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Labour win a historic victory

(274 Posts)
AGAA4 Fri 05-Jul-24 08:25:24

Will things get better? Stay the same? Get worse? Only time will tell.
I can only hope for the first and dread the last.

Jane43 Fri 05-Jul-24 08:24:08

dragonfly46

Best news of the night - Liz Truss lost her seat!

I just watched her speech, she blames the defeat on the party not delivering on lower taxes and immigration, she is obviously incapable of self reflection, awful woman and quite a contrast to Robert Buckland who was very gracious in defeat and scathing about the behaviour of some Tories.

Musicgirl Fri 05-Jul-24 08:14:22

Oh, and we stayed blue as expected, too.

Musicgirl Fri 05-Jul-24 08:13:34

I'm with Rosie1959. It was the result we expected and I agree that the Tories deserved to lose but l don't like Sir Keir Starmer or Angela Rayner. In the end, I went for the Lib Dems and I am very happy that they have so many more seats this time.

dragonfly46 Fri 05-Jul-24 08:12:33

Worst news of the night - Farage got in! Be interesting to see how often he shows up.

dragonfly46 Fri 05-Jul-24 08:09:01

Best news of the night - Liz Truss lost her seat!

Silvergirl Fri 05-Jul-24 08:08:23

Good news to wake up to. An adult in charge who tells the truth and cares about people less fortunate than himself.

pascal30 Fri 05-Jul-24 08:04:55

I love Van Morrison.. I'm delighted with the results especially as The Greens got 4 seats.. tough times ahead though..

rosie1959 Fri 05-Jul-24 08:03:03

Certainly not a surprise. Our constituency as expected stayed blue the Labour Party came third
Not particularly excited about a Labour government but hey ho life goes on.

VioletSky Fri 05-Jul-24 07:54:41

Brilliant!

spottybook Fri 05-Jul-24 07:53:52

Be careful what you wish for

spottybook Fri 05-Jul-24 07:51:53

God help us all!

nanna8 Fri 05-Jul-24 07:50:31

Hope they turn out to be good for the country. I think the Conservatives got their comeuppance even though I don’t really like Labour. The Libdems did well, I think I would probably have gone for them if I voted.

J52 Fri 05-Jul-24 07:50:14

I’m very hopeful, at last.

Chocolatelovinggran Fri 05-Jul-24 07:47:49

I agree WWM - Casdon picked the right song for today. There are tough times ahead, no doubt, but just now - it's a good morning.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 05-Jul-24 07:40:44

Good choice casdon

Sarnia Fri 05-Jul-24 07:40:10

I daresay at times it isn't going to be pretty but the Tories defeat is entirely self-inflicted. 14 years to break Britain, in fighting, lies, lies and more lies and no progress made on Sunak's pledges, particularly immigration. The electorate had clearly had enough.

Clawdy Fri 05-Jul-24 07:39:51

Great result. And so many big Tory names are out!

keepcalmandcavachon Fri 05-Jul-24 07:38:14

Yes! Awesome song Casdon, and all the young ones singing 'Things Can Only Get Better'. sunshine

BlueBelle Fri 05-Jul-24 07:30:59

Yessssssss totally agree with your post Iam it’s going to be far from perfect they have 14 dire years to try and change but we have a chance at last 🌞

Iam64 Fri 05-Jul-24 07:29:05

Yes - we can have some hope. None of us expecting miracles but we can hope for a government with the desire to improve our nhs and public services.

Casdon Fri 05-Jul-24 07:28:37

I’ll start us off with the perfect song for the moment. Van Morrison. Strong coffee and a croissant are called for.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UUWkr4FUlo

boheminan Fri 05-Jul-24 07:22:20

YES!!!! A great day...

Whitewavemark2 Fri 05-Jul-24 07:16:21

I just had to see that headlining a thread.

We’ve waited so long for this. Let’s spend a day enjoying it before all the problems start to crown in.