Ian Hislop reacts to staggering Tory defeat

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[@DaisyAjay]

Strictly Come Dancing & I'm A Celebrity will be spoiled for choice.

[@andrewfulton3435]

Jacob Rees-Mogg on this Christmas competing in a charity special of The Weakest Link.

[@6ecko]

I'm a Celeb platformed Farage.

[@DaisyAjay]

​@@andrewfulton3435"I'd like to support a charity very close to my heart: Gruel for Orphans".

[@garrydullaghan3207]

I'm a politician kick me outta here 😢😅😢😅

[@dopelyrics6223]

I’m pitching a new show to ITV: Celebrity Lobotomy. We know these ex MPs will do anything for cash.

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

Therese Coffey losing to the Greens is, i think, my favourite so far. Pure satire.

[@dkbmaestrorules]

Unfortunately the presenters mixed up their Suffolk seats - it was Waveney Valley that went Green, not Suffolk Coastal. Coffey did still lose, but to Labour.

[@NicholasRoss-l7u]

absolutely

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

Coffey Stains.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

She didn't.

[@dannyboyy31]

@@stephfoxwell4620 But she still lost :D

[@astolevol5636]

I can happily watch Ian Hislop discourse on anything. He's knowledgeable, witty, charming, engaging, disarming, astute ... a veritable man of the people. Long live Ian - a national treasure.

[@margaretwyatt6689]

Me also

[@TonyHightower]

The USA sorely needs someone like Ian Hislop. He's a genuine national treasure. Take care of him, okay?

[@nickbarton3191]

His excellent publication, "Private Eye", gets sued regularly, loosing mostly.

[@n.stamm_]

Jon Stewart? Look up the Podcast-Episode, they done together! It's great!

[@michaelburggraf2822]

Hey, wait a minute, you've got John Oliver! And Jon Stewart! And Steven Colbert!

[@rotwang2000]

@@nickbarton3191 It's a sign he's doing something right.

[@michaelburggraf2822]

@@TonyHightower I agree completely with your second statement.

[@preachyourstory3452]

Penny Maudant: 'If we again want to be the natural party of government...' Thinking you (and thus no other party) are the 'natural' government is the beginning of the Tory problem! How about developing a sense that being in government is an honour to be treasured - thus no party is the 'natural' government?

[@RoofLight00]

Typical entitlement and projection of her own failings both as a human and a politician. No self reflection, just hubris and narcissism. Bit like n garage.

[@mikesrandomchannel]

Exactly. It's like their leadership contest rule saying each candidate needs a minimum of 100 MPs for support to stand (rather than e.g. a percentage), therefore assuming they will always have at least 200 seats. Whoops.

[@Leftistsareevil]

But they are just look at history

[@thecheesefactor]

@@Leftistsareevil The other problem. Driving backward into the future.

[@Leftistsareevil]

@@thecheesefactor 50s and before conservatism was brilliant for this country. Post-Thatcher tories lost their values. Going back to who they were would be a good thing imo

[@jacksonmahr8915]

its amusing how Penny Morduant discusses rebuilding the country....without seeming to realise why it needs rebuilding.

[@oldschooloverlord]

Hey, we're all trying to work out who's responsible!

[@hypsyzygy506]

Brexit liars and Tory thieves.

[@WreckItRolfe]

@@oldschooloverlord Labour, ultimately.

[@iangascoigne8231]

@@WreckItRolfeHow so? They’d been in power for 14 years.

[@Ron-Ayres]

The Tories trying to choose a new leader now that Mordaunt is out of the running is like trying to decide which is the best piece of carrot to eat from a pavement of sick.

[@ashroskell]

One of Liz Truss’s former colleagues made an excellent point. He said she could have saved her own seat if she hadn’t demonstrated so epically that she hadn’t learned a THING from her previous experience. Instead, she courted the far right in America and haunted Westminster, making Tufton Street loaded neo-liberal speeches about how she would double down on her agenda. Now she wonders why she’s out of her job?

[@marijo1951]

Personally I'm glad she was so open about her agenda, rather than keeping it secret. Presumably it was so scary to her voters that it contributed to her loss.

[@ashroskell]

@@marijo1951 : Good point. Better to have recalcitrant openness than weaselly fake contrition. We can all be grateful for that.

[@jonlee2217]

@peterholden3672 Farage has some serious question marks over his attitude to Putin as well. He's a little too pro-Putin for me. If not for that I'd have voted reform. His Ukraine comments cost them my vote.

[@JallenMeodia]

@@jonlee2217 If Trump wins we might see a rise in, I don't want to say pro, but a conciliatory attitude towards Putin unless Ukraine can make some decisive gains.

[@johnathanh2660]

The patient is dead. Was it too much medicine or not enough? Truss believed 'not enough'. Everyone else disagreed. And she was shown the door.

[@rryanreid]

How is the the Sunak Family recieving a £38 billion contract to upgrade the NHS IT system not a criminal act? it should be under investigation at the very least.

[@greyghost1152]

old pals act

[@timothyjames6412]

I love the image of the Sunak family going into hospitals to fix the IT! "Have you switched it off and back on again?" ... To be a criminal act it has to be an actual crime - e.g. a statute says "It shall be an offence to ...". The fact you think it is corrupt is not enough. So please cite the law which defines the offence you think was committed, and the facts that show that it was, and by whom (a family can't be a criminal).

