Which Senior Tories Could Lose their Seats?

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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  • @Blorp_
    @Blorp_ 3 месяца назад +1319

    “A portillo moment refers to any senior figure who unexpectedly loses their seat”
    “We’re expecting a number of portillo moments”
    🤯

    • @hemerythrin
      @hemerythrin 3 месяца назад +77

      Always expect the unexpected

    • @andrewbrown9308
      @andrewbrown9308 3 месяца назад +51

      Thank God this is the top comment. I needed to know that someone else heard that

    • @davescott7680
      @davescott7680 3 месяца назад +4

      Fingers crossed

    • @gerardmackay8909
      @gerardmackay8909 3 месяца назад +27

      Exactly right. The exit poll confirmed that the average swing was 11% but in some very safe seats it was a lot less (ie Liverpool where Tories had no votes to lose anyway) and in some marginals a lot more. Portillo knew an 18% swing was needed in Enfield Southgate to topple him so he was perfectly sanguine and indeed was one of the pundits on BBC Election Special. It was only when he got to his count and saw the nervous looks of the party workers that he started to sweat and then the absolutely unimaginable came to pass. THAT is the essence of ‘The Portillo Moment’

    • @Gdsamplify
      @Gdsamplify 3 месяца назад +9

      Certified portillo moment

  • @ItsTheBoombox
    @ItsTheBoombox 3 месяца назад +452

    The real question is who will gain Sunaks seat, Niko Omilana or Count Binface?

    • @Mike-bh4bh
      @Mike-bh4bh 3 месяца назад +97

      Please let it be binface

    • @accountnamewithheld
      @accountnamewithheld 3 месяца назад +36

      @@Mike-bh4bh Honestly, that would be the biggest political upset since Martin Bell

    • @JohnTCampbell1986
      @JohnTCampbell1986 3 месяца назад +21

      Hopefully a 30% turnout and 50% of them voting for Binface. Can't think of a better way to show the absolute disgust of the electorate than that (not that any of the elites currently in power or soon to be give a toss)

    • @flamepillarrengoku
      @flamepillarrengoku 3 месяца назад +38

      Imagine seeing binface sitting in the commons 😂

    • @Mike-bh4bh
      @Mike-bh4bh 3 месяца назад +11

      @@flamepillarrengoku
      Would be fitting of the absolute clown show it is

  • @hydra66
    @hydra66 3 месяца назад +714

    Putting portaits up of 8 Tory leaders and then only discussing 3 of them :(

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii 3 месяца назад +52

      Yeah, I was expecting them to cover a lot more figures

    • @thecolombian8909
      @thecolombian8909 3 месяца назад +49

      kind of expected it cause its 9 minutes, still a little disappointed

    • @kitsworld
      @kitsworld 3 месяца назад +113

      Well, in fairness he did have a 2-minute commercial that he was in a hurry to get to. 🤣🤣

    • @Azhini
      @Azhini 3 месяца назад +14

      Thanks, comments like this make it easier to avoid wasting time on clickbait-y videos

    • @cullenrooney4964
      @cullenrooney4964 3 месяца назад +3

      i think they just discussed the most vulnerable besides the position of PM

  • @BIGDZ8346
    @BIGDZ8346 3 месяца назад +269

    Really hoping Jacob Rees Mogg gets kicked out 😅

    • @ThePrinceOrtmayer
      @ThePrinceOrtmayer 3 месяца назад +3

      He's probably the one guy that won't!

    • @AidanCammies
      @AidanCammies 3 месяца назад +25

      We're in his constituency and polling is currently pushing labour well ahead of him as it stands

    • @rufus1346
      @rufus1346 3 месяца назад +10

      It would be more surprising if he kept his seat. He's a dead man walking as far as this election goes.

    • @connormclernon26
      @connormclernon26 3 месяца назад

      Getting that moron out of power would be immensely satisfying. The fact he’s lasted as long as he has…

    • @anatolydyatlov5196
      @anatolydyatlov5196 3 месяца назад +5

      ​@@ThePrinceOrtmayer alot of MRP polls think he's done for

  • @SuperMickyMc
    @SuperMickyMc 3 месяца назад +245

    I'm in Sunak's constituency. My polling station was absolutely rammed at 9.30 with queues down the street. It's never been anything like that busy in the last 42 years. I expect he'll keep his seat but that 30k majority may be down to a couple of thousand.

