Top Comments: UK Election Night edition

A look at tonight’s UK general election, after-the-jump … 

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The BBC has an easy-to-understand explanation of what is at stake today, with the SNP denoting the Scottish National Party, Lib Dems being a less liberal alternative to Labour, Reform being the new party of far-right, pro-Brexit leader Nigel Farage and PC denoting the Plaid Cymru (a center-left nationalist political party in Wales). 

If you are reading this as it is posted on the evening of the 4th of July: after watching fireworks/band concerts on TV, try tuning into C-SPAN ... as I hope they will be showing the election results (in their wee hours of the morning) in Britain. Back in 1997, they ran the BBC feed … showing one-district-after-another-after-another voting out the Conservative incumbent … and it seems likely that history will repeat (or even outdo) itself. (At 10:00 PM Eastern, no such luck — C-SPAN is re-running D-day shows and PBS is showing 4th of July programming).

Hell …. even Rupert Murdoch’s main tabloid chimed in.

By way of explanation: Gareth Southgate is the manager of England’s national soccer team (playing this Saturday in the quarterfinals of the European championships) .. and yet many fans/sports pundits are unimpressed with the team’s performance so far…. and thus, him.

If the exit polling is correct: Larry the Cat will have seen-off five Conservative prime ministers … and now, his first Labour PM (in Keir Starmer).

Former attorney general Sir Robert Buckland, the first Tory MP to lose his seat as results began rolling in ... lashed out at colleagues for what he called "spectacularly unprofessional and ill-disciplined" behavior during the campaign ... warning that the upcoming Tory leadership contest was "going to be like a group of bald men arguing over a comb".

Let’s close with an instrumental version of the Curtis Mayfield classic It’s All Right

Now, on to Top Comments:

Recommended by both wilderness voiceandthesphynx:

In the diary by Somchai (just one among the Democratic nomination diaries) — this comment made by Pool House Doctor (on the insane double standard of coverage of Biden and Trump, with a call for the latter to drop out for his far more extensive flaws).

And from Ed Tracey, your faithful correspondent this evening ........

In the diary by CyberMindGrrl about Project 2025— MissKT has two comments of note: one about what the Heritage Foundation has not said publicly about it … and a brighter note on what Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) is planning for the upcoming public information campaign to come.  

Next: yesterday's Top Mojo - mega-mojo to the intrepid mik ...... who rescued this from oblivion.

1)  [embed] by DRo +202

2)  Not a surprise….dictators like to threaten peopl … by jwgarman +142

3)  There was some flux, but his numbers went up...n … by MandyDR +127

4)  It needed to be said, but it needs to be listene … by jaimehlers +125

5)  No shit Sherlock. It is not our job to teach our … by Gaelsdottir +120

6)  Thanks for posting. The armchair diagnoses float … by Phaser Banks +112

6)  If the party tries to shove him aside against hi … by Love Me Slender +112

8)  Trae is so f**king right on. by offgrid +111

8)  Most of the time, the object of trying to bully& … by gsbadj +111

10) …   by Lex Lurker +109

11) It can, however, be ascribed to the same kind of … by Gaelsdottir +107

12) Thank you.  Some levity is much needed righ … by brn2bwild +106

13) The assertion that Project 2025 will be bloodles … by Meteor Blades +105

13) Sez who he seems healthier?  He can barely  … by Gardening Toad +105

15) Thank you for this.  The only option is to  … by raspberryberet +98

16) Roberts is using the language of an abuser.  … by DarkPhoenix +91

16) The Philadelphia Inquirer called on Trump to wit … by RenMin +91

18) Declare a national emergency to address the mult … by Albanius +90

19) Need this in big print: … by wilderness voice +89

20) As far as I can tell, Trump’s entire NatSec crow … by ShootingStarNC +84

21) Boston Globe called on Biden to drop out today.  … by Austenite +83

22) The media feeds on uncertainty.  It’s their … by Bring the Lions +82

23) “Well, based on your resume we’d like to hire yo … by Gutenberg +81

24) I actually do not appreciate the levity.  I … by BlueStar99 +80

25) And here we are again, with the Fascist Party of … by theraindog +79

25) The “media” is not going to focus on this, so WE … by Mercy Ormont +79

25) We have a truly revolting tendency, when anythin … by Gaelsdottir +79

28) I’m starting a bot farm. I’m going to accuse rep … by TexasTwister +78

28) Notice all the calls for Trump to leave the race … by noofsh +78

30) Because it’s true. … by Bring the Lions +76

(Finally), hoping for the return of jotter’sPicture Quilt— for now, some samples.