General Election 2017

[Colossal Squid]

As someone who's Grandfather died of cancer and who's father has fought cancer, I can without a shadow of a doubt call you an utter dick ..... and I voted Labour. Grow up you tw@t.

Oh get over yourself you pompous prick. We've all been affected by cancer as a disease. That has nothing to do with using the term cancer in this context

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Nuttall resigns - Farage back in?

 

[Bozza]

How times have changed: just two years ago, Tories were describing, with glee, how they paid £3 to vote for Corbyn as having him in power would ensure a Conservative government for years.

Now, the aim is keep it steady until Corbyn goes so that the Tories would have a better chance against another Labour leader. That's some turnaround

Not quite. It's just my (non-Tory) view of what I would be looking to do if I were a Tory backbencher right now. Looking at what has happened in East Worthing and Shoreham, how many truly safe Tory seats would there be if we went to the polls again? So, if I'd managed to be returned as a Tory MP last night, I'd not want to put it back to the test any time soon.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Can he play at left back?

Could do a job (infinitely better than Davis could).

 

[vegster]

Nutter gone!

 

[Bold Seagull]

So not an altogether different set of numbers to Feb 1974

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_February_1974

 

[studio150]

Nuttall resigns - Farage back in?

Lets hope not, and that UKIP just wither and disappear

 

[carteater]

I think if Labour had opposed a second indyref, they would've done better in Scotland, the Conservatives' open opposition to it won them a lot of votes up there imho.

 

[pastafarian]

There was a lovely quote just on the BBC "if there is one thing about the Tories, they are deliciously ruthless, it is how they have been in power for so long".

This is howe the Tory party rally around their leader if they smell weakness (really interesting rhetoric on the EU looking back)...

Howe used to hold his surgeries on saturdays and came into my old mans pub for lunch, same sandwich and drink every single time.
Going by the stories he was very approachable and a nice bloke.

You are right though the Tories are ruthless. If May isnt out on her ear in the next few hours it means they have weighed up the odds of a leadership contest as we approach brexit negotiations

 

[Dick Head]

Paul Nuttall's quit.

 

[Hillian1]

So what went wrong for the SNP....lost a large percentage of there seats...plus Alex ousted

A lot of Scots are sick to death of Sturgeon wanting another referendum.

That.

 

[Normal Rob]

Nuttall resigns

 

[vegster]

Theresa May expected to go to the Palace and say she can form a government.

On that news, the next PM odds have shifted massively:

May - 1/7
Corbyn - 20/1
Davis - 25/1
Johnson - 28/1

May us going to say that she still has the nuclear codes and she is strong and stable enough to use them if she can't keep the nice house in London.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Now, I'm a proper political DUMB DUMB (as in I find every day political debate boring as anything and I have no idea about socialism, Centre Ground, left wing this, right wing that) so maybe my viewpoint is a bit basic, but it may also give a viewpoint to how some saw it.

I went into the election happy with most stuff. I personally haven't utilised the health service in recent years or have suffered with any real social "injustice". No anger towards the government, but I also have never really been able to distinguish CLEARLY between parties. It all felt very samey with a few differences in policies but ultimately I never felt passionate for one side or the other and wouldn't have been able to tell you who stood for what or where they stood on the political spectrum.

This time, for the first time, I can GENUINELY tell the difference between what the parties offer and their ideologies. I think this is the fourth or 5th election I've voted in and it felt like a moment of complete clarity for my understanding.

I ALWAYS try and distance myself from basing it on the leaders but look purely at policies. On every poll, online test, and just my gut told me Labour completely matched my beliefs.

Throw into that a proper chance to actually watch Corbyn in action and feel completely involved in what he had to say, and it was a no brainer for me. At 30 I'm attempting, somewhat poorly, to pretend I'm still a "young" voter but there certainly was a movement in my age group of real affiliation with what Labour offered. With that feeling, seeing the results across Hove and Brighton this morning, it feels completely reflective or what was going on around me.

Anyway, that's my non-savvy take on it. Feel free to tear it to pieces.

 

[Dick Head]

 

[Simster]

Nuttall resigns

I just can't laugh at somebody who was BEST MATES with so many Hillsborough victims.

 

[Bozza]

"That will be three leadership contests for UKIP within a year"

Seems to be a bit of one-upmanship going on between UKIP and Labour as to who can hold the most leadership contests in the shortest period of time.

See also: Leeds United and managers.

 

[LamieRobertson]

That.

Yes she badly misjudged it..(sounds familiar)....wonder how many calls there will be for her to resign

 

[Eric Potts]

Nuttall resigns

He's concentrating on leading the manned mission to Mars .

 

[SK1NT]

Oh the irony.... Tories could be forming a coalition with the DUP and yet Corbyn is apparently the terrorist sympathiser lol.