[@beastylad7418]

Is this true? Where can we read this ourselves. 👍

[@AnthonyIlstonJones]

How is it possible that a Conservative Party Minister from the 1980s has the contract to count all the votes in all General Elections? If that isn't a conflict of interests I don't know what is. But these facts are brushed under the carpet because people don't want to believe that we live in a corrupt 3rd World country. Yet here we are. And don't kid yourself that Starmer will change anything - did anyone see the Telegraph's exposé of his corruption of the Labour Party voting systems (you can say what you like about Corbyn, but at least he was honest). The future isn't looking any brighter, it just looks like we're following the American model - two parties doing the same things just to kid you into thinking that you have a choice, but in reality there is literally nothing separating them other than name.

[@AnthonyIlstonJones]

And do you really think that a government that consists of approximately 50% barristers is going to pass any law that would criminalise their own activities? And their motivation for destroying the NHS (that even Margaret Thatcher thought was a step too far)? The majority of MPs over the last decade or two have been invested in private healthcare providers and/or private health insurance companies. It's in the lists of member's interests, it's literally iin the public record at this point yet it's still legal for them to vote on legislation that affects the NHS. Words fail me for how corrupt this country is, and it's not going to get better under Starmer believe me.

[@DarrenClapson-nt9lq]

The coverage of this is outstanding. Filled with humour and eloquence. Quintessentially British.

[@bodricpriest8816]

After 14 years of this they still get 110? What a bonkers country, they should be on zero and facing lengthy prison time in many cases.

[@gyrovids9462]

EXACTLY! This is what you get when you destroy an education system!

[@billpugh58]

Many people are insulated due to their wealth and dont care about the less fortunate.

[@richardlancaster9078]

If you think they were bad, just wait and see what Labour will be like.

[@tubey84]

Genuinely must have some form of brain damage. I can understand people voting for Reform on the right, even Greens for specific reasons. I can't think of one single, solitary reason you'd vote Tory, yet 1 in 5 people still do. It's beyond comprehension.

[@thenandraloneking]

Tory voter above 🙄😂😂​@@richardlancaster9078

[@simongb7897]

Voice of truth and reason Mr Hislop.

[@criticsatlarge0073]

I only watched this for Ian Hislop

[@pipcalman3412]

Me too😅😂

[@alisondening2207]

Me too

[@Derwent03]

I wish Ian Hislop was our PM

[@clairduffy60]

A funny and very happy man.

[@rickjensen2717]

👍😉

[@weetabixharry]

Ian Hislop is hilarious. Most people who talk a lot about politics seem to think it's all terribly important, so I'm always glad when he sees the silly side.

[@stevenshepard3495]

Watch the interview Jon Stewart had with Ian Hislop it was amazing!!!! Definitely worth a watch no matter which country you are from

[@daddylonglegs2010]

Ian realised many years ago that Westminster is just entertainment for the masses. He has insiders feeding him information, so he knows how it all works, or doesn't in most cases.

[@reduxmod9178]

He does a service to those of us who'd maybe tune out from the drone that politics can be on it's own. Wiithout the touch of brevity that PE offers, I think Myself and others could lose interest.

[@lesmanwaring]

Private eye is the only news source that I take seriously. Ironic really!

[@tugwellgibson5461]

Rees Mogg going is my favourite. Ive never seen him ďo ANYTHING positive for the country. They make up nonsense jobs for him and he spends his time talking absolute ballacks. Constantly wrong, proved wrong, and mòves on to the next load of nonsense.

'Constantly wrong, proved wrong, and mòves on to the next load of nonsense'. A trait inherited from his dad, Mystic 'Mogadon' Mogg. What a waste of space the man is!

[@pmb9172]

Please , the genuine manufacturers of non jobs are Labour their Union mates and Civil servants who can think of anything to keep them in work.

[@methanedirigible]

@@pmb9172 🥱 is that the best you’ve got? The 80s called - they want your nonsense about Unions ‘pulling strings’ back. 😂

[@stevieg3761]

​@@pmb9172ok, what has Mogg done that's so great and worth the money?

[@wessexdruid7598]

He made a lot of money out of Brexit, though.

[@anthonydebski5814]

ALWAYS a distinct PLEASURE seeing/hearing Ian Hislop!! a TRUE measure of his knowledge & insight ALWAYS welcome! SO pleased he enjoyed the election night as much as I did!!....the Coffey seat REPLACED by a GREEN MP....MAGIC!!

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

Labour downed the coffee.

[@paulmillard3252]

He isn't that smart is he, he said Reform wouldn't win any seats even on 18% of the vote share, then Reform won 5 seats on 14% and came second in 98 seats.

[@agfagaevart]

Grunt Chaps OUT!! Penny Morbid OUT! Jacob Rees Smug OUT! Coffee DOWN THE DRAIN! Liz Trussed UP! there is SOME justice in this world.

[@glen1555]

What was it about a lady with a sword being no basis for a government

[@Klinsmann1985]

Look look I'm being oppressed!

[@davidporeilly1]

I love it. So since when is some watery nymph handing out swords a basis for a dictatorship??

[@glen1555]

I was thinking of Penny Mordaunt as the lady with the sword who was tipped to be the new Tory leader. But that's not to be

[@Klinsmann1985]

@@davidporeilly1 let's go Patsy, Westminster is a silly place

[@PlattLaneEnd]

Bloody peasants!

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

I'll give Morduant some credit, she's far more magnanimous and gracious in defeat than Truss who, predictably, behaved like a toddler

[@trishpiglet]

Agreed. That was a decent exit speech.

