A record of wanderings
Claire was the candidate in Spelthorne- the ex seat of Kwasi Kwarteng- the short lived Chancellor who, with the aid of Liz Truss, is credited with ‘crashing the economy’. His majority was 18,000 and the seat was held by the Tories by 1,500.
AP did a lot of work in the streets and got me out the day before the election to help. Good fun in the end knocking on doors and talking to people.
Of course a bit late. The election took place on Thursday as usual- July 4.
Labour won as was widely expected but with a huge majority.
The results:
And this was the prediction early on on the evening from the exit polls. Thankfully Reform did nit get 13 seats as predicted early on.
I do not feel excited by the change. It was widely expected – though the calling of the election by Sunak at this time was a surprise to nearly all people. I have a sense of relief that the dreadful Tories are gone. Useless, divisive and corrupt.