Conservatives Crush Labour in UK Landslide (w/ Updates)

 

Polls in the UK closed at 10 p.m. local time (5 p.m. ET). As results come in from the crucial vote, we’ll keep you posted here. If the exit polls are correct, this will be the worst Labour Party result since 1924.

6:37 p.m. (ET): Only three ridings have reported their votes, all of which have been strong Labour supporters. One of these, Blyth Valley, has switched to the Conservatives. This indicates a surprisingly strong CON showing elsewhere.

7:35 p.m. (ET): Votes coming in very slowly. So far, CON has two seats, LAB has five.

8:34 p.m. (ET): The Scottish National Party gets one on the board. The totals so far…

  • CON – 8
  • LAB – 11
  • SNP – 1

The Tories have so far swung three constituencies from Labour to Conservative. One of those was Workington, a “quintessential safe Labour seat.” The SNP also took a seat from Labour.

9:02 p.m. (ET): Updated totals…

  • CON – 20
  • LAB – 22
  • SNP – 3

Labour has lost five seats to CON and two seats to SNP.

9:30 p.m. (ET): Conservatives tie it up.

  • CON – 90
  • LAB – 78
  • SNP – 16
  • SF – 4
  • LD – 3
  • Other – 4

Labour down eight seats, Conservatives up six.

10:00 p.m. (ET): And Conservatives take the lead.

  • CON – 45
  • LAB – 45
  • SNP – 6
  • PC – 1
  • Other – 3

Labour down 21 seats, Conservatives up 17.

10:30 p.m. (ET):

  • CON – 156
  • LAB – 109
  • SNP – 21
  • LD – 6
  • DUP – 5
  • Other – 10

11:00 p.m. (ET): Conservatives need 326 seats to win, the BBC now projects they will take 365. Here’s where the vote stands now:

  • CON – 214 (+32)
  • LAB – 143 (-43)
  • SNP – 34 (+11)
  • LD – 7
  • DUP – 5
  • Other – 11

The Tories continue to take Labour strongholds, including some constituencies who haven’t voted Conservative for a century.

11:30 p.m. (ET): Conservatives need 326 seats to win, the BBC now projects they will take 365. Here’s where the vote stands now:

  • CON – 265 (+38)
  • LAB – 180 (-50)
  • SNP – 41 (+12)
  • LD – 7 (-)
  • DUP – 5 (-2)
  • Other – 13

The Tories continue to take Labour strongholds, including some constituencies who haven’t voted Conservative for a century.

12:10 p.m. (ET): It is official! Conservatives needed 326 seats to control Parliament and they have them. BBC projects that they will win 365 total, but here’s where the vote stands now:

  • CON – 331 (+43)
  • LAB – 197 (-55)
  • SNP – 45 (+12)
  • LD – 8 (-)
  • DUP – 8 (-2)
  • Other – 14

 

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  1. ToryWarWriter Coolidge
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    Cato Rand (View Comment):

    Nerina Bellinger (View Comment):

    @torywarwriter – what’s the story with SNP? Do you think Scotland will do another independence referendum? If that passed, would that mean Scotland becomes completely independent from the UK? Do they have an economy strong enough to support independence?

     

    The SNP definitely wants another referendum. Whether it’ll get one or not isn’t clear.

    Remember I am a Canadian Tory, not a UK one.

    What Cato Rand said.

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  2. Umbra Fractus Inactive
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    Cato Rand (View Comment):

    Best news of the night: Jeremy Corbyn consigned to the dustbin of history.

    When Tony Blair was running for leader of the Labour Party, one of his pitches was, “Nobody wants to go back to the old socialism.” In other words, Thatcher’s reforms were here to stay, and Labour’s best hope was to moderate them, not try to undo them.

    It looks like Blair was and still is right. Labour chose a throwback socialist as their leader, and he got thumped.

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  3. Annefy Member
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    Nerina Bellinger (View Comment):

    So listening to Nicola Sturgeon, it seems like she thinks Scotland wants independence from UK so it can remain in the EU. Is that a correct impression? She really doesn’t like Boris Johnson or the Tories.

