Labour just won an historic election landslide sending the Tories into an unprecedented meltdown – 27 vote-winning responses
It wasn’t just a landslide Labour win, it was a victory of historic proportions with Sir Keir Starmer’s party predicted to win 413 seats giving it a Commons majority of 160.
The Conservatives are forecast to have just 122 (one hundred and thirty six) MPs when all the counting is done, with Liz Truss losing her 26,000 majority and cabinet ministers out on their backsides including Gillian Keegan, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Grant Shapps and Penny Mordaunt.
Worth remembering that the Tories worst ever seat count was 156, and that was 118 years ago.
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) July 4, 2024
It was a great night for the Lib Dems, winning a predicted 71 seats.
If there was a fly in the ointment (insert your own metaphor here) for some people it was the four seats expected to go to Reform UK, with Nigel Farage finally getting into the Commons without a visitor’s pass at his eighth attempt.
And here are our favourite things people said about all – all! – of that.
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Don’t know who made this: pic.twitter.com/CJVui4Nw2J
— Mitch Benn (@MitchBenn) July 4, 2024
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It’s a Labour LANDSLIDE. pic.twitter.com/JzbGlGBcBn
— Jason Reid (@JasonReidUK) July 4, 2024
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Liz Truss’s count has lasted longer than her premiership
— Stephen Moss (@StephenMossGdn) July 5, 2024
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“I like sandwiches too Mr Sunak…” pic.twitter.com/4v4tyxkXV9
— christhebarker (@christhebarker) July 4, 2024
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Jacob Rees-Mogg loses his seat, AND the sun has come up so he can’t leave the hall until tonight.
— Oonagh (@Okeating) July 5, 2024
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Gareth Southgate in the 7th minute: https://t.co/9jFL9f2EJt
— Casey Evans (@Casey_Evans_) July 4, 2024
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Mum pick me up pls pic.twitter.com/5wJjp2dOiu
— Macca (@The_Paris_Angel) July 5, 2024
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Thick Of It level framing and we’re only on result 3 pic.twitter.com/aYiuB6mVjL
— Susy Kane (@kusysane) July 4, 2024
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meanwhile, Jacob Rees-Mogg has lost his seat to Labour while standing next to a man wearing a baked beans balaclava pic.twitter.com/wCQNaNmXoF
— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) July 5, 2024
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An important moment in our democracy with our next Prime Minister shaking hands with his arch political opponent, Elmo. pic.twitter.com/GYevoG0d8e
— Adam Schwarz (@AdamJSchwarz) July 5, 2024
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Called it. pic.twitter.com/YUojXpzacm
— HENRY MORRIS (@mrhenrymorris) July 4, 2024
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In fairness the Tories killed a lot of their supporters in the pandemic
— Lucy Prebble (@lucyprebblish) July 4, 2024
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The BBC’s swing-o-meter has broke because it cannot go over 20%. pic.twitter.com/1x2V78VroO
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 5, 2024