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A mixed outcome to the bets I put up here.
The number of Conservative seats was scuppered by Farage’s return to the fray. A pity because I think they would have got at least 150 otherwise. At about 4am, the BBC’s forecast was revised to briefly show 154 seats. That made me hopeful but the hope soon disappeared!
At least Tice won in Boston and Skegness. Evens really was a gift in a constituency where UKIP had a lot of support and immigration is a key issue.
The final turnout figure is not known yet. Inverness & Skye has not declared due to a discrepancy and the result will not be known until tomorrow. It looks like the national turnover might be just below 60%, which would be good news for the 5/1 bet.
The General Election is finally over with the belated declaration of the result in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire. It confirms turnout as around 59.9%, so I collect on the 5/1.
I am pleased the Liberal Democrats won the Inverness seat. It is in effect Charles Kennedy’s old constituency. He lost it in 2015 after an utterly vile campaign against him by the SNP. He died not long afterwards. It is good to see his party get the seat back.
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