Tories running out of time to fix their broken party 

Honestly, people use the word Stalinist like gravy on a Sunday dinner. It has no meaning anymore.

Worst government of my lifetime.

What a wonderful time it is as we watch people like Michael crying over spilt milk

Deluded even in defeat. They see the entire world through a pinhole. Enjoy that pasture for the next DECADE.

Michael is exactly what has been wrong with the country for the last 14 years. Narrow minded and is party first country second.

Nobody in the media was talking about vote share when Johnson's Tories only increased the vote share by 1.2% in 2019 but gained about 40ish seats

Labour won, Tories badly defeated. Good enough for me.

I was hoping for #ZeroSeats but its a disaster nonetheless. We finally told them where they can stick their "if you don't vote for us, you'll end up with Labour" nonsense that they've used to gaslight us for decades.

Great result for the British people. The Tories will tear themselves apart completely.

Hope the Republican Party of Trump falls apart at Nov election

It's unfixable, not least because they're in denial about their responsibility for the defeat.

What has happened in the UK is a perfect example of how democracy is a self-correcting system. The Tories presided over a period of very high drama which they brought upon themselves. The UK populace had enough of this and elected a party and leader (Starmer) that are no-drama and committed to getting things done. I wish them well (I am American)!

Wow, Michael is such a misery guts. If England win he Euro, he'll find a way to despair over it.

Not impressed by Michael....why is he on this show? Stalin!!!!

I'm done listening to Crick, what a tool.

Devolve power to the regions and bring in media reform , even if the Murdoch press is whinging about it. They should have thought about that before phone hacking .

I agree with the point that an efficient campaign was what was needed. There is no point in winning 25000, extra votes in a seat that you know you will win. Labour decided to concentrate their strategy in trying to change seats that they thought they could win. Even if they only won by a majority of 100 then that’s one extra sitting MP in government. Both the Lib Dem’s and Labour used that strategy.

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The Tory election campaign echoed Churchill afer WW11. If you vote labour, then you ll get Labour..... so question for the Tories: what have you done for the average working classs Briton ever ?

Nobody cares, they are stuffed.

Does he know the definitions of stalinst

Our political system only recognises winners - it never asks what proportion of the electorate voted for them, it only asks who got the most seats? Well - it was Labour. Tories don't get a special pass because Labour got fewer votes than they did when they lost last time. If only three people turn up to vote and two of them vote Labour then Labour wins despite there being 50,000 other voters who didn't bother to vote. By not voting you automatically accept the majority decision of those that do vote, that has always been so.

I've never voted Tory, but I hope they recover. I just hope they move to the middle ground and not align to the awful Reform party

Probably two disastrous far right appointments before they think about retuning to the Centre Right. Bit desperate from Crick, maybe needs to catch up on some sleep.

Christ, Michael Crick is tedious.

Tories are now reform..the guy with no solutions has finished them.

Finally we have a Government for the people and not for themselves. A huge relief. Deluded Conservatives still unable to accept their many years of selfish Government has been an utter disaster.

"what went wrong with them..." the answer seems absolutely clear to everybody but the Tories themselves!!! the people on this show must ask themselves what they have done or not that contributed to the abysmal situation in which the Tories find themselves...

Answer is that tactical voting that's why voter share is lower ffs

Labour wins the UK election and the far right was rejected by the good people of France, I have so much more hope for the future than I did last week.

Wonder for how long Crick will be crying

The Tories had one job - control our borders, and they failed abysmally. Blair might have opened the doors, but the Tories blew them right off their hinges. And despite the fact that the Tories were letting in up to 745,000 immigrants a year, Sunak still had the nerve to say that only he could be trusted on immigration, which is like a burglar saying that only he can be trusted to protect your house. The Conservatives deserve everything that they have coming to them.

Total nonsense. They have plenty of time. 5 yrs

Regarless if the consevatives collasped labour won. Everyhting is about who your oppoent is at that time. Labour did what they need to win.

Michael could not bring himself to vote Labour, well that was a surprise! And what mental carwheels he had to perform to justify his 'decision'. .... And make sure you dont miss out on his classic ....' it's not a Labour win really'. Priceless!

Of course she doesn’t care about vote share.

So that last chunk in Scotland that was coloured white went Lib-Dem. Better than SNP, I suppose.

2 party politicians talking 2 party politics. Both equally out of touch with the comman man, imo. More concerned about the future of their parties than the future of the country. You get what you vote for. 👍

Tory party had all the aces in their hand before the election was called. Immigration rates falling, economy growing, six months to organise and the power to call the election when best for them. They not only chucked those all away. It was then unfair that Labour and the Lib Dem’s had a vision, strategy and plan on the day to get the best outcome for themselves! So sheer incompetence versus effective delivery of the resources at hand to deliver the change promised. As to Reform taking five seats from the Tories. We have six pro Palestinian candidates taking seats from Labour. So Labour will need to be effective in managing the House. No doubt contrarians like Michael (who makes a very good living from being so), will say that is authoritarian.

Except in 2017 millions voted for Corbyn purely in the hopes of a 2nd referendum.

Labour import most their voters

Country nearly extinct.. please lord save the NHs

Stalinist? No, it was strategic voting and it worked. It knocked the Tories out and decimated their 'born to rule' candidates.

The Labour win to me was like winning a football match 13 nil. The problem was that Labour didn't score but the Tories gave them 13 own goals.

But the electorate have longer memories than the last18 months.

Was this man watching the same election?

Well our storied GOP Republican party is a D.E.A.D. Party walking!

It was a joint effort with other parties gathering tactical votes

Why is it always a win for the Tories when the left vote is split then?

regarding 'Building on the Green belt for new housing'. Erm...WHY ? You don't Need to build on the Green belt. London alone, is Full of Rotting Housing Estates. Send in the Bulldozers and start again. Cheaper, probably too, as Infrastructure is already there.

