"Fight the far right by making life better for people" thats probably the best most nuanced thing I've heard all day... well said.

As an older guy who has spent my time since youth opposing the far right , never a truer word has been spoken “just make things better for everyone “. Whether I’ve mellowed over the years or just becoming wiser I very much believe this…. I remember a few years back being asked by a lecturer type person whilst opposing an EDL march “why do you cover your faces, you’re as bad as them” to which a mate replied “because we don’t go home away from these fascists, we work and live alongside them , our kids go to school with their kids” …. My point is for the best part we’re all in the same boat, they wouldn’t be foot soldiers for the likes of farage if things were better for everyone …. When things are bad the snake oil peddlers can sell their wares ….. make things better and they can’t 👍

Let's see how long people will give this new government to undo the willful destruction of 14+ years of a Tory government.

After 60+ years of living in a Tory town, my Labour vote finally counted. I'm looking forward, with optimism, to a period of slow but sure improvement in people's lives. I very nearly had a tear in my eye, listening to Starmer's speech. It's a real shame the LibDems didn't make it to second place, but they had a good showing. If Reform weren't a thing, they probably would have clinched it.

Jeremy is accurate and you can do both things... “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” - Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Plaid Cymru also got 4 seats in Wales. But I dare say the press will still give more air time to Reform than they do to the Greens, Plaid or even the Lib-Dems.

A new day.

Hi Van Man, (I voted Labour by the way!), have watched a few of your videos on and off over the last couple of years........ Always refreshing and honest... You're a bloody good bloke!!!! Will watch more of your talks 👍

I went to sleep last night leaving the radio on. Around 3:30am I was wakened and heard the an ouncement that SIR Micky Fabrication(lichfield) had finally lost! I returned to sleep happy.

Goid job UK.👏👏 Better days ahead.

Please God , let it be better !!!!!!

now we want electoral reform , press/media reform and return of European citizenships . I would like to see inquiries and prosecutions

Just stumbled on this channel after this clip was featured on Maximilien Robespierre. Love to see just a regular guy talking sense, especially in my city (as much as a I love Brighton, sometimes folks can be a little unrealistic). Your comment around making life better for people being the best way to fight Farage is so true. He prays off unhappiness, pointing his little sausages at whatever he can to give people something to blame, take that away and he has absolutely nothing to offer.

Starmers speech got me all emotional. I'm not a huge fan of starmer, but i am so happy with the results

I am already so sick of the phrase ‘hard-working people’ or even worse ‘if you work hard -‘slipped into Starmer's speech this morning. Millions in the country work themselves to death and are only one paycheque away from the ‘work-house

after 14 years, just delivering plain good governance will feel totally radical.

It’s beautiful 🎉

Politicians are there to make our lives better and easier.

Clearly Tory voters went elsewhere.

The vote share is must likely an indicator of the level of tactical voting that went on compared to previous elections.

Don't forget there were a lot of Labour and Lib Dem voters voting tactically this election, so Labour and Lib Dem getting more seats with fewer votes makes perfect sense.

At the end of the day, Starmer comes across as a serious decent PM. He has to deliver now

I feel your frustration at the end, had that many times coming home from work 🙈😂

Just found you through Maximillian Robespierre's channel . Blown away by your video he shared with us and agree totally . Subscribed and looking forward to hearing more of your views in future videos . Best wishes

The Greens came 2nd in a lot of the Sheffield seats but Labour were well ahead even in Sheffield Hallam which was Nick Clegg's old seat. The cons didn't even stand in Rotherham where I live. Sadly Reform performed quite strongly coming 2nd in the other local seats.

reform had 14.3% of the vote share not quite 20%

Very happy to see Labour on a stonking majority. Also happy to see it on a historically low vote share as that's an excellent argument for PR

I found you via Max Robespierre. A rare voice of sanity so I've subscribed to your channel. Keep it up.

Tories out; wonderful, but Labour's majority is built on sand. Very worried regarding the positioning of Reform as second against Labour in many constituencies. Those on the left of Labour need to unite and provide an effective alternative to Farage. Our electoral system does not favour multiple independents and small parties. The Greens did well and are by far the strongest grouping on the left.

I was encouraged to see Rayner be given BIG responsibility to deal with levelling up with a big focus on the north. If Starmer and Labour can achieve some goals in improving life in the north, I think it'll take a LOT of the wind out of the rightwing. I really rate Rayner and I'm hopeful being in power will present a vastly different Starmer who'll dive right into this. Hell, he already cancelled the Rwanda plan.

No one is talking about the fact that tactical voting played a big role yesterday. Due to the FPTP system the efforts were focused on the candidates likely to beat the conservatives rather than trying to garner the biggest voter tally.... That said, I have always held the view that we need PR... plus reform of the Lords!

Greens won their seats so easily, they should've targeted more seats.

The Tories' obsession with reducing the size and role of government has backfired spectacularly, leaving them politically irrelevant and facing electoral oblivion. They've essentially engineered their own political demise through their bat shit ideological commitment to a smaller state. Their cuts to public services have created crises in healthcare, education, and social care, turning voters against them. Austerity measures have damaged the economy and increased inequality, destroying their reputation for economic competence. The Tories are facing their worst crisis in modern history. They're not just losing an election; they're losing their relevance as a major political force. Their recovery, if possible, will likely take years.

Im relieved the tories are FINALLY out but Starmer now has to put his money where his mouth is.

I actually found myself willing England to win last night (my Dad's Scottish, so this is not normal!). The massive change in the last few days feels like there is positivity and decency as an antedote to the toxicity, gas lighting, and division of the last 14 years.

Its "morning in Croydon" and it feels good! But Croydon South still has Chris Philp as its MP. Big change but now Labour has to deliver and stop the far right from coming back.

I'm old enough to remember Thatcher's speech promising hope and end to division. That didn't work out so well. Glad to see the back of the Tory government, but I voted Green for the first time in my life.

The problem is that making life better for people takes years, if not decades. We just can't solve the Reform problem that way.

12% of 650 is 78 so the LibDems are still a little down on their vote share (assuming full pr).

I was elated to find our MP got back in, Yvette Cooper. And Starmers speech received a standing ovation from me. Yes I felt quite emotional too. But I do agree, remove people's fears that the far right created by Improving peoples lives .

It was the speech of a statesman.

A lot of Sussex Tory seats fell to Lib Dem including mine. So pleased👍

LD got 12% and Reform got 14% not 20%! It was more than LD but not loads more.

The vote share was a reflection of the tactical voting and Labour campaigning all over the Tory heartlands at the expense of their safe seats. The low turnout corresponds roughly to the voter suppression. In 1992 2 million Labour voters were missing from the ballot due to the poll tax, direct voter suppression was supposed to pull the same trick on Thursday, and it did again work because if you add in those disenfranchised Labour voters the Tories would have got half the seats they ended on and would now be finished.

How the day after feels like Boxing Day. It was so true as the big day was the day before, but life isn't back to normal the next day. On Wednesday, I did some last-minute laundry and grocery shopping to tide me over for three days as I knew I would be busy on polling day and tired on Friday. I bought snacks and convenience food. I had plans to attend an event on Friday but it rained, and I watched the proceedings all morning as most of the results were in by 5 am. Then I had a nap in the afternoon and in the evening it rained. Then having to catch up on tasks that I didn't have time for in the election campaign and then wondering what to do with my life. Places to visit that I couldn't during the pandemic and then in the early autumn of 2022 the long campaign for the General Election started as we thought one could have been called at any time from then until January 2025.

I think the low turnout was mostly tory voters who couldn't bring themselves to vote for a different party, but still didn't want to vote for this government. 557,040 less voted Labour this year, but that's dwarfed by the 7,151,985 less who voted Tory. My nearest tory constituency, Southport, voted Labour for the first time since the constituency was made in 1885. My nan's constituency voted Labour for the first time ever too. No tories in Wales or Cornwall. Some remain in Scotland, but they lost the seat with Scottish Tory leader in to the SNP. Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss and Jacob Rees-Mogg all gone which is amazing. As well as George Galloway. And Jeremy Corbyn managed to keep his seat by a very wide margin. Sinn Fein have the majority in Northern Ireland as well, replacing DUP. It's Labour in both Wales and Scotland of course. Finally, this is not only a record loss for the tories, previous record was 1906, but a record win for Libdems, previous 2005. I'm cautiously optimistic for this Labour government. Can't be worse than the tories, but how much will they achieve in the next four years?

Under PR Lib Dems could’ve potentially got another ~5 seats depending on the system, but yea it’s great that for once FPTP returned a proportional result, even if just for the party I prefer the most (but didn’t vote for because I voted tactically).

Labour won in my constituency by 39 votes over the Tories. For once i felt like my vote actually meant something 😅 Controversial opinion but I think it was also good to see the SNP get absolutely seen off.

It would be fairer to voters to have proportional representation. Every constituency in England and Wales has the same laws, and although we do not usually have them, there was a one off referendum for leaving the EU. The referendum counted every vote. However, I cannot see a Government that gets elected by first past the post would like to change it. Well done Labour. More than 400 seats when one person in five voted for you.

I'm surprised that Jag knew where the indicator was

In 2019 Reform stepped down. That's the major difference.

Time will tell hopefully things start getting better not going to happen overnight though

I know two people who always vote tory and neither of them voted yesterday.