    That is my impression. Scotland wants to leave the UK to join the EU. Go figure …

     

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  4. Joseph Stanko Coolidge
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    Cato Rand (View Comment):

    Nerina Bellinger (View Comment):

    @torywarwriter – what’s the story with SNP? Do you think Scotland will do another independence referendum? If that passed, would that mean Scotland becomes completely independent from the UK? Do they have an economy strong enough to support independence?

     

    The SNP definitely wants another referendum. Whether it’ll get one or not isn’t clear.

    I don’t think Scotland has the authority to hold a one, at least not a binding one.  The last one was authorized by Parliament, and I don’t see what a Boris Johnson government would stand to gain by holding another one.

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  5. Snirtler Inactive
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    EJHill (View Comment):

    Nicola Sturgeon is making the classic political blunder: she is mistaking dislike of her opponents as a mandate of her positions. Six days ago a YouGov poll showed independence losing 44-56%, or roughly where it was in 2014 when she got her vote the first time.

    Good to know this. In Jo Swinson’s speech after the count in her district, she explained the emerging 2019 election results as a victory for nationalism–English and Scottish. If true, that would be a challenge to the union. So that recent poll is prima facie proof against Swinson’s view.

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  6. Annefy Member
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    Umbra Fractus (View Comment):

    Cato Rand (View Comment):

    Best news of the night: Jeremy Corbyn consigned to the dustbin of history.

    When Tony Blair was running for leader of the Labour Party, one of his pitches was, “Nobody wants to go back to the old socialism.” In other words, Thatcher’s reforms were here to stay, and Labour’s best hope was to moderate them, not try to undo them.

    It looks like Blair was and still is right. Labour chose a throwback socialist as their leader, and he got thumped.

    I think they called it “The Third Way”.  I think There was even a book …

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  7. DrewInWisconsin, Type Monkey Member
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):

    I sure hope that Democrats learn a lesson from the UK.

    I hope they don’t. : )

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  8. Nerina Bellinger Inactive
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    Can’t wait to hear James and Toby tomorrow!

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  9. Joseph Stanko Coolidge
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    Nerina Bellinger (View Comment):

    Can’t wait to hear James and Toby tomorrow!

    Same here, but I also want to hear the one they said they’d record recanting all their positions if Corbyn won.  They should record it too for giggles and post them both!

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  10. Cato Rand Inactive
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    Joseph Stanko (View Comment):

    Cato Rand (View Comment):

    Nerina Bellinger (View Comment):

    @torywarwriter – what’s the story with SNP? Do you think Scotland will do another independence referendum? If that passed, would that mean Scotland becomes completely independent from the UK? Do they have an economy strong enough to support independence?

     

    The SNP definitely wants another referendum. Whether it’ll get one or not isn’t clear.

    I don’t think Scotland has the authority to hold a one, at least not a binding one. The last one was authorized by Parliament, and I don’t see what a Boris Johnson government would stand to gain by holding another one.

    I think you’re right although I’d actually like to see Parliament grant them another if there’s evidence that there’s real majority support in Scotland.  I like subsidiarity and really don’t think Scotland should be kept in the UK against its will.

    Of course, if they actually held a referendum, Scotland would have to grapple with whether they actually have a better offer than the UK.  I’m not sure they do.  Do Germany and France really want another transfer payment recipient in the EU, and another complicated border to navigate with England?  Scotland is a wonderful country with a proud history, but choices have consequences, often economic ones.

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  11. Cato Rand Inactive
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    Nerina Bellinger (View Comment):

    Can’t wait to hear James and Toby tomorrow!

    I suspect they’re going to be too hung over to produce a podcast.

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  12. Umbra Fractus Inactive
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    Cato Rand (View Comment):

    Nerina Bellinger (View Comment):

    Can’t wait to hear James and Toby tomorrow!

    I suspect they’re going to be too hung over to produce a podcast.

