UK General Election 2017 Thread

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It was always likely to be extended anyway.

Serves the Tories right for coasting and arguing on one issue.

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Please don't show the pound tonight. I don't think my lungs could take it

Market hate uncertainty. That's a hung parliament reaction.

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Beeb saying 76 too close to call. Open the hard liquor

[Scottrf]

Still, she has the most seats after avoiding debates and repeating 'strong and stable' ad nauseam. Great trolling.

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She has no majority and no viable partners.

She's toast and a new leader will call a general election.

Corbyn would be wise to try and form a coalition, Tories can hardly do worse given another swing.

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Ruth Davidson for Tory leader?

Sounds like shes given the SNP a kicking

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The problem scott. Is if this is correct. Her party will Frak her

[Muscular-mouse]

ruth Davidson is not an mp though so would be hard for her to be tory leader.

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Neither is Sturgeon

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Boris playing the long game.

The pieces are all falling into place.

ALL HAIL PM BORIS

[Muscular-mouse]

Neither is Sturgeon

knew you would say that. Its different being snp leader to tory leader. Tories are biggest party in the uk, how could their leader not be an mp? that would mean having a 2nd leader to answer questions at PM questions. It would be far too chaotic would not lead to stability and the leader of the tories in Westminster would oust any other leader who wasn't an mp.

Imagine having a party where the prime minister was not the leader of the party. It would make the party a laughing stock.

Imagine if ruth Davidson who was not an mp had the power to fire the prime minister...

[Muscular-mouse]

how could the prime minister (if the tories are the largest) not be the leader of the party? it would never work having ruth Davidson as leader because shes not an mp.

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Worth pointing that a hung parliament under the current prediction is almost certainly leading to a new GE under which Ruth could stand.

Also worth caveating that a major loss for May still has the Tories holding as many seats as the next 3 biggest parties. So probably worth tempering the celebrations slightly

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Ffs, tied 10th according to the exit poll. Not going to help being stuck behind the Welsh, losing ground on the leaders.

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Ffs, tied 10th according to the exit poll.  Not going to help being stuck behind the Welsh, losing ground on the leaders.

10th is still a points finish

[Muscular-mouse]

Worth pointing that a hung parliament under the current prediction is almost certainly leading to a new GE under which Ruth could stand.

Also worth caveating that a major loss for May still has the Tories holding as many seats as the next 3 biggest parties. So probably worth tempering the celebrations slightly

If ruth does become an mp then yes she could be leader. I think it is their best option to be honest. A former soldier in the Army and very experienced.

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Ffs, tied 10th according to the exit poll.  Not going to help being stuck behind the Welsh, losing ground on the leaders.

10th is still a points finish

Cheers, GCS, I feel a bit better now. Annoyed though that the Welsh cheats are using the same colours.

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Do the northerners literally have nothing better to do on a Thursday evening

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Apologies, meant to say 'GSC'.

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An increase of 2000 in Newcastle for labour

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But also a few thousand short of what the exit poll predicted

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Not as much as expected thiugh

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Damnit. I need more data!

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The Lib Dems have got a virgin standing in Sunderland.

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UKIP still getting some decent numbers you know

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Lib Dems trialling a bold strategy of fielding a candidate before his balls drop

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Still being an MP would have significantly harmed his raid attendance in wow

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Hmm... 
the Torres up 5 grand...


This could be a pigeon buggering yet...

[Scottrf]

Still being an MP would have significantly harmed his raid attendance in wow

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One of the advantages of a hung parliament might be i only have to be a Lib Dem voter for a few months

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Lib Dems trialling a bold strategy of fielding a candidate before his balls drop

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Goddamn it. The ukip vote is inflating the Tories vote

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Lib Dems already saying no coalition so it's a Tories + NI majority or GE 2 Electic Boogaloo

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I dunno 

Those 2 results suggest it might not be

[ShahenshahG]

Dosent there have to be an overall majority in the house to get a new a election?

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Oh f*ck off with your knowledge and sensible posts, Shah.

[Muscular-mouse]

Dosent there have to be an overall majority in the house to get a new a election?

no I am pretty sure if there is no majority then the options are a new election or a minority government.

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Dosent there have to be an overall majority in the house to get a new a election?

No, a government can attempt to function as a minority if they so choose but a vote of no confidence sends us to a GE I think

[TRUSSMAN66]

Exit poll wrong in my opinion..

Labour doing better than expected though

[ShahenshahG]

Sorry I was thinking from a fixed term act perspective. Did they repeal before calling a new election or did they override it with a substantial majority.

[Muscular-mouse]

Exit poll wrong in my opinion..

Labour doing better than expected though

even if it is wrong and the tories get 330 seats (16 more than the poll) or even 340 seats that is still a horrible result considering they were on schedule to get a 100 seat landslide only 4 weeks ago.

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Most of these exit polls have ukip on 0 percent

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OH MY GOD

The salmon is in danger

[Muscular-mouse]

Sorry I was thinking from a fixed term act perspective. Did they repeal before calling a new election or did they override it with a substantial majority.

Fixed Term Act still allows an election before 5 years if 2/3 of mps vote in favour of it in the commons.

[Muscular-mouse]

Most of these exit polls have ukip on 0 percent

0 seats?

[GSC]

Sorry I was thinking from a fixed term act perspective. Did they repeal before calling a new election or did they override it with a substantial majority.

You can override it with a majority it seems but I imagine it has contingencies for hung parliament and minority governments.

I'm with Truss though, this exit poll doesn't figure in postal votes and supposedly has 76 on the brink of going either way. Given this is on the very high end of optimistic Labour hopes, it's probably a reasonable guess Labour won most of those close calls in the exit poll.

Guess is a Tory majority, but not far off what it was 2 years ago.

May gone by years end regardless.

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OH MY GOD

The salmon is in danger

If there is a god

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No zero percent vote share for individual constituencies 

That's probably not likely

[Muscular-mouse]

No zero percent vote share. 

That's probably not likely

impossible they are on about 4% vote share in the poll.

[ShahenshahG]

OH MY GOD

The salmon is in danger

If there is a god

Oh there is, infidel, there is.

I had no expectations about this election but hoped may would lose her own seat.

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