Worms Armageddon - General Election 2024 Special

Worms Armageddon returns, as the UK has just voted for its new Government, and now we await the results, and that means one very exciting thing - it's time to bring back the Worms Political Simulation Machine...
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[@tobbsdasock]

“Every time I look at Labour they’re doing *not very well* and yet somehow they’re in the lead” Yeah that sadly sums up current British politics pretty well.

[@garymcjerry]

I think it’s really a case of “well, it might be the least worst option” to people. Which, really speaks volumes about our options…

[@Coconut-219]

"Which extreme do I want my tax money embezzled by this time? Communists or aristocrats?"

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

​@@Coconut-219labour are not communists. Honestly you could barely even call them social democrats these days

[@moloch5801]

And true to form, half the time Labour abstained from doing anything useful - just like in the Commons!

[@Audiostyleable]

2 rounds in and farage has exclusively attacked the non english worms. So magic election predicting worms game, I'm convinced.

[@willnash7907]

Wow. It is true...

[@Kaarl_Mills]

just like his idol Oswald Mosley

[@liammarsh1585]

Farage is not a fascist. To give a very obvious difference, you could hardly call him a statist, a significant element of fascism.

[@ryangarrett9433]

Keir Starmer attacking children instead of Sunak. Wow, this simulator is accurate

[@Subsandsoda]

Kid Starver

[@quantumlolliepop5472]

"I feel like you missed a very good opportunity to do some very good work here. And speaking of which, you might not get another cocking chance." Yeah, sounds about right.

[@daisyrushton1574]

that's why people call him Kid Starver

[@millenniumhandandshrimp2610]

This simulator is s**t, it cannot model Sunak conscripting the children. Also the water is blue.

[@powerist209]

That or “Tony Blair: 2024 Boogaloo”. And like Blair, he won a landslide as of now. Don’t worry Jeremy Corbyn is still there with his own allegiance to independent.

[@Taolan8472]

This is unironically one of the best politically themed specials on the internet. This is madness. This. Is. POLITICS!

[@Ghostgate611]

No, no, no. Gladiatorial combat is how we should preferably teach politics

[@Mathmachine]

Every time I hear there's an election in the UK, I get excited. Not for the politics or anything like that, but because I know I'm getting a Worms video out of it.

[@Ghostgate611]

Bro chill with your worms 😂😂

[@SirRoderickThunderbottom]

game starts with the Cost of living already starting to drown... Accurate as always

[@Dfarrey]

I love how Jon has reinvented divination through a silly game.

[@mokithepepe2454]

the thing that gets me though is that all the time it has been extremely accurate in certain things

[@millenniumhandandshrimp2610]

Vermimancy: divination through the use of worms.

[@The61scissors]

So if I'm interpreting this correctly, Labor is only doing as well as it is due to the incompetence of other parties rather than actively fighting for their position.

[@phoenixrising763]

Sounds about right.

[@mojo1327]

And in worms?

[@garymcjerry]

Yeah…

[@MAKER_GURU]

You could say the same for most parties world-wide.

[@anumeon]

Starmer and Sunak proving how similar they are in the first round by targeting the populace instead of eachother.. :D

[@kurohone]

Regardless of actual results, if she doesn't rebrand herself as "Merciless Killbot Sarah Green," she's crazy.

[@luistalamantes572]

This feels oddly poetic that the cost of living starts off and stays on the edge the whole time

[@NickMunch]

I feel like the results were skewed because the simulation did not include a worm to represent Count Binface.

[@watonwak]

the entire SNP getting 1 worm seems a bit lopsided edit:OMG!

[@elcasiegno]

Jon should have gave labour and tory 2 teams to make it fair

[@jackeea_]

The traditional July 4th tradition, watching a totally $100% accurate UK election simulator!

[@MrVuJaDe]

Cost of Living already nearly drowned before the game even started 😅

[@alexisauld7781]

Sunak's first turn: "Gurk gurk k1ll the environment gurk!" Huh. That's surprisingly accurate...

[@aa-rs8mn]

To be honest, this made far more sense than the last 6 weeks.

[@golemgolden4670]

Please dont stop making these, i love them to death.

[@MelficeSilesius]

7:41 Keir Starmer? More like Kid Harmer, amirite!?

[@adrien5834]

Kid Starver

[@Zangamarth]

Return of Maggie Thatcher the Milk Snatcher

[@JackZetter]

I don't hold with pols or news. I get all my election coverage from MATN.

[@KelgorothTheFinalShape]

Can’t wait for the worms Armageddon 2024 US Presidential election special

[@ratinthecat]

Not enough players on the board fto justify a Worms special. Perhaps a Presidential primary would work.

