AstroKat

06/07/24 42 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 42 Madness - Baggy Trousers 38 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 35 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove  34 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 32 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb 28 Rainbow — I Surrender +4 24 ABBA - One Of Us 22 Madness - My Girl 21 Bad Manners - Special Brew 20 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 20 Stevie Wonder - Lately 19 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic 15 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl 08 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again -6

05/07/24 76 Years & Years — King 68 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 62 Ella Henderson — Ghost 60 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 46 Kiesza — Hideaway -6 45 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 41 Little Mix — Black Magic 40 Pharrell Williams — Happy 38 Adele — Hello 36 Calvin Harris — Summer 35 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 32 Mr Probz — Waves 31 Magic — Rude +4 31 Omi — Cheerleader 30 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 28 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 26 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 25 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 16 Sigma — Nobody To Love 14 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 14 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect  11 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing

26% swing Con to Lab

Chris Mason now saying a full recount underway

BBC indicating there is a partial recount underway in Basildon & Billericay.

05/07/24 40 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 35 Madness - Baggy Trousers  32 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove  30 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb 30 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 28 Rainbow — I Surrender +4 28 Madness - My Girl 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 26 Stevie Wonder - Lately 22 ABBA - One Of Us 20 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic 20 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go 20 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 20 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl 19 Bad Manners - Special Brew 16 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) -6 14 Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face

Buckland is waffling on a bit too! Is it a Swindon thing?

Andrea Leadsom saying this shows that we've not been Conservative enough.

Monmouthshire stays Tory according to EP!

Reform as the 4th party is horrifying, I really hope that's an overestimate.

Voted Labour as this seat is a contest between Labour & Conservative, was Labour until 2010. In an ideal world I would probably have voted Liberal Democrats, with the caveat that I haven't quite forgiven them for getting into bed with the Tories in 2010.

04/07/24 70 Years & Years — King 60 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 58 Ella Henderson — Ghost 56 Kiesza — Hideaway 52 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 50 Adele — Hello 47 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 37 Pharrell Williams — Happy 37 Little Mix — Black Magic 36 Calvin Harris — Summer 35 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 33 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 33 Magic — Rude +2 32 Mr Probz — Waves +2 29 Omi — Cheerleader 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 26 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 24 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 23 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 23 Sigma — Nobody To Love 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 17 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 17 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 12 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself  00 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love -6

04/07/24 36 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 33 Madness - Baggy Trousers 28 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb 28 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove 26 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 24 ABBA - One Of Us 24 Rainbow - I Surrender 24 Madness - My Girl +2 20 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir +2 20 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go 20 Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face 20 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again 20 Elvis Presley - It’s Only Love/Beyond the Reef 20 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic 20 Stevie Wonder - Lately 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 20 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl 18 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump to the Beat 18 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) -6 18 Michael Jackson - She’s Out Of My Life 17 Bad Manners - Special Brew 06 Sheena Easton - 9 to 5

03/07/24 66 Years & Years — King 60 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 58 Ella Henderson — Ghost 56 Kiesza — Hideaway 52 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 46 Adele — Hello 43 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 37 Magic — Rude +1 37 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 37 Little Mix — Black Magic 36 Calvin Harris — Summer 33 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 31 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 30 Mr Probz — Waves +2 29 Omi — Cheerleader 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 26 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 24 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 23 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 23 Sigma — Nobody To Love 23 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 17 Sam Smith — Stay With Me -2 17 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 15 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 12 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself -3 06 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem -3

I'll be watching the BBC, no adverts & Prof Curtice, all the while hanging out here.

1997 was the first G.E. I could vote in. I remember feeling full of hope and positivity for what a new Labour government could bring. I'm not feeling that at all now. I mostly just feel desperate to kick the Tories out and hoping that Labour doesn't make things worse than they already are. Whether that's because Starmer et al are trying not to rock the boat in order to gain power, or another 27 years of life crushing hope out of me, or some combination of the 2 I don't know. There's also this little nagging voice in my head saying don't forget 1992, a Labour win isn't a done deal.

03/07/24 29 Madness - Baggy Trousers +1 28 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 28 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb 22 ABBA - One Of Us +1 22 Madness - My Girl +1 22 Rainbow - I Surrender +1 21 Bad Manners - Special Brew 20 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 20 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go 20 Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face 20 Michael Jackson - She’s Out Of My Life 20 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again 20 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump to the Beat 20 Elvis Presley - It’s Only Love/Beyond the Reef 20 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic 20 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 20 Stevie Wonder - Lately 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 20 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) 20 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl 20 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove 14 Sheena Easton - 9 to 5 14 Tony Capstick and the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band - Capstick Comes Home/The Sheffield Grinder 14 The Nolans - I’m in the Mood for Dancing -6 08 Fiddler’s Dram - Day Trip to Bangor

03/07/24 59 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 07 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -6

I haven't got the confidence to put my head on the block, but these are the kind of seat numbers I'm expecting to see on Thursday. I can't bring myself to believe the projections we've been seeing of the Tories falling below or even close to 100 seats.

I read this earlier, while the words 'analysis by Prof John Curtice' give me hope, I still can't quite bring myself to believe that the Tories will end up with less than 100 seats, let alone be the third largest party (although that would be wonderful). In a little under 49 hours we will have the exit poll, if that shows a similar projection, then I will dare to dream.

02/07/24 60 Years & Years — King 58 Kiesza — Hideaway 54 Ella Henderson — Ghost 54 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 51 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 45 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 42 Adele — Hello 37 Pharrell Williams — Happy 37 Little Mix — Black Magic 36 Calvin Harris — Summer 33 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 32 Magic — Rude 31 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 28 Mr Probz — Waves +4 28 Omi — Cheerleader 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 25 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 25 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 24 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 24 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 23 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 19 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 18 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 17 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 17 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 14 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem  06 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me -6

Corrected score board: 54 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 24 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 18 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

02/07/24 60 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 30 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -6 12 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes

01/07/24 54 Years & Years — King 54 Kiesza — Hideaway 50 Ella Henderson — Ghost 50 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 47 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 47 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 40 Adele — Hello 37 Little Mix — Black Magic 36 Pharrell Williams — Happy +4 35 Magic — Rude 34 Calvin Harris — Summer 33 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 31 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 27 Omi — Cheerleader 25 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 24 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 24 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 24 Aloe Blacc — The Man 23 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 22 Mr Probz — Waves 22 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 20 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 19 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 19 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 18 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 16 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 12 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 06 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 04 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 00 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami -6

01/07/24 68 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 44 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -6 22 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes