Ge 2017

chrisd said:
Oh no!!!!!

I've just heard that Mrs May is going to the Palace at 12.30 - we don't need a strong and stable team, we need a centre back, goalkeeper and central midfielder. Oh Big Sam please don't leave!
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Leave man city outta this, that comment should be in the were off thread 😁
 
The Irony that May "campaigned" for a strong and stable government

Isnt that what you just had 2 months ago Mrs May? no you have 12 less MPs (atm one left to declare) 29 more Labour MPs to vote down changes and your having to share power with someone

what a great decision that was lol
 
The R5 political guy tried to go on their website this morning to hone up about them. Their site had crashed and was down. Seems lots of others wanted to find out more.
 
IainP said:
I am not a big politics follower (probably been exposed to more of it lately through the golf forum!)
Thought would look back over the last few.

Totally appreciate that May and co made a major tactical blunder here, but here you go.


2005

L 355 seats 35.2% of pop vote
C 198 seats


2010

C 306 seats 36.1% of pop vote
L 258 seats


2015

C 330 seats 36.9% of pop vote
L 232


2017 (as of now)

C 317 seats 42.4% of pop vote
L 261 seats


Not sure what this is saying other than maybe we need to reform the way we do elections (and that won't happen). Or as some others said, maybe we need a credible centre ground option.

Ho hum, interesting times yet again.
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Think you need to show a % vote share for the losing side too to show any trends because Labour got 40% yesterday as it went more 2 party than ever yesterday.
For Corbyn to take 40% is some achievement for a man ridiculed on all sides not so long ago. If the Tory/DUP thing is approved by Lizzie, where does it leave Corbyn? Out of power for at least 5 years and well into his 70s by 2022, will he carry on?
Expect Farage to try and lead UKIP again as he'll be fearful of Govt backtracking on Brexit as DUP are pro single market etc.

Tories taking 13 seats in Scotland is a brilliant result for them, May should be thanking Davidson hugely for that as without those 13 she really would be in big trouble. Dont think many are genuinely Tory areas though, just a pro-Unionist tactical vote. Sturgeon's position is looking very weakened despite winning most seats in Scotland. Major rethink needed there.
 
maxfli65 said:
Think you need to show a % vote share for the losing side too to show any trends because Labour got 40% yesterday as it went more 2 party than ever yesterday.
For Corbyn to take 40% is some achievement for a man ridiculed on all sides not so long ago. If the Tory/DUP thing is approved by Lizzie, where does it leave Corbyn? Out of power for at least 5 years and well into his 70s by 2022, will he carry on?
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You can't really see the Tories / DUP lasting 5 years can you? I don't see them lasting until Autumn.

The silly thing is if the Tories were less nasty, less personal then they may be able to govern day by day by consensus. They just insist on making enemies however so most of the other parties simply refuse to work with them, even if the policy is a reasonable one. It is a shame we don't have less confrontational politics.
 
Can't see many of the liberal Tories being too happy with working with the stone-age DUP.

Another election by the end of the year?!
 
Posted this on 18th April when she announced it and stand by every word!

Re: Urgent Statement from PM today

Only reason for this is for Tory party interests.
She has a majority in Parliament.
The majority have voted for Brexit.
All now on hold while we go through a GE.
Everyone expects theTory majority to increase, just like we expected a no brexit vote and Trump to lose.

Just what if? what if we get a hung Parliament or a reduce minority.

Her announcement blamed everyone else for this call for a GE, but again, she has a mandate and a majority now and we don't need further uncertainty. It's all on her shoulders.
 
DUP - Anti-abortion, Anti-gay marriage and don't believe in climate change, amongst others, and I thought people said Corbyn was taking us back to the 70's
 
Just seen a video clip of the winner of Mansfields MP being announced on the BBC site. That is typical Mansfield. 😳
 
Let's take some positives out of this. Good turn out. Wee one from across the boarder to a kicking and one or two in her party are starting to make noises against her. Big wee one has disappeared from Parliament. Our wings blogger may have find another subject to blogging about. LP isn't happy because the political threads ignore his sanctimonious rubbish. And it's 30° in Greece and someone has wifi.
 
Corbyn: "Theresa May lost and should resign."
Interviewer: "But you didn't win either. Maybe you should resign?"
Corbyn: [silence, blinking]
 
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