[@cuddersop]

Insulting to toddlers

[@valx7586]

Her speech was rather insulting once you realise its the equivalent of only accepting what you did was awful once you've been forced to stop

[@stevieinselby]

Agreed, that was one of the better concession speeches that I heard that night, and acknowledged that the Tory party had dug its own grave rather than casting around for other people to blame. I'm very happy to see her go, but credit to her for the way she accepted her fate.

[@legionarybooks13]

As an American, I love seeing that, despite the intense differences between parties, there is still civility and self-reflecting accountability, even in defeat. Sunak actually wished Starmer well and that he hopes the nation will succeed. Such concepts are long dead on this side of the pond, where it's nothing but temper tantrums and calls for "revenge."

[@lomax343]

I hope that Suella Braverman becomes the next Conservative leader. This will make them unelectable for a generation.

[@helenokeeffe1823]

Wow PMQs would be so crazy if she was there blathering on about her dream of seeing planes off to Rwanda and complaining about tofu..!!

[@grizzadams2110]

I find it very difficult to believe she is a practising buddhist

[@Bagofnowt]

​@@grizzadams2110 She isn't, she's violating several quite basic precepts of the Buddhist faith in all of her actions and words to date. Calling her a "practicing" Buddhist is something only she would do. She's also a member of Triratna which, if you know anything about them...

[@grizzadams2110]

@barryhomeowner9293 agreed. She claims she is and swore on the Dhammapada. However, her nastiness and is not conducive to the precepts of metta and generosity

[@iMoD190]

​@@grizzadams2110 a practising Buddhist in the same way that Donald Trump is a practising Christian. it's just a fashionable cloak they wear to give them the appearance of morality.

[@GYoung-ew7iz]

It was staggering incompetence and indifference to human suffering that did it for the conservatives.

[@eamonquinn5188]

Am I wrong, but did "Penny" Mordaunt not sound like a landowner praising her good-hearted peasants? Salt of the earth and allthat, jeez

[@jimstormcrow]

Precisely!

[@rowancrew2934]

Spot on

[@daveroche6522]

A bit like Graham Chapmans King Arthur 'conversing' with the peasants in the mud field in 'Holy Grail' - time for a rewatch, methinks.......

[@rickjensen2717]

Yes indeed m'lady 🧎‍♂️

[@artycharr]

@@daveroche6522 "HELP IM BEING REPRESSED!"

[@MrRailjunkie]

I always enjoy hearing Ian Hislop's political analysis.

[@MajorGingex]

An end of an utterly miserable era, good riddance tories 👋🏻

[@valx7586]

Now onto 4 years of blaming labour for not being able to fix 14 years of destruction 🥳🥳

[@leehighland5435]

@@valx7586 Quick polish Labour's halo.

[@valx7586]

@@leehighland5435 wasn't aware it had one 😂

[@alganhar1]

@@valx7586 It does not. Many of this countries issues stem from the fact that both major parties have been kicking the can down the road for someone else to deal with later for decades. Someone will only pick that can up if there is no other choice. The NHS has needed major reform for thirty years, but no one will touch it because things will probably get worse before they get better. As a result no one will do anything until the NHS melts down and they HAVE to reform it from the bottom up... Thats just one example, though one thats close to all our hearts. I can't think of many Brits who would be willing to get rid of the NHS, but many of us realise it needs reform.... Labour is no different to the Tories in that respect, its just that they have had 14 years for many people to forget their screwups when they were in power. I very much doubt Labour would have handled the Pandemic any better than the Tories did for example. Oh they CLAIM they would have, but the fact is they would have been floundering just as much as the Tories did. And I still have not forgiven them for how they completely blocked and stymied the Brexit negotiations until it was almost too late. We came very close to having the worst possible exit because of their actions... Less said about Berstow the better. But then I have long believed the Speaker of the House should be a non political appointment to maintain neutrality... but thats by the by.

[@valx7586]

@alganhar1 oh I absolutely agree with you 100%, I just also know the morons that make up most of our political landscape and they will be blamed for not magically fixing 14 years of mismanagement

[@NicholasRoss-l7u]

no mention of all corruption - stealing- and utter greed of the tory mps

[@beaulieuc8910]

and sex scandals

[@NicholasRoss-l7u]

@@beaulieuc8910 yep and sex scandals but you will see the new Lab Gov. do it all the same.....they are just as bad.......remember Mandelson and his lied about his boyfriend and money..he stole / borrowed

[@lochnessmunster1189]

Labour are just as corrupt. They use workers' money to literally buy votes from those not working.

[@beefsuprem0241]

Excellent, shapps the ultimate grifter has finally gone.🎉

[@paullakin7777]

Voters may well have remembered his dodgy website and false name period.

[@eileencorcoran3057]

Exactly

[@rhone81]

Michael Green was elected as an independent though.

[@thecheesefactor]

If that is his real name.

[@amblonyx9516]

Chris Philp (bafflingly) remains an MP, though. Arguably the 'lickspittle's lickspittle'.

[@stephenbarrett8000]

I'm sure that the piecemeal dismantling of the NHS was the biggest sin by the Conservatives. It is hugely popular in Great Britain and the thinly veiled contempt and disdain for it by the Tories, contributed to their downfall. The People have spoken.

