The Tories are history.
That is the most important part.
Labour won a landslide but with only a slight increase in their vote, but yet won 412 seats, an increase of 211.
The Consevatives won 121 seats, which compared the double figures some were predicting, might not be so bad.They did lose 250 seats, including seats of 12 former ministers and the seats of four of their last 5 Prime Ministers.
The LibDems only slighly increased their share of the vote, yet won 63 more at 71 seats.
Reform won 4 seats, with 4 million votes, but this was a tiny increase of just 100,000 on UKIP's last showing at the 2015 election.
The Greens won 4 seats with 4 million votes.
The SNP's vote collapsed.
But the media will concentrate on Reform and their seats, the Greens will be ignored.
People voted tactically to rid themselves of the sitting Conservative MP, websites helped them do this. So, more than ever, people's votes counted.
Labour now have five years to change the country, expectations will be high, and those expectations should be managed. But, if people can see the country, services and life in general is better, there is no reason why Labour cannot win again.
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I'm not sure it was all tactical voting.
The interesting thing along the stretch of the south coast, where most of the small boats arrive, was how Reform found a lot of useful idiots to help split the Tory vote.
Of course, not all of the Reform voters will have supported the Tories before. But...
Labour captured Dover and Deal. But the Tories and Reform combined polled more than the Labour candidate.
The same in Folkestone and Hythe.
And almost (only a few hundred in it) the same in Hastings and Rye.
Hi Steve,
It was a quick take, without delving into the actual figures.
Interesting times, lets see what happens from now on.
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