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And the Tories have just taken another LibDem seat in the West Country - LDs are apparently down to 6 seats? They should have remembered a very old saying:

Never trust a Tory.

Milliband should have remembered that, too, he was played all along the line by the Tories.

Good morning bonny hope you are holding up there! Ed Ball just lost to Conservatives after recount. LL

Ed Milipede to make speech soon - speculation he is about to resign. LL

Farage lost. Conservatives held seat.   Farage said he would resign UKIP leadership if he lost!!    LL   ETA He's gorn!!!! Now, what he's said is he's gorn but he may come back - later!!!!

It's catching, Nick Clegg resigns. That just leaves the millipede! LL

The Bonfire of The Vanities.

Sabot wrote:The Bonfire of The Vanities.

Pardon, ma petite, what is that? LL

Lamplighter wrote:

Sabot wrote:The Bonfire of The Vanities.

Pardon, ma petite, what is that?  LL

It's a book, LL. But in this instance I was talking about How The Mighty are Fallen

And Milliband's just quit.

Sabot wrote:

Lamplighter wrote:

Sabot wrote:The Bonfire of The Vanities.

Pardon, ma petite, what is that?  LL

It's a book, LL.  But in this instance I was talking about How The Mighty are Fallen

Thanks, ma petite - and to make it a threesome - Milipede has just fallen on his sword!! LL

What a surprise, eh. Sorry UKIP didn't do better, but in terms of votes they did quite well.

IMO, UKIP paid too much attention to Essex Man, and not enough to the disgruntled public further north.

I am trying to catch up, but it's looking as if the Tories and the SNP are the only parties left standing. And Plaid Cymru, of course, though they are fighting an uphill battle.

bb1 wrote:IMO, UKIP paid too much attention to Essex Man, and not enough to the disgruntled public further north.

I am trying to catch up, but it's looking as if the Tories and the SNP are the only parties left standing. And Plaid Cymru, of course, though they are fighting an uphill battle.

Harriette Harman to be acting caretaker leader of Labor until new leader chosen. LL

It looks as though Clarence lost Brighton Pavillion. That'll please The Nasties. As if it even matters. But I expect a Bitch Fest today from them.

They think Clarrie losing is more important than anything else, fools that they are. They don't seem to know that it is normal Tory practise to put rising stars into unwinnable seats for 'training'; pound to a penny Clarrie will be giving a soft Tory seat for the next election.

bb1 wrote:They think Clarrie losing is more important than anything else, fools that they are. They don't seem to know that it is normal Tory practise to put rising stars into unwinnable seats for 'training'; pound to a penny Clarrie will be giving a soft Tory seat for the next election.

He came a credibe third, the Greens got circa 22,000, Labor 14,000 and Clarence 12,000
LL

That thought crossed my mind, Bonny. And he didn't actually do too bad.

Looks quite respectable to me for a first-time Tory candidate in an odd seat like that, LL, but then, they never were known for their smarts.

Meanwhile...

http://wingsoverscotland.com/the-something-and-nothing-election/



I love the way so many of the big losers are now moaning about First Past The Post voting - mainly because so many of them lost last night.

Some interesting remarks in Cameron's victory speech - I have a feeling he's going to write Scotland off. Mind you, Milliband made such an arse of things, even if he'd won every seat in Scotland, he STILL wouldn't have got into Downing Street.

he National @ScotNational · 11m 11 minutes ago
Here we go ... finished map of Scotland from @scotnational . Now we're all out of yellow pencils



Maybe it's a sort of political Noah's Ark? We've kept one of each as relics?

And why is Murphy on my TV, refusing to resign and going SNP = Evil yet again?

Am so thrilled for you.  What a win!!  

Lamplighter wrote:

bb1 wrote:They think Clarrie losing is more important than anything else, fools that they are. They don't seem to know that it is normal Tory practise to put rising stars into unwinnable seats for 'training'; pound to a penny Clarrie will be giving a soft Tory seat for the next election.

He came a credibe third, the Greens got circa 22,000, Labor 14,000 and Clarence 12,000
LL  

It was Conservative in 1992. Then Labour for 1997 - 2005, then Green in 2010, with Labour second and Conservative third.

So he has maintained the vote. Labour lost ground.

They also think that Esther McVey getting the boot is because of her involvement with the McCanns years ago, Jean-Pierre.

They must have somehow missed her pretty horrible remarks about the disabled, and her being seen as representing the Eton boys in a mainly Labour area.

I know I shouldn't be surprised by now, but their utter ignorance of real life never ceases to astound me.

Jabba the Hutt news:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/david-coburn-insists-ukip-will-win-seat-in-falkirk-1-3762937

David Coburn insists Ukip will win seat in Falkirk



We have got massive support here and it looks like we are going to win in Falkirk
David Coburn

What actually happened was that he got 3% of the vote and lost his deposit.

Oh, and this may give readers some insight into why SLab has been wiped out:

Falkirk
Falkirk was caught up in controversy in 2013 when it emerged that Unite had allegedly signed up 100 new members to the Falkirk Labour party without their knowledge, in order to increase the vote for Unite's preferred candidate to stand in 2015 (who was ultimately not selected). The incumbent Eric Joyce resigned from the Labour party in 2012 after he was charged with assault but has been serving out his term as an Independent. The SNP has a strong base of 15,000 votes in 2010 on which to build.