[@musicloverlondon6070]

They have been slyly attempting a 'Death of 1000 cuts' for the NHS. I also notice that Tory newspapers are constantly trying to sow fear and distrust in the NHS by banner-headlining anything negative about the NHS but never focusing on the millions they treat successfully every day, under very difficult circumstances. We simply cannot afford to let it be lost and end up with the kind of US type system that people like Daniel Hannan and Nigel Farage seem to advocate.

[@thecheesefactor]

The wait times graph was shown in a lot of the Labour advertising. It was very telling of the Tory neglect of the NHS. How many excess deaths before during and after the pandemic? They failed to act on Exercise Cygnus' recommendations because it was dissonant with their ongoing austerity and shrink-the-state project. Then Johnson disbanded the pandemic preparedness committee.

[@TheOwlsarewatching606]

the NHS is a basket case with a level of administrative incompetence that buggers up almost everything. But just keep chucking money at lazy aministrators who are serially rude to patients

[@davidagnew6191]

What "piecemeal dismantling"?

[@silphonym]

​@@TheOwlsarewatching606and who are to blame for this state of the NHS? The Tories have hollowed out the NHS.

[@des_smith7658]

Who cares about grant shapps

[@czarekp3552]

So cruel of you.... Don't you know that when Grant Shapps loses his job, ten people lose theirs?

[@Dogboy73]

Grant Schnapps? Isn't that a disgusting free drink they use to lure teenagers into bars in Tenerife?! :D

[@JohnLovesSpain]

@@czarekp3552 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheBigMidweek1889]

He was beaten by a Grand Chap.

[@shadowside8433]

Is that what he called himself in this election?

[@ted_maul]

I laughed when they described Honest Bob Jenrick as a "moderate". My god.

[@MaMusiqueUK]

That's why nobody listens to TR

[@johndewhurst6609]

Round of applause for Maya Ellis. Stood for her first election in the Ribble Valley for labour and won first ever Labour success in the Ribble valley.

[@pepper81023]

Who ever thought Nigel Evans would leave unless it was in a pine box! Well done Maya

[@mazgilmour7734]

Same for Tom Hayes, and Kessica Toale in Bournemouth, and Neil Duncan-Jordan of Poole (who got in by just 18 votes)... not bad for an area that has NEVER been red before 👏

[@michaelrafferty2482]

Huge amount of tactical voting. Shows that where it matters voters are not as dumb as the media have you believe. The low Labour % due a lot to them voting for the lib dems. Tories will struggle to get a majority for decades if this tactical voting sticks.

[@JoeWedgwood-ik9zo]

The dumb ones all voted reform

[@JohnImrie]

Reform is second place in lots of costuancies now, so next time there could be a lot of Reform MPs

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

After the election was called Poll numbers show the Labour voters dropped 6% dramatically and the Lib Dem Vote rose dramatically by exactly the same amount. FPTP works if you vote tactically. The Greens' successes are cases in point. No way that reformed chicken nuggets would have got a single extra vote. They have peaked, just about at the maximum neo-fascist vote obtained by UKIP and Brexit. Parties.

[@vaseline69]

@@JohnImrie or a split right wing as we saw yesterday

[@philthrelfall5294]

​@@JohnImrieFartage won't last the next Parliamentary term (too much work for him) and without him, Reform will simply fold. Other Right Wing groups will pop-up, but will not be able to coordinate themselves.

[@DrewWithington]

True blue Tunbridge Wells elected a LibDem MP, for the first time since the Roman Invasion. They truly were disgusted!

[@billyshearer117]

Surprised how little coverage Dorset got. West Dorset has had a Conservative MP since 1885… until last week and is now LibDem. They also overturned a Tory majority on Dorset Council at the local elections.

[@martintremethick8370]

Ohhh! So it’s now goodbye to lots of those mp’s we’ve come to know and loathe.

[@paulnewman2000]

The 'adopt a donkey' advert cut across Penny's speech with perfect timing.

[@TesterAnimal1]

KZbin inserts different adverts for different audiences. At viewing time, it holds an instant auction of your eyeballs in which the servers of the advertisers compete extremely quickly to buy X seconds of advert time based on what KZbin knows about the current viewer. The winner gets their advert played. Most people didn’t see that advert. I got one for pizza ovens. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@daniellamcgee4251]

😂😅

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

Who doesn't use an effective adblocker in 2024?

[@markbrett2969]

​@@gdutfulkbhh7537 Me, but I'm old, and I'm an idiot.

[@pjmccracken]

The fact that Baker, Mordent, Truss are all gone really is the cherry on the cake!!!

[@paullakin7777]

...and Jacob Rees Hercules Grytpype-Thynne!

[@johannesnicolaas]

... and Therese Coffey is out!!!

[@kadourimdou43]

And Shapps.

[@GeoffV-k1h]

And Rees -Mogg.

[@adrianbaron4994]

The look on Ress Mogg's face when he lost was priceless. I bet he never dreamed that the deferential peasantry in his Somerset constituency would ever vote out a toff like him! I suppose it was because he didn't have Nanny along to help, as he did when he first tried to campaign for the Tories in 1997 when as a 27-year-old Tory pup, he tried to campaign in Glenrothes and Leven, driving around in a Rolls Royce and with Nanny there to hold his hand. Naturally, he lost.

[@jimstormcrow]

'The natural party of government ', what an interesting phrase.

[@jeremyhares979]

That’s because they think that they are better than the rest of us peasant’s !

[@fayesouthall6604]

That’s because they think the party is more important than people. They need to get out of government for decades.

