An expected result albeit with a bigger than expected majority

Surely a large part of this is down to wanting to get rid of Starmer?
What might happen as a result of this is Farage realising he needs to build bridges with right of centre parties or he has no change at the next GE.

Posted By: JoeyDeacon on June 19th 2026 at 07:05:56

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The polls were wrong then (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 19, 04:56:40
- Bit like xG then.... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Jun 19, 13:40:38
  - Do you just pop up these days only to poke at SCC? (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 19, 14:37:06
    - I only tilt the idiots..... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Jun 19, 15:13:09
      - Funny how you don't actually really like football. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 19, 16:01:48
        
        I only tilt the idiots..... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Jun 19, 21:42:41
- There was certainly a lot of noise on here and elsewhere (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 19, 11:21:05
  - Can someone pantsbot all the people who said Burnham (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 19, 11:34:30
    - I think we can guess (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 19, 12:37:47
- Well done Starmer. Huge vote of confidence in the government. (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 19, 08:25:42
  - Yes he's turned it araound. Best PM of my lifetime. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 19, 09:21:48
  - I honestly think he’s so deluded he will view it as this (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jun 19, 08:28:26
    - Deluded? That’s an understatement. (n/m) (General Chat) - Biggles, Jun 19, 15:04:07
  - Yep a seismic victory (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 19, 08:28:06
- It’s gonna be interesting viewing over the next few months (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 19, 07:44:14
- An expected result albeit with a bigger than expected majority (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jun 19, 07:05:56
  - Not sure Farage cares that much (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Jun 19, 07:51:18
    - Spot on. (n/m) (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorceee, Jun 19, 08:30:28
    - I dont think Farage wants to be PM (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 19, 08:04:55
  - Unless Burnham turns things around (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 19, 07:31:53
    - He'll call an election quite soon if gets the pm gig i suspect (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 19, 07:37:14
      - Will Starmer torch it all by calling a GE before he’s pushed out? (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jun 19, 07:47:33
        
        Yeah “coward” you say? The coward who stood up to Trump and didn’t join his war? (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 19, 08:18:15
        
        Now if you really want to go there (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jun 19, 08:25:07
        
        These attack lines are so fucking weird (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 19, 12:39:25
        
        “Extreme in your left wing views” (General Chat) - APB, Jun 19, 11:40:51
        
        Yeah, everyone knows he's a capitalist pig! (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 19, 11:57:22
        
        Bloody bi elections (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 19, 08:43:55
        
        Starmer is many things. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorceee, Jun 19, 08:35:05
- And hard to see Reform getting near government (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 19, 05:06:22
  - Farage said that Reform were the biggest "centre right" party. ROFL (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 19, 11:23:20
  - Too many people dislike them too much (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 19, 07:39:59
    - Reform's biggest issue is the widespread hatred of them .... (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Jun 19, 10:58:52
    - Not sure of your logic. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorceee, Jun 19, 08:26:09
      - The Tories did very little differently to the current Labour government (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 19, 08:32:48
  - Labour now favourites to get most seats at the next GE (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 19, 06:28:05
    - They are still polling 20% (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 19, 08:06:04
      - 3 years to go. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorceee, Jun 19, 08:27:58
        
        Agreed - I cant see how they could get a majority (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 19, 08:30:43

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