    • @TheWebstaff
      @TheWebstaff 3 месяца назад +25

      No everyone's making there vote Count!

    • @SuperMickyMc
      @SuperMickyMc 3 месяца назад +1

      What?

    • @roserose-gt4if
      @roserose-gt4if 3 месяца назад

      Are you voting for him?

    • @Archman155
      @Archman155 3 месяца назад +26

      @@SuperMickyMc count binface mate

    • @jonsmith5058
      @jonsmith5058 3 месяца назад +14

      @@TheWebstaff’Their’ vote Count.
      Recyclons dont accept inproper use of there/their.

  • @rsantana389
    @rsantana389 3 месяца назад +43

    Sunak losing his seat would be AMAZING

  • @ragalyiakos
    @ragalyiakos 3 месяца назад +90

    Please, please, PLEASE have Jacob Rees-Mogg lose his seat! I want to see that smug, entitled, arrogant smile he perpetually has on disappear from his face.

    • @henryhunter9643
      @henryhunter9643 3 месяца назад +11

      I'm reminded of a clip from QI.
      Mogg was out canvassing accompanied by his nanny. When ridiculed for it, his response was something like 'you only mock because she is my nanny, you would not mock if I were accompanied by my valet'.
      How can anyone so incredibly out of touch with how life actually works get elected?
      I swear, too many people vote for the 'funny man' rather than a competent politician.

  • @jon19101
    @jon19101 3 месяца назад +392

    get Rishi out - vote Count Binface

    • @MrLordLowbob
      @MrLordLowbob 3 месяца назад +7

      what happened to lord buckethead, is Count Binface his younger relative? ;D

    • @NoobLord98
      @NoobLord98 3 месяца назад

      @@MrLordLowbob Allegedly the Count has had to rebrand due to copyright issues surrounding the name Lord Buckethead

    • @Praevalidum
      @Praevalidum 3 месяца назад +59

      @@MrLordLowbobAccording to Count Binface; he had to change personas and drop Lord Buckethead after running afoul of the planet “Copyright”.

    • @TheWebstaff
      @TheWebstaff 3 месяца назад +12

      ​@@MrLordLowbobthere was an 80's cartoon who shared his name and asked him to change it.

    • @derorje2035
      @derorje2035 3 месяца назад +5

      @@Praevalidum did you watch Matt Parkers video as well or is that a real quote of him?

  • @inwalters
    @inwalters 3 месяца назад +16

    As an American, my fear is that Labour will forget how lucky they are and not immediately pass proportional representation and single transferable voting. Unlike in the USA they can do this by statute, while in the USA we'd have to amend the constitution to get rid of entrenched GOP minority rule. Starmer needs to remember this election's result were caused by a once in a century perfect alignment of the planets.

    • @glorifiedonion6676
      @glorifiedonion6676 3 месяца назад

      They have put forward plans to push back the parliaments summer break so they could be planning something to get done when they would be on holiday

  • @SirBradiator
    @SirBradiator 3 месяца назад +156

    If we are expecting it, is it a portillo moment by that definition?

    • @ThePageofVoid
      @ThePageofVoid 3 месяца назад +12

      We might, but it depends on if the candidate expects it or not.

    • @davescott7680
      @davescott7680 3 месяца назад +4

      ​@@ThePageofVoidI think all the Tory's potentially have an incling

    • @Talisguy
      @Talisguy 3 месяца назад +16

      We're expecting a lot of Tory losses, but it would still be a Portillo moment if a popular-with-Tory-voters candidate lost in what's usually considered a safe seat, for instance.

    • @accountnamewithheld
      @accountnamewithheld 3 месяца назад +6

      I would qualify losing in any 'safe seat' a portillo moment

    • @chrisoneill3999
      @chrisoneill3999 3 месяца назад

      By election night, quite a few people realised Portillo's seat was in play. Back in January, lots of people thought 'the next election' would leave the Conservatives with a minority government.

