Looks like 2nd referendums aren't popular although a 2nd election may be in the offing within months. The result is a disaster for Brexit negotiations & I think any party that's in charge if we backtrack on Brexit will pay a considerable cost. Perhaps this result will work out very well for UKIP in the long term. Only one winner yesterday Corbyn and the Labour party.
Exactly, all that voted Brexit and then subsequently voted Labour yesterday are without doubt not the sharpest knives in the drawer and that's putting it kindly. IMO May committed political suicide as she was arrogant enough to believe she had an unassailable lead in the polls when she went to the Country. Firstly she thought her lead was strong enough to push through unpopular policy (so called 'dementia tax' etc), then the straw that probably broke the Camel's back was her unwillingness to take on her opponents in direct political debate despite anaililating Corbyn nearly every time at PMQs. Yes I'm crying in my cornflakes this morning and I genuinely think that the British people have now sent us to hell in a handcart, but at least I'm man enough to come on here this morning and take the flak from most of you lot
Really don't see what you have to gloat about Dave because this result has fcuked up Brexit big time and you are one of the fools that voted for it and then voted for a party that wants to throw a bleedin' great spanner in the works
I bet you have no idea who I voted for and yes, I did vote! I never gloat, I just think it's Karma for all the arrogant Tories predicting a landslide. Didn't quite go to plan did it JWM?
Equally, perhaps it just shows that the mandate for a hard Brexit was never truly there? A majority for May would have led to a hard Brexit with no chance to review the deal, either in the Commons or by referendum. Given only the Lib Dems actually oppose Brexit, perhaps those uncomfortable with a hard Brexit decided to vote elsewhere? Admittedly, achieving any kind of Brexit in a smooth fashion now looks a mammoth task.
I think it would be a big mistake for any party to think yesterday's vote was because the majority don't want a hard Brexit. I think they do. The Liberal abysmal showing and the way the UKIP vote trend went suggests Brexit supporters are highly significant for both main parties. I think this was about austerity and our public services. The Conservatives are going to have to take a long hard look at themselves and change their us and plebs attitude.
We are leaving Europe and we won't be screwed over by the Tories I call that having your cake and eating it. Corbyn is a genuine warm human being and has been slated for his ability to negotiate with unsavoury groups so talks with the EU beurocrats will be smoother. May is an awkward robotic parody of a posh English woman and Bojo is an inbred public school buffoon. The arrogance of the Torys was reminiscent of the remainers and the Clinton campaign. The media hate Corbyn and so do half of the career politician Tory light party ,where as the people know an honest man when we see one.
Indeed, although believing it apparently means I'm 'not the sharpest knife in the drawer' I shall just have to apologise for my intellectual inferiority.
I have met him in the street a few times and he is more than happy to LISTEN and talk to people in his constituency the guy is an absolute legend .
Why will Corbyn be doing the negotiating.....he nor labour won anything.......Tories and May certainly lost.....but that doesn't mean Corbyn gets the trophy.
Only issue with that is whether he ever gets the chance. Short of a second election, in which surely the Conservatives won't perform as badly as they have today, I can't see Corbyn putting together a coalition that makes him PM. 261 (Lab) + 35 (SNP) +12 (Libs) + Green (1) + Plaid (4) + DUP (10) only gets him to 323, and he's hardly going to get all of them to agree. Appears DUP have agreed to a coalition with the Conservatives already.