[@MTGeomancer]

He did one 8 years ago, because both the Democrats and Republicans were still picking their candidates. So yes, more of a primary thing. This year though it's just Biden v Trump, again. If ever there was a year that a third option could be viable, it would be this year. Because I don't think either side likes their candidate at all except for the extremists. I think it's safe to say over half the population is going to vote for their side not because they like their candidate, but because they can't stand the other. Thankfully no matter which happens, in 4 years it will be a clean slate and neither of them will be on the ballot, and once again both sides will have contested primaries and we can have another US Worms Election Special.

[@TallDarknGruesome]

To repeat something I said in a previous year, worms is better at predicting modern politics than political analysis for 2 reasons. #1 in worms, collateral damage and friendly fire are completely acceptable. This more accurately models how modern candidates act. #2 Jon includes the population as a target, adding in the modern impact of populist, nationalist and austerity policies. Edit after watching, love it as always, I’m going to guess that this is foretelling that the election is more close than polls indicate, and the SNP and lib dems somehow end up in a coalition opposition or something insane.

[@mokithepepe2454]

28:58 surprisingly very accurate lol, not much gain in votes but a huge gain in seats

[@MayorofHopeville]

"I'm not sure how labor is in the lead to be honest. Like every time I'm looking at them, I swear they seem to be doing not very well yet somehow, they're in the lead." 28:55 As an outside observer this is how I've been reading UK pre-election polls.

[@MayorofHopeville]

Spoiler American interpretation: Scottish sentiment may grow against the UK government, Lib Dems make strong gains, Farage who??? and Labor wins over Tory is what I've gathered. Also Sarah Green, and John Swinney gain more influence omg. Labor attacking Children and NHS. I'll keep that in mind. Lib Dems attacking economy. Reform using Cost of living as a living shield. I'll keep this in mind.

[@somegeezer]

They're doing everything they can to be the Conservatives, and will likely win just because they're not the Conservatives. Leaving us with another decade and half of the same shit.

[@MayorofHopeville]

Context, Rishi Sunak won last time, but technically lost to the UK player via self-missile. THE SIMULATOR WORKS.

[@laterkater4213]

Jon and Worms Armageddon: The only political forecasting team I pay attention to!

[@Tiberium10332]

It's great to see that cost of living at no chance in the first place. Very realistic.

[@CED99]

Where's Count Binface?

[@Safetytrousers]

He was shown live in a cutaway for about 2 minutes on the election coverage.

[@blackjackbarron5315]

.... See the Worms thumbnail. Immediately open. Also immediately opens exit polls.

[@tv_tim]

This is, bar none, the best political youtubing on the platform.

[@elkudos6262]

Armageddon, huh? You know, each time it edges closer to the literal definition.

[@MrR2TheZ]

A shame you didn't include a worm for Count Binface

[@AdamNRG316]

lmao i swear at this point this is like the 4th version of this i've watched of this over the past 10 or so years. I love it every time.

[@realisticphish]

Oh flower of Scoooootlaaaand... when will we seeeeee your like agaaaaaaaain....

[@simonoliver4751]

Labour wins, then Scotland succeeds in its bid for independence.

[@phoenixrising763]

I can see that happening and I can't blame Scotland for leaving either.

[@simonoliver4751]

@@phoenixrising763 they only stayed in the union because it wasn't fundamentally different than just existing in the EU. Brexit sure did fuck things

[@phoenixrising763]

@@simonoliver4751 Far worse than any of us expected, that's for sure.

[@georgehh2574]

​@@simonoliver4751 Yeah Scotland needs another independence referendum, it's kinda BS. While I think it would be a bad thing for Scotland, they need to have their voice heard. That said, my project team is part in Scotland, part in England, so it would make things a bit complicated. 😅

[@selder_7]

Since there’s some discussion in the thread here: Having voted for Scottish Independence I’ve accepted it’s off the table for as long as Labour are in charge. It’s being stuck with a Tory government we didn’t vote for that pushes going independent. Also Brexit has snookered an independent Scotland as being in or out of the EU poses massive challenges, us being separate EU members would’ve been much smoother. The SNP also are just not in good enough shape to win it, I’m hoping them losing most of their Westminster seats (which really doesn’t make much difference) makes them get their act together for the Scottish elections

[@thequeenofspades]

Every single line in this video is gold.

[@user-xb1lk8zf7g]

"Sunak's attack on Starmer hurts Tories more than Labour" This is a description of the events in game

[@reverse_engineered]

Now that the President of the USA has sweeping immunity, the next US election might look a lot like a round of Worms...

[@Ms.Pronounced_Name]

Science is never wrong, we simply misinterpret the results

[@clarasnow6579]

This is the only political thing I genuinely look forward to Please do America, we're having a bad time right now

[@gavros9636]

A really bad time right now.