  • @freeman10000
    @freeman10000 3 месяца назад +76

    Aussie here. We had a sitting Prime Minister lose his seat during an election (John Howard 2007). It was awesome 🎉

    • @bernardkealey6449
      @bernardkealey6449 3 месяца назад +10

      My best birthday present ever…
      Tho damn it was good to see Abbott lose his seat too. Wish the UK would keep him.

    • @marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760
      @marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760 3 месяца назад +6

      It was a terrible day for our country and signalled the beginning of the era of incompetent politicians that is still occurring to this day.

    • @ub3rfr3nzy94
      @ub3rfr3nzy94 3 месяца назад

      ​@@bernardkealey6449 old toe knee ab butt

    • @ezioauditore3128
      @ezioauditore3128 3 месяца назад +1

      @@bernardkealey6449 Because your political class is so great now.🙄

    • @ezioauditore3128
      @ezioauditore3128 3 месяца назад +2

      @@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760 True. These people are nuts.

  • @metlinematt
    @metlinematt 3 месяца назад +143

    Come on Britain. Let's get the Tories into third place 💪🏻

  • @KSzkodaGames
    @KSzkodaGames 3 месяца назад +127

    Let's keep it simple, every Tory seat would be gone

  • @iruisoleil6370
    @iruisoleil6370 3 месяца назад +509

    I want Sunak to lose his seat

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii 3 месяца назад +11

      Current predictions put that a little under 50/50

    • @Kj16V
      @Kj16V 3 месяца назад +31

      Your spelt "head" wrong.

    • @IainFrame
      @IainFrame 3 месяца назад

      I honestly don't know how anyone could vote for that man. He's an out-of-touch toff who has never done anything for the people of Ripon. Parachuted in by the Tories who are so disrespectful that they didn't even select a Yorkshire person for the seat.

    • @roserose-gt4if
      @roserose-gt4if 3 месяца назад +12

      ​​@@Kj16V😂 no that ship's already sailed. Lost his head months ago

    • @hydra66
      @hydra66 3 месяца назад +8

      As a doctor, Im more interested in Hunt losing his seat. Otherwise even as a non cabinet minister, he'll worm his way onto the health and social care committee again

  • @mazdamaniac4643
    @mazdamaniac4643 3 месяца назад +23

    Count Binface for the win in Richmond & Northallerton.
    Sunak needs to get Binned! 🗑

    • @TheWebstaff
      @TheWebstaff 3 месяца назад +10

      Make your vote Count!

  • @acey457
    @acey457 3 месяца назад +34

    Vote for eggs benedict - get breakfast done

  • @primykins106
    @primykins106 3 месяца назад +20

    This is our Bindependence Day! 👽

  • @gerardmackay8909
    @gerardmackay8909 3 месяца назад +9

    My immediate boss in Westminster some years back was Portillo’s principal private secretary in the 90s and headed his office for several years. He said that hands down he was the nicest politician he had ever worked for (and he had worked for many some of whom he was less than complimentary about)

    • @ianclark9598
      @ianclark9598 3 месяца назад

      I can believe that. I have met a few.

  • @kevinrobb86
    @kevinrobb86 3 месяца назад +9

    If Mogg loses his seat it will go to show how bad people think they have been

  • @cardwitch91
    @cardwitch91 3 месяца назад +26

    Well done for putting the “Chancellor” before the “Hunt” - many journalists have tripped up over that. Sometimes it felt like the Conservatives gave him ministries that begin with a ‘c’ purely as a joke 😂

  • @spiderfandom7592
    @spiderfandom7592 3 месяца назад +55

    I can not wait for tonights election coverage.

    • @calahoon22
      @calahoon22 3 месяца назад +3

      Hoping theres a few twists to make it more entertaining. Would be hilarious if many known politicians(for all parties) don't win their seats

    • @rufus1346
      @rufus1346 3 месяца назад +3

      @@calahoon22 Really, so you see this as mere entertainment. You want good MP's from Labour and the Lib Dems to lose so you can have a good laugh.