Michael is on some very strong copium.

The Tories suffered from the attentions of the far right Press Barons who inflicted the self made disaster of Truss on the country, and the public school male MP mafia that ensured Truss got into the last two to fight their boy Sunak thinking she was easier to beat. They then engineered a win for Sunak whose goal was to get his spending to match his income , do what the Treasufy told him, and had no objectives that resolved the public's problems. He was essentially useless at politics and ended standing in a cloudburst to announce an election far too early. They missed the opportunity to say sorry for Boris and Truss, and at least make a start on doing what was needed And their MPs managed to miss people with real skills who wouldnt have been so foolish as to just walk away from Boris's key promises. They chose poorly, twice , even when other candidates pointed out both the ones they chose would destroy the party, Now they have a thinner leadership field than ever before, better candidates have lost their seats, and its dominated by people like Braverman, Badenoch , and Patel - who made a bad job of even being a minister and wont appeal to either the racist or moderate sections of the potential vote, Their best bet would be to actually finally make a good choice among those in the wilderness and speedily find a way to find a seat for them.

We can only hope that the tories are finished and that decent, albeit misguided Tory voters, don’t fall for farage’s fibs.

The pendulum swings from right to left... and left to right! 1 to 3 terms in office, as sure as eggs are eggs.

I think the use of the word stalinist is asinine but I do broadly agree with his point in spite of that lol

Tories wasn't at all desperate,at anytime was they,at the eleventh hour,they even called for Boris! Let's just remember,how the tories have behaved regarding,i haven't the time,there's that much,they've torn each other apart,for a start!

I reckon that would be a fair shout for any bi-elections in that Reform can become the protest vote as well as having the money to throw into individual campaigns !!

It clearly show who Farage really is

Also it depends who the tories elect to lead them

Has Michael ever heard of Tactical voting, there was a lot of that going on, thats why the share of the vote is very misleading, without it labour would have ended up with 38-39 % and far fewer seats.

Vote share is relevant. In first past the post it is the number of seats. You could win EVERY seat by one vote, which will NOT be the largest number of votes if you add the other parties votes. If you are playing football it doesn't matter if you win by one goal or a hundred, those are the rules, the winner scores the most goals

This is why backgroundfilters are invented.

Michael has zero idea does he?

Didn't take long for the losers to start shouting Stalin!

I stopped listening when she used the word Stalinist.

Reform 💯

5 years to sort it out I'd say

start by realising you lied in. your promise keeping to the public

A wef plan and it will be continued by Labour.

Could we have a moratorium on using the word broken to describe anything with a problem? It’s become the most overused word and I’m sure it doesn’t attract any more clicks

Maybe a thumbnail of Braverman would be more appropriate but didn’t pass Murdoch editorial I guess.

Wow that Michael guy is a weapon of the highest order. What an idiot. Is he there to just put any negative spin he can think of on things no matter how absurd. He is pretty much the only person so far with a negative comment and Timpson and seems to have no clue about his actual background.

Michael Crick is right - the Labour Party won, but I don't think it had much to do with the campaign: and the way it was conducted was a disgrace: authoritarianism run mad, riding rough-shod over constituency parties - Starmer needs to address this, because if he doesn't all wings of the party will turn on him. He'll think you don't sack a winning team - but that's just what he needs to do to Ellie Reeves, Morgan McSweeney, and David Evans - he also needs to run a rake through the regional offices and get the weeds out. I know he won't - and that'll be as much a matter of time as anything else. But those who will have the time won't do it: so he must. Labour won't win again if it turns into a Stalinist, authoritarian, narrowly focussed party: its managerialism will sink it.

Paging 1993 Canadian Conservatives! Elsie Wayne? Jean Charest?

conservative party extinction.... doesn't that sound fabulous!!

Sitting here listening to my ABBA cassette. I particularly like that one ‘The name of the game’. Nobody won a football match by scoring the most tries.

Im a Canadian. Tell me what any of this means to anyone outside the UK.

Michael may be the single dumbest commentator of the week, which is truly a noteworthy achievement.

Can I burst the spot please? LOL

Painful first 1 1/2 minutes, me me me!

Stalinist?! Get a grip please

Oh look, another decaying Torysaur clutching at pearls about "Stalinism" after the reign of the idiocracy ends.

speak softly carry a big stick. If the Tories want to get elected next time round get closer to europe and speak softly on immigration but be ruthless.

Sometimes, a thing is damaged beyond repair. It's easier to make a new one.

god that Michael person was tedious to listen to - spoiled an otherwise interesting discussion

Hello

lol 😂 yes I think they will be back

Doomed I tell you, doomed! Stop the tutu-twisting overdramatized bs headlines, please. It's why I dropped you in the first place.

I wish these women would just get on with it, Jeeeez.

Will Keir Starmer answer any questions at Prime Minister's questions?

Adrenal nonsense ala 1997 and 2001. Better to do a 2005 approach.

The Times/Times Radio is not a right-wing conservative label anymore. It is more akin to the Left.

Badenough, Patel and Braverman - dream team - Charlton, Best and Law eat your heart out!

Sir Robert James Buckland KBE KC. Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 2019 to 2021. Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022 described Reform UK as "flag wavers". That really sums up quite succinctly what has gone wrong with the Tories. 'Flag wavers' is leftist language and not just leftist - far left.

Corbyn wouldn't have got anywhere near the votes/vote-share he did in 2019 if Reform (then The Brexit Party) had fielded candidates in every constituency.

How on earth did Britian turn hard left, while their neighbour France swung hard right??!!

I did like their national service plan :) those kids need to learn to play with each other away from mobile phone build a tree hut or something :xD