[@chonny1971]

A speech that shows the entitlement of those who see themselves better than others, all because of the " class " you have been born into.

[@racheltaylor6578]

Jacob Reece Mogg stormed off on his Penny Farthing after the result.

[@msimms-lp5qw]

His butler was pushing it

[@Fintoman]

​@@msimms-lp5qwBack to 1700's

[@petulaegharevba7780]

😂😂😂😂

[@pauldesmond5910]

He is a prat - anyone agree?

[@super_happy_alien509]

@@pauldesmond5910 What did prats ever do to be compaired with Mogg ?

[@simondb99]

I've never heard of Robert "no murals for scared children" Jenrick described as a moderate before.

[@fayesouthall6604]

By comparison to some. Horrific isn’t it?

[@JulianCooke-yn5lh]

Penny Mordent still has not understood why she lost. Good news that she can no longer bid for leadership of the Conservative Party, as it would have only meant more of the same.

[@nickbarton3191]

There's still Badenoch and Braverman.

[@Nemothewonderfish]

​@@nickbarton3191unfortunately

[@georgehughes5703]

I don't wish to phrase this question in a rude way. With regards to her losing, what does she need to understand?

[@nickbarton3191]

@@georgehughes5703 She already understands, in her speech she expressed contrition that her party was out of touch with the electorate

[@beaulieuc8910]

agreed, they are delusional

[@hallhenry6135]

Mistake to assume that the Conservatives would have done so much better had Reform not been there that they might have achieved a hung parliament. The protest vote would simply have gone elsewhere.

[@msimms-lp5qw]

After the last 14 years ,even that would be considered a success for the tories

[@benjones3466]

I wonder if Lib Dems might have been the recipient of more of that protest vote in that scenario?

[@Trippeak]

Nah, if the reform vote wasn't there i believe the Tories would have won about 190-220 seats.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@Trippeak Nah.

[@elaineclift2227]

I agree....they won those seats ​in 2019 because UKIP did not contest them. Reform split the right wing vote.

[@onlyme219]

It's a beautiful day :)

[@DaveTerrasidio]

im a progressive centre lefty and i love Ian because i appreciate honesty and he seems like some of my friends and family who i love and are great folks even though they are centre right conservatives; one common thing, among some others, is a hatred for Thatcherism... (edit) also as a Jewish Scottish Lefty I would say that in the, Scottish context, this election was never going to be about Independence as much as booting the libertarian, neoliberal *Thatcherite tories out.* Indy is most definately not gone and i would say that Starmer needs to realise that and take it more seriously. we need a solid discussion on it. also i loved that lovely lady with her knitting. : P anyway, god bless : )

[@keithm6117]

Penny Mourdant loosing her seat was a greater loss for the Tories than the Tories loosing the Election.

[@ianherd569]

I hope the Tory have learned that if you kick the dog too often, the dog will bite back!

[@doblackford]

Mordaunt gave a speech after her defeat. That is more than truss, mercer, keegan and others could do. Good riddance to these petulant children.

[@sarahjoines9343]

I saw on tv an mp friend of truss said it was traditional that that the loser does not make a speech in that seat.

[@kiwitrainguy]

She was eyeing up a return at some future date.

[@nicks4934]

Hislop is the star

[@davidfoster2006]

The Labour Party winning with only 34% of the vote share is also amazing, Corbyn had 5% more of the vote share in 2017.

[@Nemothewonderfish]

Labour didn't campaign in safe seats, voter turnout dropped a lot in those, whereas Corbyn piled up votes in safe seats.

[@bannnnner]

One was a foregone conclusion. Apathy will take its toll on voting numbers

[@SuperSupermanX1999]

@Minimmalmythicist 100% agreed. as much as I'm enjoying the result for the Tories, I think it's dangerous to think that this is in any way a healthy democratic result.

[@rivgacooper5330]

​@SuperSupermanX1999 Not really people do not bother voting if they think it is a done deal. Labour supporters are much less likely to turn out as every paper, TV program and pod cast is saying it is already a done deal.

[@ThomasBusby]

​@@bannnnner *foregone

[@hulahoopone]

"Therese Coffey just lost her seat to the Greens!" "Well that's not surprising, she was Environment Secretary!" - well that made me laugh!!!

[@paranormalpendle5920]

She actually lost to Labour

[@markwalker4142]

Hislop is a pure British gem. Keep digging up the dirt Ian .

[@AndreaStobbart]

The Tories forgot the peasants had the power to flush them out finger crossed sunak loses his seat so he leaves the UK and moves back to the States the Tories have let us down I just hope that Labour invest in future voters and give them opportunities if they do this they will stay in power

[@therealrobertbirchall]

Do you think Blackrock will give back all the stuff the tory and new Labour crooks have sold them at knock down prices since 1979?

[@EricaFiore]

Very True your comment. The Tory's ruled over us instead as peasant's and forgot we actually matter.

[@andyastrand]

Happy Sunak kept his seat, let's see how long he can bear sitting on the back benches and serving his constituents before throwing it all in, triggering a by-election and sodding off to California to count his money.

[@AndreaStobbart]

@@andyastrand sunak can sit at the back keep his mouth shut and shove his ideas where the sun don't shine the Tories have ruined my boy's life with ther self serving ideas let's hope Labour look out for their future voter's and it might just keep the Tories out of power for twenty year's

[@Tao_Tology]

"...so he leaves the UK" Why? He is british and the UK is his home.

[@chrisd924]

Watching Matt holding back his tears is hilarious...