    • @mycodingchannel9690
      @mycodingchannel9690 3 месяца назад +1

      revolution wouldn't be televised lol

    • @ibnurismail5964
      @ibnurismail5964 3 месяца назад

      Hi Malaysians here,Where I Can find live coverage 2024 UK GE elections?

  • @lildozen42069
    @lildozen42069 3 месяца назад +36

    Putting James Cleverly in the Braintree constituency is just taking the piss

    • @MikeAG333
      @MikeAG333 3 месяца назад

      Huh? He is the Braintree MP. Why is that talking the piss?

    • @JRDZ1993
      @JRDZ1993 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@MikeAG333 his name vs the name of the constituency

    • @Dendarang
      @Dendarang 3 месяца назад

      @@MikeAG333 He's James CLEVER-ly in BRAIN-tree constituency.

    • @MikeAG333
      @MikeAG333 3 месяца назад

      @@Dendarang It was the word "putting" which I was querying. He has been the Braintree MP for 9 years, so he hasn't been "put" anywhere.

  • @brunolondinese5857
    @brunolondinese5857 3 месяца назад +24

    Why wouldn't sunak want to lose his seat? He'd have to serve as an MP

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii 3 месяца назад +7

      Much less embarassing to win his seat and retire quietly in a year

    • @rufus1346
      @rufus1346 3 месяца назад

      No he doesn't, he can and will resign as an MP almost straight away so he can move his family to America. More than likely already booked his flight and school for his girls. He has made as much as he can from us, smash and grab.

    • @Iymarra
      @Iymarra 3 месяца назад +3

      Still gets his PM pension, retiring to the backbenches still gives him MP salary / expenses with little requirement to do anything

    • @rufus1346
      @rufus1346 3 месяца назад +5

      @@Iymarra He made 120 million doing nothing last year from his shares. And when he moves to America he'll make his yearly MP's salary just about every week from just being there. He'll lose money staying here as an MP.

  • @the_forbinproject2777
    @the_forbinproject2777 3 месяца назад +3

    When I was just outside the poll
    I asked the electorate, what will it be
    Will it be Labour ? Will it be Tory ?
    Here’s what they said to me
    Qué será, será
    Whatever will be, will be
    Two cheeks of the same arse you see
    Qué será, será
    What will be, will be

  • @oliverleonard7730
    @oliverleonard7730 3 месяца назад +8

    Jacob Rees-Mogg being removed by the Lib Dems would be a classic moment.

  • @jackbarham
    @jackbarham 3 месяца назад +6

    A "Portillo moment" is when it's unexpected.

  • @leecooper8589
    @leecooper8589 3 месяца назад +1

    Love to see the phrase "Portillo moment" replaced with "Sunak moment".

  • @kitcat4512
    @kitcat4512 3 месяца назад +4

    Politics is pantomime for the media to play in for a captive audience.

  • @ajm35lp52
    @ajm35lp52 3 месяца назад +6

    By definition, we are expecting and predicting these moments, therefore they arent Portillo moments. Rishi is possibly the ONLY major player who's loss would fit this definition of a Portillo moment, and even then, its already been prediceted enough times it may not count.

  • @Michelle_Schu-blacka
    @Michelle_Schu-blacka 3 месяца назад +2

    I'm desperately hoping got sunak, braverman, Badenock, Mordunt and Ress-mogg to lose their seats.
    I'm disappointed that Exit Polls have the Tories winning triple digit seats. How can you vote for a party that has more Jeremy's than a 'corn' website.
    If reform win seats, this country is dumber than I feared.

  • @VaucluseVanguard
    @VaucluseVanguard 3 месяца назад +39

    Will poor old Michael Portillo lose this epitaph and be replaced by a ‘Sunak moment’.

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii 3 месяца назад +10

      I think a Sunak moment would be going from Government to 3rd largest party. Or maybe a Macron

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 3 месяца назад

      ⁠@@Septimus_ii Only if the copyright Asquith and George share has expired by now.

    • @earthball2024
      @earthball2024 3 месяца назад

      ​@@wildfire9280102 Years... It has!

