2024 UK Election Results

[JAherbert]

A lot of pissed off protest votes

30p Lee got a Reform seat

[jabalong]

Not following UK elections generally, I'm curious why are results so slow to come in?

Well past 2am local time, I am seeing only like 30 or so seats on the board.

In Canada, which I'm most familiar with, you can usually go to bed with the election called and most of the constituencies having significant results posted.

[hullexile]

Not following UK elections generally, I'm curious why are results so slow to come in?

Well past 2am local time, I am seeing only like 30 or so seats on the board.

In Canada, which I'm most familiar with, you can usually go to bed with the election called and most of the constituencies having significant results posted.

Hand counted pieces of paper, there will be a rush over the next couple of hours

[hullexile]

Not following UK elections generally, I'm curious why are results so slow to come in?

Well past 2am local time, I am seeing only like 30 or so seats on the board.

In Canada, which I'm most familiar with, you can usually go to bed with the election called and most of the constituencies having significant results posted.

In the Philippines it takes minutes as they just download from the machines. Takes all the fun out of it.

[hullexile]

George Galloway (workers party) has lost his seat to Labour

[shri]

Not following UK elections generally, I'm curious why are results so slow to come in?

Takes some time to put the costumes on ..

[hullexile]

Lab 64 (+24)
Con 7 (-25)
Lib 3
Reform 1

[MABinPengChau]

Keir Starmer primer from CNN for non-Brits:

https://us.yahoo.com/news/keir-starm...040115815.html

[er2]

And yet...look at the guy, he thinks he's God's gift and then some...a little like Trump.

I've been thinking about this a lot - Farage vs Trump vs the AfD guys in Germany

Among these, Trump managed to take over the Republicans with his agenda, but in return he is the horse pulling the cart, people vote GOP because of him but it will be heritage foundation et al who run the show. That's bona fide frightening - these guys know exactly how to condense their objectives into votes.

AfD is in the middle - while they're shunned by all other parties they do now have a proper party organisation and might achieve something if they actually manage to get a state majority. Still, there is a high share of clowns in their upper echolons, so once they get into power I'm pretty confident they'll mess up beyond repair.

Farage meanwhile - come on. The guy is a prankster on the search for his next paid gig. There is absolutely no change Reform will be of any consequence whatsoever

[er2]

surprised that the Reform party managed to collect so many votes (so far)

I'm saying this as an immigrant - you got to keep the vote on how much immigration you want to have within the non-crazy and democratic spectrum. I personally absolutely believe immigration improves the live of both the immigrant and their destination country, but I can see that not everyone agrees with this, and if the only party they can turn to are the fascist lunatics, then you get fascist lunatics in government.