Meh - he'll make a lot of noise (as he always does), but with Labour's whopping majority he'll have zero influence.
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Meh - he'll make a lot of noise (as he always does), but with Labour's whopping majority he'll have zero influence.
Senior Conservative and former Minister for Brexit Jacob Rees-Mogg loses and stands next to a man wearing a mask with baked beans on it at the poll declaration.
Sums up the state of UK politics generally.
Monty Python did it better btw.
Sums up the state of UK politics generally.
Monty Python did it better btw.
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George Galloway's political comeback didn't last long.
And from his home in Stirling (no not that Stirling, silly) we have our own pompous ass to give us his view on the UK election outcome.
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Too many times when a party has had a massive swing against it, usually a government, but sometimes an opposition or sometimes a minor party, political commentators talk as if that party is dead or will never recover, and guess what, the big 2 ie left or right party, usually do.
Well in the English speaking world, where I tend to look at, and study.
The Tories are in big trouble in UK. Today's result wont wipe them out, but it may well be the start of a long decline. Nigel Farage's Brexit Party which has become the Reform UK party has gone from getting about 600k votes in 2019 to over 4 million in this one.
But they have got bugger all seats, and they split the right vote and with first past the post, ie no preferential voting system, the Reform UK party may well stop the Tory's getting into government for a longtime.
A competent Labour government will get (at least) 2 terms, so that's 10 years in power if they don't go early, but its post that, the potential real long term damage will be revealed for the Tories.
Current vote count for some but not all the parties. The fact Reform UK splitting the right of centre vote and not winning seats stands out like dog's balls. They are like the Greens, disproportionate % of votes compared to seats won. The Greens haven't been able to change that equation, so who knows if Reform UK will.
Well in the English speaking world, where I tend to look at, and study.
The Tories are in big trouble in UK. Today's result wont wipe them out, but it may well be the start of a long decline. Nigel Farage's Brexit Party which has become the Reform UK party has gone from getting about 600k votes in 2019 to over 4 million in this one.
But they have got bugger all seats, and they split the right vote and with first past the post, ie no preferential voting system, the Reform UK party may well stop the Tory's getting into government for a longtime.
A competent Labour government will get (at least) 2 terms, so that's 10 years in power if they don't go early, but its post that, the potential real long term damage will be revealed for the Tories.
Current vote count for some but not all the parties. The fact Reform UK splitting the right of centre vote and not winning seats stands out like dog's balls. They are like the Greens, disproportionate % of votes compared to seats won. The Greens haven't been able to change that equation, so who knows if Reform UK will.
UK election results 2024 | Constituency map
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Labour
- Total seats 411
- Change +210
- Total votes 9,650,254
- Share 33.8%
- Share change +1.6
Conservative
- Total seats 119
- Change -249
- Total votes 6,771,974
- Share 23.7%
- Share change -19.9
Liberal Democrat
- Total seats 71
- Change +63
- Total votes 3,489,570
- Share 12.2%
- Share change +0.6
Scottish National Party
- Total seats 9
- Change -38
- Total votes 685,405
- Share 2.4%
- Share change -1.3
Sinn Fein
- Total seats 7
- Change 0
- Total votes 210,891
- Share 0.7%
- Share change +0.1
Reform UK
- Total seats 4
- Change +4
- Total votes 4,076,645
- Share 14.3%
- Share change +12.3
Green
- Total seats 4
- Change +3
- Total votes 1,934,554
- Share 6.8%
- Share change +4.1
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First past the post always benefited the Tories in the past, but with Reform UK now in the mix they will struggle. UK had a referendum in 2011 to move to a preferential voting system but it was overwhelmingly rejected. The Tories campaigned against it. They may well rue that decision.
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Haha brilliant
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It's just a jump to the left right
And then a step to theright left
Put your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane
And then a step to the
Put your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane
French election results 2024: Projections show surprise lead for left alliance
The far-right National Rally, which hoped for an historic victory, appears to have been pushed into third place.
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France is going into uncharted waters with a mixed result that leaves no clear winner.
But for the moment at least the joy of Parisians at knowing the right wing racists of Le Pen didn't get what they thought was theirs was something to behold.
But for the moment at least the joy of Parisians at knowing the right wing racists of Le Pen didn't get what they thought was theirs was something to behold.
Why the **** do the liberty loving French have a place named after Stalin??
It was named after the battle.
And a reminder that the Russians played a pivotal role in the defeat of the Nazis in WW2. And without that eastern front and sacrifice of Russian troops the D Day landings would have failed.
And a fitting place to celebrate the defeat of Le Pen’s modern day nazis.
