Paul Widger

Director Forensic Accountant, in-house at Clyde & Co. Likes politics & quizzes. @JCIManchester senator.

[Paul Widger @paulwidger]

A former PM called #Truss,
Couldn't bear to face up to us.
She hid for an age,
Then was slow-clapped on stage,
And looked like she'd been hit by a bus.

[Paul Widger @paulwidger]

Very good TV coverage during election night. I particularly admired @CliveMyrieBBC, @ChrisMasonBBC, @RoryStewartUK, Alistair @campbellclaret, and Hannah Fry @FryRsquared.

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Labour's vote share is less than 34%. That's the lowest earned by the largest party since the modern age began in 1802.

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I was up for [Chalk] [Shapps] [Hart] [Keegan] [Mordaunt] [Frazer] [Rees-Mogg] [Donelan] Truss.

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5.20am and four-fifths of all seats declared.

Labour's vote share (36.0%) is only at the average of its (losing) share in the past 2 general elections.

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Jacob Rees Mogg loses his seat; congratulates Kier Starmer and tosses out a quote from Caractacus Pott about rebirth from ashes. Of course he does.

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I'm in Altrincham and Sale [West] - Conservative since creation in 1945 - just gone to Labour.

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Likely an overall UK election win for apathy - about 40% didn't vote, to Labour's ~39%.

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Proj John Curtice at 3.40am: "Labour's advance is relatively modest." (+6.9%) "Much more a story of Tory loss." (-21.9%) "Turnout might be lowest for ~20yrs."

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Exit poll: LIB DEM 61. That would be just shy of their record 62 seats in 2005 (having been formally established in 1988).

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Exit poll: LAB 410 seats = 170 majority. That is slightly less than Blair's 179 majority in 1997.

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Exit Poll: CON 131. Significantly lower than their lowest seat tally in their 190-year history (156 in 1906).

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We've #voted. (Yes, I know the kids are underage, but they went opposite ways, so it cancels out.)

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There is nobody under pension age who has voted for a winning #Labour government of the UK, other than Blair's. ... For one more day... ?

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Rain, shine, Clyde & Co keep on running! #Manchester10k @ClydeCoNews

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My electricity company has just emailed me about "Your mental health". 🤨

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In calling the #election for 4th July, Rishi's also banking on England having won their Last 16 game at Euro 2024 (30Jun) and excitedly awaiting the QF (5July). (Alternatively, if England were knocked out, the voters might blame the Tories for that too!)

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The 9-year-old had just remarked, regarding her birth: "Well I feel sorry for Daddy if he had to sleep in a chair for 2 nights." 😳 *Take cover.*

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We like to dress up in our finest clothes to go to #vote.

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"Boris won't rule out return as an MP". Not news. Boris also wouldn't "rule out" living forever or bedding Emma Stone or having a tilt as King of Mars. His self-importance is infamous. https://t.co/G5PlR90YsY