for this reason, to be replaced by Liz Truss - economic collapse followed)? James O'Brian

How has the UK policitcal map changed since 2019? Long may it stay that way! James O'Brian James O'Brian

Winners and losers 2024

List of those who lost their seats - including some prominent members (ODS)

List of Winners (ODS)

In case you wondered, I still have a score to settle. And - my plan to 'leave the life of the living dead' goes ahead as planned.

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...

This is a spectacular victory for Labour.

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.

His huge majority may help deliver that, but doesn.t guarantee it.

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.”

Labour win by a landslide

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!

Even my mother's consituancy (she comes from the Isle of Wight) now has a Labour for the first time ever! Truely amazing!

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