Labour has a large responsibility now, but I do think there's a sense of optimism now that things will change and Labour will be able to prove themselves, only time will tell at this point but I'm quite hopeful

Bless. Garage will have to do some actual work now. Representing his Clacton constituents is a full time job with long hours, surgeries, meetings, debates, votes in parliament. I’m sure he’ll give the people his full attention 100% Doesn’t leave much time for anything else. Based on his previous tenure as an MEP with the second lowest voting record and poor attendance for fisheries and farming meetings, we’ll see how that pans out over the next five years for the people of Clacton. If he doesn’t do his duty to them he’ll be out on his arse and the people will feel really aggrieved about deform. He looked almost disappointed when the result came in….😂t

How frustrating that car at the end 😅😅😅

Like he idea of PR, however we would now be under a Reform-Tory coalition.

Thank goodness Nigel Farage got the Clacton seat and not the Labour candidate who says his favourite drink is white men's tears.

When an electrol system doesn't make any sense, you know its unfit for purpose.

Contrary to what I originally stated, I actually found my old pass where I could actually vote. I am still highly skeptical about the change of government, but at least some of my wishes actually came true!

Fantastic opening speech by Starmer, to be fair. Really knocked it out of the park. When it comes to fewer votes than in 2017/2019, it's because Starmer's Labour have actually been strategic and understand what's needed for FPTP. Corbyn's Labour were just hanging around campaigning in safe London seats, it was dimwitted. Turns out you need to capture some swing voters to get in power.

Unless a reform of the electoral system, nothing much will change...

The reduced vote share was partly due to a huge increase in tactical voting. That's one of the reasons why the Lib Dems cleaned up in so many former Tory seats, especially in the West Country.

personally I'm optimistic as I'm sure Labour would have seen what happens when you don't keep your promises. And reform got around 14%.

I really liked the point you made that all that has to happen is to make life better for everyone. How long is it since we heard something like that? I was really fed up with the politics of hate that the whole country has had to endure for such a long time. The revolution starts here.

It is lucky that we don't have PR - Lib Dems got 71 seats on 3.5M votes - under PR Reform would have more seats. As far as I am concerned luckily at the moment something is right. Look at our system like the football league if Arsenal win every game 1-0 they win the league vs Liverpool who win the odd game 3 - 0 and draw the rest 3 - 3. Yes Liverpool score more games but didn't get the 3 points for the games they draw. You are right that improving people's lives will encourage people not to vote for fascists like Farage.

You’re right to point out that Labour got less votes than under Corbyn - (9.7m votes 10.2m) HOWEVER that is a reflection of the overall turnout being far less than 2019. The Tories got near 14m votes in 2019, only 6.8m this year. So the story is A) lots of people stayed away and B) Reform picked up 4m mostly Tory voters from 2019. Labour need to give people a reason to vote adding for them in 2029 to get the turnout. The Tories however are in real trouble - the ‘big beasts’ left are nearly all Hard Right and the public has shown they don’t want that. So the Tories, if they try to go back to the centre, will face division and resignations from the likes of Braverman, Patel and Badenoch. They will almost certainly try to merge Reform with the Tories, asking Farage to lead. This will cause even more turmoil - Reform could pose an existential threat to the Tories, they don’t know which direction to go, and, until they unite, they will be unelectable

Van man you have an EXCELLENT point RE: Corbyn. Pointing at people and yelling "BAD!" is completely ineffective and arguably does more harm than good. I have a lot of respect for Corbyn but comments like this prove to me that I was right about his being too entrenched in ideology and therefore totally un-electable. But LIZ TRUSS tho 😅😅😅😅😅

Here it was 1. Tory, 2. Reform, 3. Labour..😬

Reform now have 5 seats…

Lettuce.....hold my beer

Weird electoral system. But you need to win seats, you don't need to win by huge majorities. So with tactical voting, you can be very efficient with your targets. As they say in football, you can only beat the team in front of you. A win is a win, using the system that you have to work with.

One of the reasons for a lower share of the vote is tactical voting. Labour voters lent their X to LibDems where Labour wouldn't win.

I know Starmer has been called boring, but as far as I'm concerned, boring is good. Too many voters seem dazzled by the 'celebrity' or PR rather than considering the actual substance/character behind the man/woman.

Tactical voting is the reason labours vote share was very much down . It means voting targetedly in order to win a specific seat and it worked like clockwork .

Hi there new MP for Brighton kemp town is ex aid to PM and I think he worked in arms trade

They really talk about the WWII all the time 😮 Amazing 🙄

Hi .. good to hear your take on all this. Just wanted to ask what was the radio show you were listening to at the end ?