[@Mysmarttelevision1989]

He did do it once before so he could do it again.

[@DarksideGmss0513]

Please don't do America

[@lemmorcernau3216]

I wonder how many here got the "Melissa" clone joke. Though I may be significantly underestimating the elderliness of this community.

[@the_tactician9858]

@@lemmorcernau3216 Well either that or just not that familiar with that brand of comedy. So enlighten us on the Melissa reference please~

[@Atropos148]

Is it a Avril Lavigne conspiracy theory reference? That is the only thing that comes to mind with Jon

[@donovanfaust3227]

Elderliness? That conspiracy isn't even that old lol. You make it sound like someone in their 60s would get it but that's more of a reference gens X and Y would both understand with maybe some zoomers running across it too. Despite my fellow millennials complaining about turning to dust everytime the passage of time is mentioned they can't be considered elderly. And yeah, I think the majority of Jon's audience falls into the gen x, millennial range. If people don't get it it has nothing to do with age and more about what they interact with on the internet. Also for anyone wondering, because I hate when people keep a joke to themselves for absolutely no reason and then talk about how no one gets the reference, it is a reference to a conspiracy that says Avri Lavigne was replaced by a clone/body double named Melissa.

[@donovanfaust3227]

​@@Atropos148yes it is.

[@donovanfaust3227]

​@@the_tactician9858it's a reference to a conspiracy saying Avril Lavigne was replaced by a clone/body double named Melissa.

[@alexanderhammil6754]

scottish independence soon, i guess?

[@apppples]

stop predicting the future jon. please don't do this for america this year. its too scary.

[@l33tspaniard]

Yes, please don’t do it for the US, we’ve got enough armageddon already

[@RandyFortier]

Can the outcome get any worse than has been predicted?

[@FoxDren]

I like how you waited until after the polls closed so as not to influence anything.

[@snazzyfeathers]

Nothing quite like watching the political future of the UK being predicted by Worms as an American on the 4th of July 😅

[@johncheng2682]

Not sure if I want him to do the Amercian Elections this year.

[@brunokingz]

​ @johncheng2682 Imagine having the worm that ate RFK brain

[@saag024]

Go lettuce from last time!

[@xenon8342]

very fitting that cost of living starts with one foot in the water lmao

[@whiteknight3929]

Sunak attacking Starmer and ending up doing more damage to himself seems pretty accurate

[@danielmac9498]

Jeremy Hunt getting all weird with the children might be the darkest prediction to date

[@mengeletalon8151]

I'm real early for a historic occasion today! This is the first "news" i'm listening to today about the election from the US where i have little stake. I assume I will learn all i need to know from this video alone and that any additional news I witness will only be to confirm the objective consensus of this flawless political prediction machine. Best of luck!

[@johncurtin1082]

According to the exit poll this is fairly accurate

[@RonnieThunderpeen]

Rishi immediately dumping excrement in the river is very ethically on-brand.

[@user-yu5wp7rr5m]

Jon, I've been looking forward to this for a long, long time.

[@kynigoskerata459]

Love your content Jon, hope to see a lot more of it for years to come.

[@pandorawolf734]

Been waiting for one of these, I never get tired of it

[@danbauer3669]

Thank you, John! I've been waiting a long time for another of these videos. It was one of these through which I discovered your channel. This is going to be fun!

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video.

[@ciaranmorton8167]

Brilliant video so far

[@tiberiusdw]

And thus endeth the Worms Armageddon Oracle.

[@aceufos47]

Thanks Jon, best election program ever

[@TimoFisher]

You were handed the Nigel Fourage pun on a silver platter JON!

[@ilo3456]

Ok this was actually able to predict the better performance of the Lib Dems so I am convinced that this copy of Worms Armageddon is actually magical

[@mokithepepe2454]

and that reform did worse than the polls too

[@Lordswordfish]

Been waiting all evening for this ♥

[@Finality88]

I've been looking forward to this.

[@jacobmartin1100]

I always look forward to these

[@TheKalZul]

Ahh I live for these.

[@the_tactician9858]

So, here's what I made from the data, in part inspired by the exitpoll as well. 1. The Tories lose. Badly. 9 years of Brexit and scandals decimated the old party. 2. Labour will have a comfortable lead, but the promised chance in course will not bring about what their voters wished for. 3. Reform are not as dominant as they would have preferred, instead getting walloped into a relative poor seat result by Labour and LibDems 4. Speaking of which, the LibDems are the surprise winners after Labour and end up with a magnificent amount of seats for their size, multiplying their seats by a good ten times perhaps. And finally, 5. SNP. Yeah, I got nothing. Worms: Armageddon might actually have made a mistake. Still, 4 out of 5 points seem to be spot on, which is more than one can say of most polls out there.