  • @Thurya
    @Thurya 3 месяца назад +7

    Wait... isn't that the guy who did the "Great Railway Journeys" series?

  • @captainufo4587
    @captainufo4587 3 месяца назад +53

    I'm starting to get a little scared of these landslide predictions. Not because I wouldn't like to see the Tories kicked in the teeth, but because I fear so many people think it's a done deal and don't vote, and we end up with a hung Parliament

    • @KarakuraNinja
      @KarakuraNinja 3 месяца назад +12

      People should just use their votes building up smaller parties and independants that are purer for next elections
      The main two parties are deeply immoral

    • @pyrogunslinger1877
      @pyrogunslinger1877 3 месяца назад

      Do you think it's useful to vote for pro Palestinian independents?​@@KarakuraNinja

    • @KarakuraNinja
      @KarakuraNinja 3 месяца назад +2

      @@pyrogunslinger1877 yes

  • @samuelese22
    @samuelese22 3 месяца назад +125

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    • @jtf5332
      @jtf5332 3 месяца назад +5

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    • @cardwitch91
      @cardwitch91 3 месяца назад +11

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    • @samuelese22
      @samuelese22 3 месяца назад

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    • @reaperz5677
      @reaperz5677 3 месяца назад +8

      @@jtf5332 There are, like, 2 comments praising this video about how good/artistic it is. Those profiles have nude profile pictures or something, so yeah, it's spam, but it's not as sensational as that comment is making it out to be.

    • @edwardbernthal160
      @edwardbernthal160 3 месяца назад +3

      @@jtf5332 there were two, you obviosly didn't see them. They are there everyday and always the first to post.

  • @theworldaccordingto4555
    @theworldaccordingto4555 3 месяца назад +4

    I hope lots and lots of them lose their seats. As for Sunak, I think he wants to lose, he's probably already booked his flight to the USA and already enrolled his kids in private school there.

    • @owenthomas5103
      @owenthomas5103 3 месяца назад +1

      I would genuinely not be suppriesed at this point if it turns out he has a large bet on himslef loosing.

    • @martinf8508
      @martinf8508 3 месяца назад +1

      If that`s the case, then it would be funny if he kept his seat and was prevented from leaving.

  • @purpledevilr7463
    @purpledevilr7463 3 месяца назад +2

    I’d find Labour vs LibDem in government and opposition a fascinating possibility.
    What would that dynamic look like?

  • @V1p3r_spl
    @V1p3r_spl 3 месяца назад +3

    who's here after the bastard named Jacob Rees-Mogg lost his seat?

  • @TheWebstaff
    @TheWebstaff 3 месяца назад +8

    Every one in fishy rishi's constituency needs to make there vote Count!

  • @djtomoy
    @djtomoy 3 месяца назад +3

    I always thought a Portillo Moment was when you soiled yourself while eating a large Italian beef sandwich

  • @David_Bower
    @David_Bower 3 месяца назад +69

    My pants will be getting sticky tonight watching senior Tory after senior Tory losing their seats.

    • @Rampart.X
      @Rampart.X 3 месяца назад +4

      Revolting

    • @David_Bower
      @David_Bower 3 месяца назад +23

      @@Rampart.X Yes, they are.

    • @chrisd1982
      @chrisd1982 3 месяца назад +9

      Revolting....but relatable

    • @Talisguy
      @Talisguy 3 месяца назад

      Don't get too excited. The election has been characterised by antipathy towards the Tories but not really a strong feeling towards Labour. The Greens, the Lib Dems and (unfortunately) Reform are the parties that inspire passionate feelings.
      It's possible that the landslide predictions overestimated the number of Labour voters and the results will be a lot less dramatic than most people expect. I certainly don't see the Tories winning another majority government but I'm also not 100% sure Labour will get that historic landslide victory. They're playing it very safe in a political climate where people are increasingly fed up with the status quo and want something very different.
      If the historic wipeout does happen after all, celebrate it however you want. I'm just saying, part of me worries that too many people are going to take it as a given that Labour will win a landslide for that landslide to actually materialise.

    • @Talisguy
      @Talisguy 3 месяца назад +2

      Save your celebrations for after it's happened. I think there's a risk that people become so convinced a Labour victory is inevitable that it doesn't actually happen.