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I don't know where I heard it yesterday, but someone said Biden v Trump would be like the last election being a battle between Howard and Keating as leaders of their parties.
Biden (1942) v Trump (1946) and Howard (1939) v Keating (1944).
Surely the US has a lot better qualified people to be running for the highest office in the land, and effective leader of the western world against authoritarian world.
Biden (1942) v Trump (1946) and Howard (1939) v Keating (1944).
Surely the US has a lot better qualified people to be running for the highest office in the land, and effective leader of the western world against authoritarian world.
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Enough is enough 
Enough is enough
The barbarians keep doing what barbarians do.
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The Lancet has estimated the death toll in Gaza at 186,000. This is a massacre.
Meanwhile Australia... Has decided yesterday to appoint an envoy on anti semitism.
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Wanting Israel to stop slaughtering children in the thousands is not anti semitism you stupid campaigners.
Meanwhile Australia... Has decided yesterday to appoint an envoy on anti semitism.
Prime minister names Jillian Segal as first Australian anti-Semitism envoy
Recognising a rise in Jewish people in Australia being targeted after the October 7 Hamas terror attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appoints Jillian Segal as the first special envoy for anti-Semitism.
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Wanting Israel to stop slaughtering children in the thousands is not anti semitism you stupid campaigners.
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If George Clooney ran for president he would win in a landslide.
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Yes maybe he needs to put his money where his mouth is
From an opinion article.
"For all intents and purposes, it [China] now owns Russia and could use this power to end the war in Ukraine."
"For all intents and purposes, it [China] now owns Russia and could use this power to end the war in Ukraine."
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George Clooney pulling out of fundraising for Biden, Nancy Pelosi refusing to answer the question of whether Biden should pull out or stay in the race, and the below CNN video with Joe Tapper ripping into Biden - pro democrat media outlet, I can see a Bill Hayden, February 1983 Drover's Dog moment repeating.
Biden is getting the sort of advice Hayden got 41 years ago.
For those who weren't around in 1983 or haven't read/studied their Australian political history, some context.
When very good mate and leader of the Labor opposition in the senate, John Button went and counselled Bill to hand over the reigns to Bob Hawke because he would definitely beat the Fraser coalition government after 8 years and 3 months in office, it was the final straw for Hayden, who was pissed off his party had turned on him, not as a person, but driven by desire to obtain political power, Bill uttered these famous words at his press conference announcing he was giving up the leadership of the party;
“I believe a drover’s dog could lead the Labor Party to victory the way the country is and the way the opinion polls are.”
Uttered by Labor’s Bill Hayden on the day the 1983 election was called, as he dramatically announced his resignation as opposition leader to make way for the irresistible force of Bob Hawke, these words are part of Australian political folklore.
Hayden had every right to feel bitter, as his last-minute supplanting by Hawke robbed him of the opportunity to become prime minister. He had inherited Labor’s leadership more than five years before, when it was reeling from crushing defeat. He had worked conscientiously to restore the party’s shattered stocks by building around him a united and talented front bench, and had overseen a major renovation of the party’s policy program.
Hawkie over the next few years was occasionally referred to as the Drover's Dog.
Biden is getting the sort of advice Hayden got 41 years ago.
For those who weren't around in 1983 or haven't read/studied their Australian political history, some context.
When very good mate and leader of the Labor opposition in the senate, John Button went and counselled Bill to hand over the reigns to Bob Hawke because he would definitely beat the Fraser coalition government after 8 years and 3 months in office, it was the final straw for Hayden, who was pissed off his party had turned on him, not as a person, but driven by desire to obtain political power, Bill uttered these famous words at his press conference announcing he was giving up the leadership of the party;
Will Labor's 'drover's dog' have his day? - Openforum
If the polls are right, Bill Shorten will become the next prime minister, so what kind of national leader would he be?
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“I believe a drover’s dog could lead the Labor Party to victory the way the country is and the way the opinion polls are.”
Uttered by Labor’s Bill Hayden on the day the 1983 election was called, as he dramatically announced his resignation as opposition leader to make way for the irresistible force of Bob Hawke, these words are part of Australian political folklore.
Hayden had every right to feel bitter, as his last-minute supplanting by Hawke robbed him of the opportunity to become prime minister. He had inherited Labor’s leadership more than five years before, when it was reeling from crushing defeat. He had worked conscientiously to restore the party’s shattered stocks by building around him a united and talented front bench, and had overseen a major renovation of the party’s policy program.
Hawkie over the next few years was occasionally referred to as the Drover's Dog.
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