PR voting is a must,more democratic

Hopefully the chaos is over all the lying corruption and scandals I was ranting everyday about it hopefully we can move have a future of hope

Not my post but i believe the figures to be correct and i generally agree with his sentiment Labour share of UK vote: 33.7% Labour share of UK seats: 63.4% Contrast this with Scotlands results: SNP share of the vote in Scotland: 29.9% SNP share of Scotlands MP seats: 15.8% Labour won a sweeping victory in the whole of the UK, and with an almost identical vote share in Scotland the SNP suffered a crushing defeat. Stepping back a little further and look at all of the parties in the UK and what they should have gotten under a more fair voting scheme: (Excluding Irish, Welsh and Scottish exclusive parties) Labour: Share: 33.7% should mean 219 seats, reality: 412 seats They got 188% of the seats they should have gotten. Conservatives: Share: 23.7% should mean 154 seats, reality: 121 seats They got 79% of the seats they should have gotten. Liberal democrats: Share: 12.2% should mean 79 seats, reality: 71 seats Actually good result, or close enough. They got 90% of the seats they should have gotten. Reform UK: Share: 14.3% should mean 93 seats, reality: 4 seats They got 4% of the seats they should have gotten. Green Party: Share: 6.8% should mean 44 seats, reality: 4 seats They got 9% of the seats they should have gotten. I'm sure people will celebrate reform getting such a pitiful share of the seats despite such a large vote share but I'll counterpoint that maybe if our voting system wasn't so broken they wouldn't have picked up such a massive protest vote in the first place. These parties have voting reform in their manifestos: (Excluding national parties except the SNP just because I don't have time to check them all) SNP Reform UK Liberal Democrats The Green party These parties don't: Labour Conservatives Anyone else spot the pattern? For as long as the two largest parties are content to swap sweeping majorities back and forwards with

At this point the new government does not matter. The Tories and Labour have become a uniparty with very similar manifesto and almost identical outcome of their rule. The change that you are hoping for is not going to come.

If Reform UKKK was a force they would have taken both Stoke on Trent, Dudley, West Bromwich and Walsall seats. Old frog face now has to play by a different set of rules to the ones he did in Europe and any grandstanding will be dealt with by the Speaker.

I'm 70 and this the most bizarre election I have ever known. 20% of the total electorate (34% of 60%) voted Labour but they have a massive majority. Is that really democracy?

Low turnout because the Tories broke politics, huge majority with low vote share due to tactical voting, the slow hand clap for Truss was beautiful.

Will Greens get equal air time to Reform? That's the telling question.

There has to be some investigation into why 40% of the electorate failed to vote. Were they traditional Tory voters who knew the Tories didn't deserve their vote, but could not bring them selves to vote otherwise? Starmer's frst job is to ensure as many as possible can survive the coming winter. Start giving money back to local government where the Tories deliberately starved them for resources. Reduce energy bills (nationalise), and ensuring people can afford to buy food and not rely on charity. Then nationalise water so those bills come down and money stops flowing into the pockets of rich foreign investors.

Yes it was bonkers! I'm firmly in the PR camp myself, but first past the post served my wishes well this time. Reform got 14% of the vote but less than 1% of the seats. They received well over a million more votes than LibDems, but LibDems got more NINETEEN times as many MPs. System needs looking at, doesn't it? Must admit I was pleased Reform didn't get as many seats as they might have done. With Farage having a foothold in Parliament now, we know he'll get a disproportionate amount of media time for the next 5 years..... he seemed to get far more than the other minor parties during this campaign.

Funny, the white van man who delivers parcels to us calls the result, Starrmageddon.

Obv I'm shocked but pleased that Nige and Richard will now be joining my other idols; Lee, Esther and IDS.

Large numbers of potential Labour voters voted Lib Dem, hence their 71 seat success.

Photo id I got refused but anne morris got kicked out of newton abbot deep joy , Ireland will be just Ireland ❤

Hope is back

Unfortunately, Reform just won a 5th seat in South Basildon and East Thurrock, only 98 votes in it. Only one seat left to be recounted, but apparently that won't be done till tomorrow. It's between SNP and Tory there as far as I'm aware.

12% is about right for Libs,votes equating to seats,so I don't see why their stance on PR should change..Reform was what,14% share yet only 4 seats.Pretty screwed up really.Reform and Cons combined beat Labour easily going by vote share.I think Reform is the major factor in why the Tories are out,or at least out by a landslide.

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊👍 they have gone, that's good enough for now. Labour has to get on with it. First passed the post system clearly is not a fair system in this day and age. If the government fulfills their promises or is seen to try, that will stop fascists. Those who do not learn from history are forced to repeat it!

Pick a side !! lol We did yesterday. 🙂

To think, every flat you drove past will be in a band higher council tax in a year or two from now. It’s so exciting

Normal service resumed after fourteen years

1 less seat than Reform sadly!