[@jabbra1837]

"So who's gone that you're going to miss Ian?" "Um, next?"

[@francescahamilton6856]

Brilliant speech Penny. Good luck ❤

[@brianferguson7840]

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends families of failed Tory candidates ! Who will now spend more time in their repulsive company. 🤢🤢🤮

[@beaulieuc8910]

haha

[@mattwilmshurst8456]

Well done Pompey. Moggsit too !!! Brilliant!!

[@Govanmauler]

Moggsit 😂😂 nice work

[@mattwilmshurst8456]

@@Govanmauler 😀

[@Sausage1958]

Penny Moribund. No thanks. Bye

[@marywood2865]

Watching this as an American in Massachusetts, USA, and discovering that we stole even more place names from the British than I originally thought! We have 3 Bridgewaters near where I grew up here in Massachusetts: Bridgewater, East Bridgewater and West Bridgewater. On the grim side, I wish that they hasn't cut it off where they did since Ian was bringing up the issue of extreme far right people getting elected. We're in the middle of an attempted fascist takeover here in the U.S., which would end Democracy here.

[@jeremyhares979]

It’s happening all over Europe unfortunately

[@helenorrin7537]

​@jeremyhares979 except the French sorted it today!

[@andrewnash7696]

What democracy?

[@SandraT1107]

It must be a worry :/

[@suefila6699]

The French have stopped the far right….if only until next time. In USA Trump has disassociated himself (another massive lie!) from Project 25. He has provided the Dems with an open goal against the GOP - they MUST take every opportunity to publicise how frightening this document is, to the swing voters. No good to try and explain to the MAGAS who are mostly unable to read or concentrate on the spoken word, for longer than three minutes! 💙💙💙

[@domhuckle]

Imagine how terrified of Labour you have to be to vote Conservative

[@marcwilliams9824]

The only time the economy has improved under Labour was when they took office after WW2. The only thing they've been better than was more than half a decade of global carnage. Let's see how they manage the current situation... I'm not hopeful because, let's be honest, the only reason they won is because the Tories have been spectacularly, mind-bogglingly bad.

[@Einomar]

​@@marcwilliams9824lol sure bub...

[@marcwilliams9824]

@@Einomar So when did the economy improve under a new Labour government?

[@gerryman4589]

@@domhuckle sadly there are still lots of die hard tory voters out there who find it convenient to believe tory properganda regarding the labour party they find it convenient to forget the last 14 years of conservative rule and don't want to see the state the country is in evan in my own family last weds night they where spouting tory properganda I got to a point I just switched me phone off very sad😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@dang6092]

@@marcwilliams9824he can't answer that question as he's clearly populist following imbecile incapable of thinking for himself

[@edwardtechnical]

Its funny how penny Morbid cry's crocodile tears now, and not when she had influence in the tory party of austerity for the working poor and bonuses for the rich and greedy.

[@StimParavane]

I do like the fact that UK politicians make gracious speeches when they lose.

[@andrewoliver8930]

Except for Liz Truss. She's been on the Trump juice.

[@stevieinselby]

Some do. Some wander off aimlessly with a bovine vacant look in their eyes (Truss). Some launch into a vitriolic and threatening attack on the people, Labour, the media and everyone else they can blame for their own dismal failure (Fletcher, and I'm sure plenty of others)

[@alisondening2207]

Errrr …..Liz Truss behaved ungraciously

[@StimParavane]

@@alisondening2207 Well, I suppose that is no surprise. Ad the exception proves the rule.

[@TheArgieH]

​@StimParavane Actually that was coined when "proved" meant test, as in firearms, gun powder, spirits etc. Then it makes sense. I must get out more.

[@AlfriedKrupp-jr2bd]

Ian Hislop is brilliant!!

[@hamishpriest]

Did having to take ID to vote have an effect on numbers of people voteing or has this fact been forgotten ?

[@ruth.greening]

Yes! 💯

[@grahamwood9428]

Why shouldn,t you prove your I.D. unless you have something to hide?

[@hamishpriest]

@@grahamwood9428 Something to hide because we are all guilty, same old boring answer. I haven't had too prove who i am to vote up to now and i have voted regularly for over 40 years. I was just suggesting a reason to why their was a low turn out. But you don't like to read properly. People like you eh. Also i didn't have to prove my ID, I had to use my ID. Can't read a comment correctly and can't attack my comment correctly. This level of intelligence make's me think you voted for Reform.

[@jeremyhares979]

A lot of people don’t have a passport or a drivers licence , what else is there ?

[@hamishpriest]

@@jeremyhares979 exactly, so a lot of people couldn't vote. Not because they have something to hide.

[@kathchandler4919]

The difference between Penny Mordaunt's dignified speech and Liz Truss's pathetic churlish actions is stark, I'm Labour but I can't believe these 2 are in the same party . Well done Penny 🎉

[@theresabradley4716]

Agree, except for when she said the Tories were the natural party of Government. Such arrogance.