[@hahym6337]

Hi I have 2 Idea for SNP, but keep in mind, I don't know a lot about UK parliment and élection (i'm québecois/Canadian). 1. Maybe the result Will be a Minority government where the SNP is on 3rd place, so that mean they get the real power, because the other parties need them to pass their Bill. 2. If I understood well and SNP is like our Bloc Québécois, that would probably mean independance for Scotland. In any case, it will be interesting to see how it will turn out.

[@the_tactician9858]

@@hahym6337 Both options are not likely. A few years ago they were very popular in Scotland, and they then made a referendum on leaving the UK, but that referendum ended in a 'remain' choice. Now they lost most of their seats, they have 8 left from about 60 back in 2016.

[@hahym6337]

​@@the_tactician9858 I've juste check and labours is winning by a large margin (400 +) and SNP are at 9, maybe 10 when the last count is done. But we need to see also what happening internationally. Here in Québec, the Partie Québécois (PQ), our independance party is going strong. We have a provincial élection in about 2 years and if they have the majority government, a new referendum will happen. I believe, sadly, it won't go through, but if it pass, maybe that will ignate the flamme of Scotland indépendance.

[@the_tactician9858]

@@hahym6337 That would not work with these elections tho... but maybe we can jot it down as 'might not be as screwed as it looks'

[@matthewwhelan2101]

wonderfull! Thank you

[@danielwalker8133]

I've been looking forward to this

[@myfriendscallmepat]

I've been watching your channel for years. These videos take me back man. Always an inspiration

[@adamburningham]

Been waiting for this

[@ViDeOMaStErPaUl]

Was looking for this haha Glad to see it

[@pocketrocket129]

This is the best part of politics

[@tomh5625]

Was waiting for this ❤

[@SCMabridged]

This was very entertaining, you should do more of these for big events.

[@jamesp4132]

glad to be here for the tradition

[@beeonchair2141]

This is the only poll I trust

[@mriv59]

I will hate the amount of anxiety I'll feel when Jon runs this later for the 2024 US elections.

[@BradTheAmerican]

I had to look up why "Reform" taking out Brexit was a plot twist. Reform UK's big thing was specifically pushing for Brexit, and the party was previously known as the Brexit Party.

[@NotYourNhaama]

You forgot Count Binface. that is all.

[@hibbs925]

Yesss I’ve been waiting for this.

[@DonChups]

Thanks so much for this accurate analisis of the political situation in UK.

[@DyonisX]

It's almost poetic that the cost of living starts off touching the water already

[@-Slinger-]

I wish Jon would do a short follow-up video to talk about the things WA got right and wrong.

[@weird_autumn42]

oh wooo!! was hoping this would return!

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

I look forward to this every election. If only for the music!

[@Cheshire020]

The return of the classic!

[@KuittheGeek]

This series is continuously the best political commentary out there, and I'm not even from the UK. Always love this one Jon, never change.

[@sneakyamdal]

As someone who did a political science education, and spent alot of time with different models for trying to get a estimate on election results, its hilarious to me that Jon and his Worms method gets pretty much the same end result >

[@frogsgivemehope8379]

Came back for a second watch and I just realised the joke with Melissa Farage. Well played Jon, well played.

[@robbierobdergrutzkopfderwa2566]

Keep doing these!

[@FLPOLE01]

Wow UK, having an election on America's birthday.

[@Nah-NoNeed_]

Well yeah. We gotta make sure that crap doesn’t happen again.

[@calumbarclay4966]

The US having an election on Nov 5th...

[@karry299]

Good poodles obey and mimic their masters.

[@KelgorothTheFinalShape]

@@Nah-NoNeed_well judging by these results that might happen again with Scotland

[@FailcopterWes]

Happy Treason Day, America!

[@Nah-NoNeed_]

I’m so happy it finally arrived. Good luck to all worms involved!

[@StupidGenius11]

Easily one of my favourite MATN traditions.

[@toewoe]

The worms political simulator is my favorite content on this channel

[@MrDanlancelot]

I'd love to see the breakdown of what has been in each "The UK" team that Jon has made and how it's changed over time. like, who lost a spot for the Cost of Living crisis to make an appearance? it might be an insightful look at the true issues affecting voters at each election

[@alexanderc9462]

America needs one of these videos

[@MikeBrin96]

the only reformed part of reform is the name change from UKIP

[@glomman]

LET'S GOOO

[@andymiller277]

No Binface? Scrap the whole thing

[@jackgray4229]

Wwoooooooo I had almost lost hope