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UK General Election June 8th?
There's no path to a coalition here, right? If we use BBC's projections, Tories + LD barely clear a majority, but I assume there's no chance in hell of that happening unless the Tories capitulate into something like a soft Brexit. Labour + SNP isn't even close.
__________________And, thank God, Tories + UKIP aren't even close. What happens from here, folks who know U.K. politics much better than I do? Tories try to lead a minority government, in chaos by virtue of the fact that the majority of Parliament is probably anti-Brexit? I feel like this serves the spineless Tories right for how they've behaved since roughly 2014, but I also can't stand Corbyn's Labour Party. |
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Don't think the Lib Dems want a coalition with the Tories, UKIP are pretty much dead in the water post-Brexit. There's a chance of another election later in the year the way things are looking.
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The campaign manager for Obama for the 2012 election is involved in the Tories' election campaign which is pretty fascinating to say the least ...
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Hahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha
Aaaaaahahahahhahahahhahahahahahhahaha Baaaaaaaaaahahahahahahhahahhahhahahahahaha Oh this is beautiful.
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But if they don't get that one seat? Not a chance in hell Labour, Lib Dem, SNP, Sinn Fein, or Green will support them. I know almost nothing about Plaid Cymru in terms of who they might back. Checking the BBC, which has an even more detailed breakdown, there is one "other" after the parties, I'm assuming an independent, but I am unsure what their leaning is. I really don't envy whoever ends up being speaker after the dust settles on all of this. What a parliament this will be to try to keep in line.
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"Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures | Blog |
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Gotcha. So, barring this independent being a Tory sympathiser, the Tories have got nobody other than the DUP. Lib Dems aren't stupid enough to go Tory again in a climate of anti-Tory anxiety, and hahahaha UKIP are out of parliament.
The Guardian's tracker has just updated to show Tories + DUP having 326, damnit. 4 undecided as yet. But geez, having to rely on Northern Ireland for support at a time of Brexit is going to be thorny.
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"Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures | Blog |
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The irony is Scotland helped the Tories over the line for a coalition. Incredible. Still difficult to see how May can survive long term.
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UK General Election June 8th?
I read on the Guardian that the DUP are "socially conservative and very pro-Brexit", so a coalition working towards a hard Brexit is still on the table.
But what a big fat fuck you to the Tories that was. Proud to see my hometown went 3/3 for Labour. |
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As I understand it the DUP support Brexit but only a soft one that has minimal effects on the Irish border. But I don't know a whole lot about their stance.
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am over the moon!! what a huge middle finger to May, and what an outstanding performance from Jeremy Corbyn! the smile on his face was priceless! oof turbulent times ahead for the UK but there is definitely a sense of hope and defiance in the air
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did you all see "Lord Buckethead" who was a candidate running against May in her own constituency? everything i love about Britain
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...does this mean that maybe the good turnaround Europe's having this year can filter its way over here to the States and give us some hope and defiance of some kind in turn ![]() ![]() Seriously, though, this is pretty fascinating stuff to read about here. I'm glad that you guys are so happy with the results thus far. |
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urgh
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i think the tories are screwed and will need to own this mess, while Labour establishes a strong opposition and waits on the sidelines ready for the next election |
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By getting in with the DUP, the Tories will have shown that their 'Corbyn is a terrorist sympathiser' shtick reeks of hypocrisy - though I'm not exactly surprised.
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