  • @anthonyferris8912
    @anthonyferris8912 3 месяца назад +6

    Turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to Portillo…He got a life and became a popular TV travel presenter.

  • @owenthomas5103
    @owenthomas5103 3 месяца назад +1

    Portilo moments are about to be known as Sunak moments.

  • @caesarslegiontww1646
    @caesarslegiontww1646 3 месяца назад

    ZERO SEATS. ZERO SEATS. ZERO SEATS!

  • @iainawatson
    @iainawatson 3 месяца назад +4

    Christ, Hunt always looks like a possessed ventriloquist's dummy, doesn't he?

  • @SashaGrace94
    @SashaGrace94 3 месяца назад +14

    Vote out to help out peeps, we can do it 🗳️🎉

  • @napoleonfeanor
    @napoleonfeanor 3 месяца назад +4

    Proportional representation would be better. Pretty much every system is better than fptp

    • @alansharman3644
      @alansharman3644 3 месяца назад +1

      names in a hat would be better than fptp

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 3 месяца назад

      Just restore the Kings power, Charles and William seem like OK chaps at least.

  • @rogerhudson9732
    @rogerhudson9732 3 месяца назад

    Two weeks ago on his GBN show Portillo himself said that a 'Portillo Moment' has to be unexpected and that because the Tories were going to lose badly the only real Portillo moment would be for Sunak to lose. PM for PM.

  • @adiuntesserande6893
    @adiuntesserande6893 3 месяца назад +1

    Honestly, I fully suspect the Conservative Party ends up doing what the Progressive Conservatives did in Canada in 1993: drop from government down to only two seats....

  • @ajdynon
    @ajdynon 3 месяца назад +7

    In Australia, sitting PM John Howard lost his seat in 2007.

    • @geronimowindow
      @geronimowindow 3 месяца назад

      Same happened in Canada with Kim Campbell in 1993, though she was only PM because Brian Mulroney resigned about 6 months prior and "fed her to the wolves"

  • @roserose-gt4if
    @roserose-gt4if 3 месяца назад +4

    I don't drink alcohol generally but if poonak loses his seat, a celebratory glass of wine will be in order 😅

  • @fluff8102
    @fluff8102 3 месяца назад +7

    America's birthday is a beautiful day indeed!

  • @Angelcynn-x9m
    @Angelcynn-x9m 3 месяца назад +1

    Zero Seats

  • @johndaarteest
    @johndaarteest 3 месяца назад

    I wonder how many people will call in sick tomorrow due to staying up all night to watch the fun and games?

  • @andrijherasymenko
    @andrijherasymenko 3 месяца назад +4

    4:02 perhaps the only example of the first-past-the-post system being a good voting system

  • @GWAYGWAY1
    @GWAYGWAY1 3 месяца назад

    Steven Twigg who unseated Portillo was the flat mate of Luke Akehurst, the Labour Friends of Israel coordinator and late of the NEC, who is today standing himself after all those years, Twigg only stood as nobody wanted the poisoned chalice of a top Tory seat.

  • @arseface2k934
    @arseface2k934 3 месяца назад +3

    please kick out Rees-Mogg

  • @kensearle4451
    @kensearle4451 3 месяца назад

    5:17 Arthur Balfour lost his Manchester East seat in 1906

  • @thecrimsondragon9744
    @thecrimsondragon9744 3 месяца назад

    All of them, with any luck.

  • @fmzaidi2001
    @fmzaidi2001 3 месяца назад +4

    Count Binface needs your vote! Make it count!

  • @willemvanriet7160
    @willemvanriet7160 3 месяца назад

    Now THAT'S a grimace LOL

  • @Frank-Lee-Speeking
    @Frank-Lee-Speeking 3 месяца назад

    As a Canadian, I should point out that we've had at least one Prime Minister lose his seat in a federal election. The Prime Minister was William Lyon Mackenzie King and the election was in the 1920s if I recall correctly. Another member of his party who had been re-elected stepped down from his newly won seat, forcing a by-election, and King ran in his place, successfully, restoring him to Parliament. (I assume the MP who stood down for him was amply rewarded for his trouble.) We've also had new leaders selected for parties when that new leader was not in Parliament and then the same thing happened: someone in a safe seat stepped down, the new Leader ran in his place, and then entered Parliament that way. The last such instance that comes to mind was Jean Chretien 30 odd years ago. I don't remember it being considered scandalous at the time.

