The Tory Bubble Has Burst.

[gulliver1]

........."Labour is now The Largest Party of Local Government"............
By contrast The Cons endured a devasting day ,losing over ,
..One thousand seats. Labour are now well on the way to picking up the keys to no 10 at the General election . no doubt about it .
...Well done Sir Keir. The Blues have got the runs.

[bobbinwales]

Well I'm glad torys lost so many but dissappointed that libs and greens seems to have been the choice and labour didn't win as many as I hoped. Swing was 9% I think...enough for hung parliment but need more for labour majority

[ToraToraTora]

only a 9 point lead though me old china, not enough starting from here. 18 months to go, maybe Labour can decide what a woman is before the next GE.

[Old_Geezer]

The gains were distributed because no party has sufficient of the public's trust to be seen as most worthy, indicating these were generally protest vote gains, not support vote gains.

[bobbinwales]

Maybe I got the swing wrong but sky says Labour on 36% cons 29%. Maybe that's just England. But we should of been looking for 40% plus if we want majority. Best hope is lots of snp seats go to labour

[gulliver1]

10.26 You lost this one me old china ,and you willl lose the next one, just suck it up and prepare yourself to go into Opposition as ....."The Party Opposite".....

[bobbinwales]

They will lose the next one but labour might not win either... could be hung parliament... depending on any alliance's Labour might stillhe opposition based on these results gulliver

[ToraToraTora]

Yes we lost but I'm confident that we'll now win the GE, as OG says the diversity of beneficiaries indicates protest voting. I am now so looking forward to Autumn 2024 election. Clearly Labour do not have the support they need to win a GE.

[ynnafymmi]

I always believe at the next election the Tories will be returned at Westminster,the SNP will be returned at Holyrood.Nationalism still hasnt run its course in the UK.

[ynnafymmi]

@10.43.I cant see Starmer getting into bed with any of the small nationalist parties in the UK(SNP,UKIP,BritainFirst,etc)any time soon.

[tomus42]

I wouldn't be too happy about it ttt. Even if Labour doesn't win outright there'll most likely be a coalition or pact to keep the Tories out, like there was to get rid of Gordon Brown.

[ToraToraTora]

Rodders has ruled out a coalition.

[webbo3]

Lets see how many local councils go bankrupt.

[bobbinwales]

//Rodders has ruled out a coalition//
Well he would say that wouldn't he.
But when it comes to the crunch am sure he would do it if needed to keep Cons out

[ynnafymmi]

@11.07.Surely not,bob.Why should a socialist party pander to any of the wee nationalist parties(SNP,UKIP,BritainFirst,etc)?

[gulliver1]

11.07 Just like the "Cameron Clegg Coalition".

[bobbinwales]

What's uk0p and Britain first got to do with it. They'll have no seats... but SNP will have plenty still.

[gulliver1]

It was probably a good idea to sync the Election then the Coronation together to try and take peoples mind off the downfall of the Cons.

[Gromit]

UKIP, BritainFirst, etc aren’t going to get anyone elected.

[douglas9401]

I agree with Nick.

[gulliver1]

Who is UKIP ?