[@kathchandler4919]

@theresabradley4716 unfortunately folk have been overwhelmed by information continually fad to the via right wing media! In days not too far distant it was Almost exclusively newspapers , made worse since most have been bought out by foreign billionaires, these men (they are & have been all men) are all about power & influence , add to this we had nearly 18 solid years of Tory governance, from 1979 & Thatcher coming in to 1997 & her successor with 7 years under his belt going out to Blair. The education during those awful years was dire, they ran our schools down, so much so in fact one of our masters in my Grammar school started up a tuck shop to buy books for we pupils as we had maybe one between 3 pupils, shocking. Where I'm going will this is, I had 2 very intelligent parents as were my mother's parents too ! I was brought up in a political household, was also taught about money and how a household should run , the education I received at school was the cherry on top. Many children didn't receive that level of understanding, they, sadly, got much of their knowledge from the likes of the Sun, subliminal messages were regularly placed on pages 2 or 3 , right next to the page 3 girls ! No wonder once they had families of their own they passed nothing of value on and, more often. negative information which we're seeing the 2nd and, sometimes, 3rd generation now who are clueless as to what politics are about other than to shout hard about jobs and houses being taken by 'illegal' immigrants (refugees to the more informed) Sadly, in the last 14 years this phenomena has gone from bad to worse ! Thank god change is coming 🙏

[@killakanzgaming]

I hear the ex-Basingstoke Tory MP and expenses scandal extraordinaire Maria Miller didn't even bother giving an exit speech. When it came clear she was going to loose, she threw a congrats to the winner then stormed out in a huff and hasn't been seen since. Also, Basingstoke is free from the Tories after 100 years under them! Why isn't this making headlines?

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Less than a 1,000 votes in it and i was one and my wife was another! Portsmouth United!! STRONG ISLAND!! 🏝️

[@super_happy_alien509]

Have Portsmouth fix the Road signs yets ,, for out of City to take you out of city instead of taking round a loop of the city passing the point again and again.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

@@super_happy_alien509 No idea, please tell me which road that is on and I'll look next time I'm there

[@GYoung-ew7iz]

I feel asleep and woke up dreaming Michael Gove had been arrested, if not why not?

[@sparkyred42]

4.5m voted Reform UK = 5 seats........3.2m voted for Lib Dems = 72 seats........Stinks to high heaven.

[@LeeDon76]

I’m Australian. How is that possible?/

[@leeosborne3793]

​@@LeeDon76Geographic spread of votes. Reform have a low level of support across the whole country. Lib Dems have a lot of support concentrated in particular areas.

[@simonpeyton-n3h]

how does it stink?do u not understand the system we have always had,did u question the system before the election?or only now cos u didnt do aswell as you wanted,you obviously dont understand our system so how could you possibly moan about it never mind the argument for an alternative

[@katiePetsy]

Reform party is particularly stinky

[@angelagladstone8863]

Proportional representation...

[@jimb9063]

I'm glad Penny and Therese are now free to commence their Dancing and Sword Carrying National Feel Good Tour. It'll be just like the Olympic Flame parade from the good old days.

[@zapfanzapfan]

So, how did Count Binface do?

[@Brian-om2hh]

He thought he had it in the can, but sadly not.....

[@JohnImrie]

Came last unfortunately

[@EmyrDerfel]

​@@JohnImriethere were 13 candidates in Richmond and Northallerton, Count Binface came 6th with 308 votes (his best count so far), the 7 candidates below him got about 700 between them. Turnout was 66%, down from 71.5% in 2019.

[@grahamwood9428]

He,s the PM.

[@comment_section4766]

I love the way you guys make them watch together

[@billseymour-jones3224]

"Can they not make her (P. Mordent) a lady?" I suppose so, in much the same way that you can make Rwanda a "safe country".

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

If they asked me at Closing Time to score Penny out of Two, I might just about give her One.

[@billseymour-jones3224]

@@ArtyFactual_Intelligence Reeks of desperation....

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

You can blag people into thinking a country is safe but never make her out to be a lady, it just won't wash.

[@kiwitrainguy]

If she became "Lady Mordaunt" then she would have the same name as a New Zealand steam locomotive of the 1870s.

[@johnchristmas7522]

Just a thought, whats really remarkable is the low turn out. Labours "landslide" was with only 34% of the public. That tells me, that an awful lot people are not convinced by any of them! It also shows what a joke first past the post is. After all the hype, 2/3rds of the public didn't vote, the distrust and dislike of political parties seems to me paramount.

[@BromideBride]

A lot of us who actually voted aren't convinced by any of them. Voting tactically to gain some breathing space was the only option. Maybe four years of leftist-right Labour followed by four of far-right Reform will wake the sleeping masses. I'm seriously looking into emigration as a political refugee. Bolivia looks promising. Even walking the Darian gap southward has an appeal that the future of Britain can't compete with.

[@Tao_Tology]

There has been well over a year where labour were predicted to win and to win handsomely. That really does reduce turnout for supporters of 'the ones who are definitely going to win' since.....well, they were so likely to.

[@EmyrDerfel]

40% of the electorate didn't vote, 2/3rd of 2024 votes cast weren't for Labour. Angry extremists always turn out, otherwise you might not turn out if you think your vote won't count, whether your party is likely to lose hard or win comfortably. Need PR so that we don't have wasted votes or tactical voting.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@EmyrDerfel Uh, you understand that you _still_ get 'tactical voting' with PR, don't you?

[@EmyrDerfel]

@@Tao_Tology only when your preferred party is unlikely to get enough votes for even a single member.

[@hplovecraft3514]

Those Tories who shared Reform's popularist views seem to have fared better than the 'one nation' Conservatives. The future of the Conservative party that Thatcher would have recognised is very much in doubt as a vicious round of in-fighting seems very much on the cards now. A theme tune for this? "Things can only get Bitter!"