  • @stephfoxwell4620
    @stephfoxwell4620 3 месяца назад +1

    Binface is splitting the vote in Richmond.

  • @CrossLight98
    @CrossLight98 3 месяца назад

    First past the post system is just horrible though. Needs to change because it’s one of the worst voting systems out there in terms of representation.

  • @ub3rfr3nzy94
    @ub3rfr3nzy94 3 месяца назад +2

    There is irony in the statement "We are expecting a number of portillo moments"

  • @Hutchyy
    @Hutchyy 3 месяца назад

    I just spent too long trying to figure this out so worth adding that Jeremy Hunt's constituency South West Surrey is now Godalming and Ash after the boundary change. Yougov exit poll predicts a 51% Lib Dems win

  • @MajorBluesZ
    @MajorBluesZ 3 месяца назад

    We can only hope.

  • @samueldorrington8990
    @samueldorrington8990 3 месяца назад

    Are they still Portillo moments if they are expected?...

  • @harryhudson785
    @harryhudson785 3 месяца назад

    Arthur Balfour lost his seat in 1906 - Rishi Sunak may become the second pm to lose his seat

  • @Juttutin
    @Juttutin 3 месяца назад +1

    Can two opposition parties go into coalition to take the official opposition role from the biggest opposition party??

  • @northyresells
    @northyresells 3 месяца назад +5

    As an unfortunate constituent of cleverly I pray he is kicked out

  • @LeeCaithness
    @LeeCaithness 3 месяца назад

    The tories wont do as badly as polls suggest unfortunately. Polls nowadays are often done online of via cold calls. Many of the older generation won’t use these methods and they also tend to vote more Tory. I could be wrong but polls are not a guarantee. If you want rid of the tories, dig out your ID, get down to your polling place and make it happen.

  • @EbonySaints
    @EbonySaints 3 месяца назад

    Not related, but I'm grateful that the cactus is back in its proper place and not teetering on the edge of the shelf. Happy Independence Day from across the pond! Be glad that even your crappy politicians are at least coherent and/or not overtly trying to overthrow the government.

  • @Teasehirt
    @Teasehirt 3 месяца назад +2

    Labour won or Conservatives Lost there is a huge difference that will be talked about and analysed for years.

    • @cimuraisampi
      @cimuraisampi 3 месяца назад

      its farage unhappy with snk as a pm

  • @leeharris7727
    @leeharris7727 3 месяца назад +4

    The Portillo moment never gets old!

  • @AA-sm7bb
    @AA-sm7bb 3 месяца назад +1

    He will lose it

  • @gdroce8569
    @gdroce8569 3 месяца назад

    I've been able to do this since I was 12

  • @alexanderf8451
    @alexanderf8451 3 месяца назад +1

    American here: I assume that if Sunak loses his seat then he's out as PM?

    • @eddiecalderone
      @eddiecalderone 3 месяца назад +2

      If the party loses he’s not pm anymore…

  • @richardjames3022
    @richardjames3022 3 месяца назад +3

    Cleverly in Brain(tree) is an oxymoron. James Stupid is more appropriate

  • @garymackin6315
    @garymackin6315 3 месяца назад

    Oh please God make this happen.

  • @shaneryan7622
    @shaneryan7622 3 месяца назад

    From an outside perspective, all I can say is good luck Britain, you’re going to need it

  • @stellacollector
    @stellacollector 3 месяца назад +3

    Will Rishi Sunak become the first sitting PM to be defeated in his own constituency? This is kinda exciting.