    That’ll just make it better

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  13. EJHill Podcaster
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    Cato Rand: I suspect they’re going to be too hung over to produce a podcast.

    I think Toby is still up. James is asleep.

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  14. Western Chauvinist Member
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    Cato Rand (View Comment):

    Nerina Bellinger (View Comment):

    Can’t wait to hear James and Toby tomorrow!

    I suspect they’re going to be too hung over to produce a podcast.

    So much winning!!

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  15. Umbra Fractus Inactive
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    Tories have passed 300.

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  16. Joseph Stanko Coolidge
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    Cato Rand (View Comment):
    Of course, if they actually held a referendum, Scotland would have to grapple with whether they actually have a better offer than the UK. I’m not sure they do. Do Germany and France really want another transfer payment recipient in the EU, and another complicated border to navigate with England?

    Not to mention that other EU countries have their own internal separatist movements.  Spain for instance would never stand for a precedent that an independent Catalan Republic would face a quick and painless re-admission to the EU.

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  17. Cato Rand Inactive
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    Joseph Stanko (View Comment):

    Cato Rand (View Comment):
    Of course, if they actually held a referendum, Scotland would have to grapple with whether they actually have a better offer than the UK. I’m not sure they do. Do Germany and France really want another transfer payment recipient in the EU, and another complicated border to navigate with England?

    Not to mention that other EU countries have their own internal separatist movements. Spain for instance would never stand for a precedent that an independent Catalan Republic would face a quick and painless re-admission to the EU.

    I hadn’t thought of that but good point.  Spain is held together with rubber bands and extra-constitutional arrests, isn’t it?  Are there other EU countries with such significant separatist issues?

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  18. Umbra Fractus Inactive
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    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1205338255832555520?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

    (Edit: Sorry, I don’t know how to embed a tweet.)

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  19. Umbra Fractus Inactive
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    And it’s done. Congratulations, Tories. 

    • #79
  20. ToryWarWriter Coolidge
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    GAME OVER MAN!  GAME OVER!!!

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  21. WalterSobchakEsq Thatcher
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    Best news I have heard in a while. Not only will Britian be extracted from the ongoing cluster farg that is the EU, but the far left Jew hater Corbyn has been repudiated.

    I personally see this as a sign for Trump in 2020.

     

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  22. The Reticulator Member
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    Looks like the anti-Semites lost. I wonder if that could happen in the U.S. 

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  23. Gary Robbins Member
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    If Trump loses in 2020, hopefully he will have the good sense to go away, just as Jeremy Corbyn resigned after leading Labor to a loss.

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  24. Annefy Member
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):

    If Trump loses in 2020, hopefully he will have the good sense to go awayjust as Jeremy Corbyn resigned after leading Labor to a loss.

    What the hell else would he do? 

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  25. Arahant Member
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    EJHill (View Comment):
    Pound Sterling is up on the exit poll.

    I can imagine.

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  26. The Cloaked Gaijin Member
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    Unfortunately it sounds like Boris is now less dependent on the Brexit hard-liners, so there might be something closer to a fake Brexit.

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  27. Henry Castaigne Member
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    Umbra Fractus (View Comment):

    Tories have passed 300.

    Image result for Vegeta over 300 meme

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  28. TBA Coolidge
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    Cato Rand (View Comment):

    Joseph Stanko (View Comment):

    Charles Mark (View Comment):

    Labour allowed itself to be infiltrated by the hard left and is paying the price. Simple as that.

    One wonders if the DNC is following the results from across the pond and starting to have second thoughts about nominating a Sanders or Warren next year…

    If I’m a dem and watching this I’m getting nervous. Of course I have the capacity for self-reflection and at least a modest amount of humility. Not sure what the actual dems are going to think.

    They’re gonna keep flipping the cribbage die until they go bankrupt. 

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  29. Clifford A. Brown Member
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    Final results: Outright majority for the Conservatives:

    From BusinessInsider, 2019:

    Compare to 2017:

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  30. Clifford A. Brown Member
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    President Trump has tweeted (will surely call shortly as well):

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