Tories Reach 326

[Graudian]

Conservatives now have reached the magic 326 so the victory is
now official.

[Old_Geezer]

327

[Graudian]

It was 326 when I started typing.

Anyway victory was then official- not that there was any doubt after
the exit poll.

[ToraToraTora]

Hooray! No doubt Gromit will be along in a minute to explain how Dave hasn't really won!

[Baldric]

BBC still showing 326

[Old_Geezer]

They're slower than ITV then

[maggiebee]

Good for them. Here in Scotland the SNPs won 56 out of 59 seats - YAY!

[jim360]

The conservatives have won by managing to stay exactly where they are overall while their opponents went backwards. It's not really an eendorsement of the Tories but a rejection of Labour.

Well done of course, defying predictions by aome margin and finally the majority the Tories should have had in 2010. But they still need to work hard to win new supporters rather than just keeping the ones they have already.

[ToraToraTora]

they have increased the numbr of seats and won a clear majority jim, how is that standing still?

[youngmafbog]

An excellent result.

[Hypognosis]

None of the TV pundits is speculating whether the non-offer of EU referendum is what cost Labour this election, so I will. Even if I'm wrong.

Now, how do we persuade Dave that HS2 is obsolete technology and we should go with Maglev. Japan have made that real; why can't we?

[zebo]

I thought that Samantha Cameron was wearing her hi-vis jacket when they went to the Palace, it was the back of her frock though!

[jim360]

I know you don't set much store by vote share TTT but no matter how the Tories try to spin it they have to accept that this result reflects the failure of Labour far more than the strength of the Tories. After five years of a coalition that has come under heavy criticism, managing to retain the same support as in 2010 is still a fine achievement, but the Tories have managed to win because their opponents have failed -- and, in particular, they have watched their partners in coalition be fed to the lions.

The resignations of all three of the main UK-wide party leaders shows how much of a loss this is for the opposition to David Cameron. He and the Tories can well smile and enjoy the moment. But, perhaps, they should thank their lucky stars that the SNP decided to stand for election only in Scotland...

[Gromit]

Tora. Of course it is a Conservative majority.
But a reality check. John major had a 21 majority in 1992 and his Government struggled to Govern effecively. Cameron has half that majority. Deaths and by-elections could see that majority eroded to nothing like Labour in 1977.

The Coalition had an 80 majority. Cameron has just 12. It could be bumping times ahead.

[Baldric]

Now showing 328,
and rising?

[Graudian]

Now that the total has reached 330 I hope that talk of an ability
to effectively govern will be dismissed.
If you add the Speaker who doesn't vote & Sinn Fein who never
turn up and vote the Tories effectively have a working majority.

[dannyk13]

Now 330

[chaptazbru2]

Oh God five more years of posh boy and his toffs. God help the disabled, the working class and pensioners, oh and look out foxes too!! Bad day, bad, bad day ........

[bazwillrun]

"Oh God five more years of posh boy and his toffs."

Aaaahhh the politics of envy dontcha just luv it !

[Baldric]

The Politics of Envy, that's the Labour Manifesto isn't it?