You may find it depressing, confusing or amazing – either way, SRNews have collated the funniest tweets from election night to bring you some light relief. Some poked fun at Theresa May’s “no deal is better than a bad deal” Brexit sentiment – Perhaps the British public decided no Government […]
UKIP leader, Paul Nuttall, has stepped down as leader of the party after they failed to win a single seat in the general election. Nuttall has resigned with immediate effect, leaving Pete Whittle, London Assembly member as acting leader. The UKIP vote share plummeted to 2% and the party had lost £30,000 […]
As Britain wakes up to a hung parliament, here’s how the North East reacted to election night and the results on Twitter. Sunderland Central MP, Julie Elliott, held her seat with 55.5% of the vote. She tweeted to say she will “continue to fight our corner at every opportunity.” Thank […]
Britain has a hung parliament, with no party able to reach the 326 MP’s needed to achieve an absolute majority in the House of Commons. Prime Minister, Theresa May, called a snap election in the hopes of increasing the Conservative party’s majority and strengthening their position for Brexit negotiations. However, as the […]
It came with no great shock that the Labour party held all three Sunderland seats. The city has been a Labour stronghold for numerous years and there was very little chance of that changing in the 2017 election. Bridget Phillipson, Julie Elliot and Sharon Hodgson all held their respective seats […]
LAST night’s unprecedented Labour party electoral battle – which began in the North East under the slogan ‘For the many, not the few’ – held a little-remembered historic resonance for Sunderland. For many may not realise that the socialist movement which has led to Jeremy Corbyn’s modern leadership started with North East electoral rebellion in the name of ‘the many, […]
JEREMY Corbyn has romped to victory in his Islington North seat – and called on Theresa May to resign, even as she was winning her Maidenhead seat. Mr Corbyn took just over 80% of the total votes cast, with 40,086 votes, dwarfing the Conservative vote of 6,871. Mrs May’s […]
THE shock result of the night so far has seen former Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg lose his Yorkshire seat to Labour. The man who led his party into government power for the first time, in coalition with the Conservatives under David Cameron after the 2010 election, was defeated by […]
LABOUR has held onto Hartlepool – a seat which many speculated could be lost to the party which has held it since 1964. Voting was as follows: Mike Hill (Lab) – 21,969 Carl Jackson (Cons) – 14,319 Phil Broughton (Ukip)- 4,801 Andy Hagan (Lib Dem) – 746 That gives Mike Hill […]
THE prospect of a hung Parliament would throw serious doubt over Brexit negotiations, due to begin in earnest in just 10 days. The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has set June 19 for the start of talks, due to last around 14-18 months. But Brussels officials have indicated that […]