    • @Vtarngpb
      @Vtarngpb 3 месяца назад +1

      Spoiler alert… Count Binface didn’t win 😓 Lettuce Truss got a slow clap though 😂

  • @nodwick4231
    @nodwick4231 3 месяца назад

    Love the "Armgeddon" typo :D

  • @lesley-annemclelland857
    @lesley-annemclelland857 3 месяца назад

    Rishi "Half Mast" Sunak to lose his seat to Count Binface!🤣

  • @bensbabble
    @bensbabble 3 месяца назад +12

    If they are expected, by definition they are not Portillo moments!

  • @guybrushthreepwood362
    @guybrushthreepwood362 3 месяца назад

    The fact that Michael Portillo's father was a Spanish exile implies heavily that he changed the pronunciation of his last name for political reasons. Oh yeah hearing Portillo pronouce that way is actually messing with me

  • @Warriorant1
    @Warriorant1 3 месяца назад +4

    This is the last day of a Conservative Government EVER!! The next election, Reform UK will be the biggest party & Nigel Farage WILL BE Prime Minister. A pity it's going to take another 5 years but we can wait & then help him get our country back.

  • @Spaceman-jk5fb
    @Spaceman-jk5fb 3 месяца назад

    6 Hours to go.

  • @drmodestoesq
    @drmodestoesq 3 месяца назад

    After this election is over we might be looking at a formal integration of the Conservatives and Reform party like the one that happened in Canada with the CRAP party. They later changed the name to simply the Conservative Party.

  • @ilgatto7327
    @ilgatto7327 3 месяца назад +3

    How about we wait till tonight and we will know if he looses his seat

  • @larry4789
    @larry4789 3 месяца назад

    Rees-Mogg, Jenspiv, Truss, BadEnooch, Patel, Williams, Wiiiliamsom, IDS, Baker, Shoeneck, Francois, Shapps unseated please

  • @ArchitCSE
    @ArchitCSE 3 месяца назад

    Highly disappointed that you guys didn't cover Indian general elections at all!

  • @foxbasedelta338
    @foxbasedelta338 3 месяца назад +2

    I'm particularly hopeful of Hunt losing - he just has one of those faces.

  • @kaz7953
    @kaz7953 3 месяца назад

    I wonder why margins are usually measured by vote count, not vote share. As a non-Brit, I’d imagine the latter is a lot more intuitive.

  • @wildfire9280
    @wildfire9280 3 месяца назад +1

    This election looks like it’s going to have a couple more parallels to the 1906 election other than the worst ever results for the Tories.
    Labour has been described (though to the disagreement of many) to be “quietly radical”. The Liberals weren’t then described as such, but they certainly did turn out that way after the election, enacting a far-reaching social reform agenda as well as raising taxes on land and income when they hadn’t even campaigned on such radical departures when they went against everything laissez-faire they stood for up to that point.

  • @flamepillarrengoku
    @flamepillarrengoku 3 месяца назад +4

    I want Torys to not even be the opposition, 4th place sounds like a good spot for them

  • @JackChurchill101
    @JackChurchill101 3 месяца назад

    Worth a comment that this polling methodology is still relatively new, and still is based on models of demographics, extrapolated to the populace on the basis of expectations of "what matters" to the polling agency when it comes to voting blocks.
    If they can't measure it, they haven't included it in their models.
    Resentment, nihilism, eutopianism, swinging doubt, reactive emotion, etc.
    Also, in many cases the "don't know yet" simply wasn't included.
    There's every chance that the polls are wrong, at least in terms of seats transfering.

  • @stephengalley9305
    @stephengalley9305 3 месяца назад +1

    SNP Independence dream on , no chance knocked back by the tories , a new Labour government a certainty in July 2024 , SNP Independence knocked back again , just accept you are British yes part of the UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

  • @fernbedek6302
    @fernbedek6302 3 месяца назад

    Still boggles my mind that UK prime ministers have never lost their seat... Canadian ones have done that fairly often, and it didn't even hurt some of their careers that much. All while running the same basic system.

  • @DS-xg9kf
    @DS-xg9kf 3 месяца назад

    Lets have this conversation in 10 years time when the rolls are reversed

  • @janhumiecki2827
    @janhumiecki2827 3 месяца назад +2

    The TL;DR Paradox: you are expecting something that is by definition unexpected 😂