Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
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horrible set of results for the Tories, on what was a pretty bad result last time around.
Labour will be very pleased with the results in Wales and London, but the rest of the country was fairly flat. but then I think they now have more seats than all the other parties put together
Think that the Labour results outside London and Wales are about what was expected and emphasises the size of the task they face.

As for the Tories, I mentioned in an earlier message that the “smart money” was on them losing between 250 and 300 seats. In the event, they’ve lost close to double that, but many people will go by the initial reporting which had that the results were not as bad as feared - I suppose the question is, will Tory MPs have cottoned on that the results are, in fact, pretty terrible for the party? I’m sure they will, but whether they’ll do anything about their liability of a leader is another matter.