General Election 2017

[Husty]

Not really of any interest, until 2022, are they?

Not a hope in hell of Theresa May making it to 2022 as PM.

 

[Ernest]

The establishment are turning on May

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[MattBackHome]

What a complete shambles.

 

[Notters]

Any polls out yet ?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...survation-poll-general-election-a7784171.html

 

[Mtoto]

According to The World At One, it has to be written on special goatskin parchment and it takes a week to do.

 

[Jim D]

According to The World At One, it has to be written on special goatskin parchment and it takes a week to do.

Do they first have to catch the goat?

 

[highflyer]

Going to be waiting a bit longer for that pay out?

Edit - this was a reponse to Bozza's post about delay of Queen's speech

 

[highflyer]

I appreciate the effort you put in writing lots of words but when you get things so badly wrong in your opening gambit (now in bold) I'm not going to spend any time reading the rest. Sorry. I'm sure it was good though.

It was

 

[brightn'ove]

Any polls out yet ?

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[Jim D]

Going to be waiting a bit longer for that pay out?

Edit - this was a reponse to Bozza's post about delay of Queen's speech

Looks like they'll need to setup a video link from the Royal Box at Ascot. Will have to be speeded up a bit to get it in between races though.

 

[Jolly Red Giant]

Not really of any interest, until 2022, are they?

Do you serious think this government will last 5 years - there is a better likelihood that there will be an election in five months.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Utter shambles. No deal, no Queen's Speech and absolutely no clue.

 

[Titanic]

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Not even the most turkey-like Tory backbenchers (Anna Soubry? Nicky Morgan?) would be voting for Christmas in the face of this sort of polling.

Mrs May will be happy to see this. Got any more?

 

[Husty]

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I swear they're just making these up by throwing darts at a board or something.

 

[highflyer]

He posited a hypothesis as to your beliefs, and may have been wide of the mark. Why does this result in you responding with such contempt, again?

So, so patronising.

Don't worry - I have been defending Corbyn since his first leadership election. I even attempted some level of defence of Diane Abbott. I have a thick skin! There's quite a few people need to develop the same now...

 

[Guinness Boy]

Not even the most turkey-like Tory backbenchers (Anna Soubry? Nicky Morgan?) would be voting for Christmas in the face of this sort of polling.

Mrs May will be happy to see this. Got any more?

A couple of By-Elections and the DUP turning out to be batshit mental and they won't need to.

 

[CherryInHove]

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Worth noting that they were the only polling company that got the results right, so sounds like it can be trusted and i can only see that gap getting larger and larger.

 

[Bozza]

Yes, that's how I see it. The election result shocked many, especially those at the top of the Conservative Party, and the right wing press. We are, I believe, seeing the beginning of a sea change in British politics.



He posited a hypothesis as to your beliefs, and may have been wide of the mark. Why does this result in you responding with such contempt, again?

So, so patronising.

He said:

I think you, along with many many others (see Boris Johnson in the Sun today) are desperately trying to find a way to spin what has happened to make yourselves feel better.

But I'm not trying to make myself feel better about anything. Well, nothing beyond drinking too much and sleeping too little this weekend anyway. I don't think he was talking about that though.

But If you genuinely think that the fact that Tories ended with more seats then it means they 'won'

When I have used words such as "disastrous" in relation to the Tory campaign and the subsequent election results, and stating that no one with any sanity would suggest otherwise, then it should be very clear that I do not think the Tories have won in any respect whatsoever.

So, answering your question, if people don't bother to read what I have written and then make wild inaccurate assumptions, then I'm not going to waste my time reading what follows. Soz.

 

[East Preston Gull]

3 days in and yes, Labour still lost. Now even they can't agree on which Brexit were getting
Soft, medium soft, firm, good to soft, hardish, Hard or rock hard.
Shambles on all sides of this farce.

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[Bozza]

Going to be waiting a bit longer for that pay out?

Edit - this was a reponse to Bozza's post about delay of Queen's speech

I don't think so, but Betfair (and group company Paddy Power) are being a bit vague about this. They say that the market will be settled "once the Queen has given her assent to the formation of the first Ministry."

I'm no constitutional expert and I'd never heard this term before so I tried to have a look what this actually means over the weekend.

I know the monarch has to give Royal Assent to bills, but I'm not sure the Queen's Speech is one of those and, additionally, Royal Assent has never not been given.

So, the technical step that has to take place I'm assuming is this:

After a new Prime Minister has been appointed by Her Majesty, the Court Circular will record that "the Prime Minister Kissed Hands on Appointment". This is not literally the case, but in actual fact, the literal kissing of her Majesty’s hands will take place later, in private Council.

...but it doesn't seem to be directly related to the Queen's Speech. I gave up looking when I got to this point.