[@chrimbus71]

Did you stay up all night...thinking up that funny

[@hypsyzygy506]

🎶 "You stick your left knife in, and your left knife out, in, out, in, out, shake it all about..."

[@ThomasGrubert]

Schadenfreude of the highest order.

[@ybkseraph]

Will Nigel do like when he was MEP, never attend one committee ? 😂😂😂

[@fayesouthall6604]

He’s got to obey rules now. Let’s see what happens.

[@paulqueripel3493]

How often will he go to Clacton? He's got to do surgeries hasn't he?

[@BillCarrIpswich]

​​@@paulqueripel3493Why does everyone want MPs to be social workers? How many layers of local government does someone have to ignore to bother an MP about something?

[@paulqueripel3493]

@@BillCarrIpswich not social workers, but it is part of the job, actually meeting your constituents.

[@nickstone1587]

@@paulqueripel3493 I don't think he's obliged to, Nadine Dorries famously visited her constituency about once. However, not everyone in Clacton wants an MP to 'tRiGgEr ThE lIbS', some might actually want them to do something about a near-ruined town, and I fear they're going to find that they've been used as a springboard. Hard to feel too sorry for anyone who voted for him, but not all of them did.

[@sluglife9785]

I appreciate the comfortable chaos of this video. The future is techno-wonky.

[@camf7522]

9:21 Tories still telling people to be scared….politicians should be selling hope.

[@BlastastiC]

Here in NI, the TUV amazingly have an election poster with the word Hope struck through on it.

[@robinbest4786]

Farage's seat count amounts 0.006% of the Commons. That's how relevant he is !

[@richardskidmore4710]

60% turnout, 4 out of 10 people didnt even vote, absolutely shocking

[@sunilCunningham-x9o]

Because they are either stuck indoors hostage by diabolical non existent public transport or there is simply no party out there representative of their social and political outlook.

[@cambs0181]

Then 4 out of 10 are in no position to complain.

[@JupiterThunder]

@@cambs0181 Labour only got support from 20% of registered voters, but they got 63% of the seats. Sham democracy and utterly corrupt. Labour got 9.6m votes - less than Corbyn in 17 and 19 (12.8m and 10.2m respectively).

[@philthrelfall5294]

@@richardskidmore4710 To be fair, many of these were probably disaffected Tories, who could not bring themselves to vote for anyone else!? The Tories LOST this election, all by themselves!

[@pennywood5653]

​@@philthrelfall5294 this was the exact reason I was given by one of my relatives that always votes Conservative

[@milosterwheeler2520]

As an American. I think I understand the basic aims of the Tory and Labor Parties - but I'm not completely clear on the position of the Reform Party.

[@harrietkinloch7451]

Tory and Labour are all for davos and WEF, (globalists), reform are for Britain and the British citizens, like Trump!

[@PinkbombUK]

Reform = Far right... quite unpleasant. Think "V for vendetta" - thats what they would be like.

[@kiwitrainguy]

Nigel Farage thinks that Donald Trump is the right man for president of the United States. I hope that helps.

[@shaundonovan8816]

NO PENSION, NO PEERAGE !!!

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting

[@mazgilmour7734]

Bournemouth's 2 seats, and Poole have NEVER been red before... but now they are!! 👏 (although in Poole, there was only 18 votes in it!)

[@peterirons9773]

As usual everyone's getting it wrong, as Hislop said

[@zaroffhound]

Blackadder and Baldrick have managed to achieve decisive turnip. Hurrah!

[@nickmorris5546]

I must say that was an excellent listen

[@kiwitrainguy]

I'm enjoying reading the comments section of this video.👍

[@JJVernig]

19:18. That's also a big problem, the tories don't have any quality front- or backbenchers left.

[@EmyrDerfel]

Any left? They didn't have any before this electipn, Boris kicked them out for opposing Brextremism.

[@kevansangster]

Tory karma sends Starmer to number 10. 😊

[@nicks4934]

Coffee flushed 😂

[@alpine_newt]

I want to adopt Ian. I know he's thirty years older than me, but he is so adorable. Look at his cheeks!

[@ups1art]

Do you know, I think that's the first time I've ever seen Penny Mordaunt smile..?

[@tommymurphy459]

Think I blinked and missed that... 😐

[@diannegooding8733]

The nasty party has no big beasts!

[@laurencemeynell2820]

More of the knitting lady please

[@hypsyzygy506]

Auction it for charity.

[@malcolmr9340]

Come on Ian, Stand for Parliament .. Lets all have a fecking good laugh

[@eileencorcoran3057]

Ian my hero...

[@hiscifi2986]

The Madame Defarge knitting was quite a revelation... Heads will roll... !

[@cesiumalloy]

Just think by the end of Labour's term, there will be 5 million new voters to ensure they get in again.

[@jimpaddy79]

Where do you get that figure from

[@grahamwood9428]

Wanna bet.

[@scottmcginn2169]

Davey combined two things that other nominees failed to do. He appeared human and he had policies and not just slogans.

[@czarekp3552]

Welfare system reformed by Tories will take good care of them ....

[@VincentPeters-vs2us]

I hope they have v. large mortgages.🤨

[@sluglife9785]

There but for the grace of blightey...

[@cupguin]

It all feels like a fever dream but I'm fairly sure they introduced a larger financial payout to MPs who have lost their seats. So they have plenty of welfare for Tory MPs who don't have a job and don't feel like working.

[@kiwitrainguy]

One thing you never see is ousted MPs lining up at the dole office.