Simon Brooke<p>OK, the first thing to say about <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GeneralElectionUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElectionUK</span></a> 2024 is this: <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> lost, and lost badly. They lost, in fact, HALF A MILLION VOTES compared to their 2019 result.</p><p>All the major parties, including the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LibDems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibDems</span></a>, lost. Labour just lost less badly than either the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> or the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a></p>