I know what you’re thinking: “Has he been in Downing Street for six PMs or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost track myself.
Winning Bristol Central and Brighton Pavilion great. But winning two seats in the Tory heartlands of Suffolk and Herefordshire is (magician hand gesture) spectacular.
I just woke up to the Greens winning all four of their target seats! And Liz Truss losing her seat by 609 votes to Labour. She had a 26000 majority in 2019.
A number of interviews so far, talking about Keir Starmer running a cautious campaign. Don’t we want politicians that under-promise and over-deliver?
I’m off to, to use a technical term, beddy-bye soon, but I hope to wake up to unexpected Green success.
2nd glass of sparkling wine to celebrate Tory obliteration. It’ll be interesting to see if the exit poll matches Reform’s seats. 13 was at the top end of polling ranges/projections. And only 10 seats for the SNP is devastating for them.
Other than “it’s the Queen’s fault,” I can see the Tories using all of these over the next 3-4 days.