Off Topic General election

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General election

  • Conservative

    Votes: 28 57.1%

  • Labour

    Votes: 16 32.7%

  • Libdem

    Votes: 2 4.1%

  • Other

    Votes: 3 6.1%
  • Total voters
    49
polyphemus said:
It's not a bad result for those of us who are 'middle of the road'ers.

With the DUP The Conservatives have the working majority they need BUT they have take care not to push it.

It's not quite the same as when the Lib Dems kept the barmier parts of the Tory Party in check, but it will do, FOR NOW.
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The DUP will squeeze her for everything they can get.
 
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Vincemac said:
So it's the conservatives
That will be in power .???!!!!!!??????????
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Most likely Vince, but they've got to form a government and decide her fate in 11 days for the Brexit negotiations otherwise we'll have nobody authorised to conduct them. Only Labour have been given permission to put the negotiations back.
 
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Bri said:
They have to flip a coin or draw straws. Seriously. :emoticon-0102-bigsm
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this happened recently in the local elections I believe.
A coin was used as the Returning Officer hadn't brought any straw with them.

You only get down to this stage, normaly, after at least a couple of re-counts.
 
I can see some of the factions in the tory party "publicly" re-emerging and forcing her out - Sowerby (spelling) has already come out and said she needs to consider her position
 
polyphemus said:
this happened recently in the local elections I believe.
A coin was used as the Returning Officer hadn't brought any straw with them.

You only get down to this stage, normaly, after at least a couple of re-counts.
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Or unlimited counts until 300 extra Tory votes appear magically out of nowhere like with Amber Rudd:emoticon-0102-bigsm
 
Chastised Tess said:
I can see some of the factions in the tory party "publicly" re-emerging and forcing her out - Sowerby (spelling) has already come out and said she needs to consider her position
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I heard her (Anna Soubry) on the radio this morning.

Sounded like she was spitting blood <laugh> and didn't pull her punches!:emoticon-0146-punch
 
MrRAWhite said:
It would take a madman to use nuclear weapons as a first strike option, but I agree that he should have came out and said that he would use it in retaliation if attacked first...Even if he wouldn't do that he should have said he would otherwise the deterrent factor goes out of the window..This was one of his weak links, but compared to this failing useless government it nothing..
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Corbyn said that he would sign the "letters of last resort" that is the procedure for a defensive strike
 
Sidthemackem said:
Certainly not looking forward to another bloody election...
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I cannot see another way round it Sid...They are not forming a coalition with the DUP its a case by case basis. May will leave soon, and a new leader will have to govern the country with no working majority. Its a total mess. I will hold my hands up and say well done to Corbyn, As much as I still don't think he can run the country, he ran a very very good campaign.
 
haslam said:
Labour costed their manifesto fully. Conservatives didn't. I'm not going to claim all the numbers add up (I can't claim to have gone through it other than snippets) but find it hilarious that the press have backed Tory comments about a "magic money tree" when they didn't bother costing their own one and backtracked on two or three of the main money-making policies they put forward whilst standing by supposed increasing in spending and reductions in tax. Well they do seem to know a lot about this magic money tree, perhaps they have their own orchard?
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Easy peasy then for labour to fund it because of a manifesto, time will tell its still a debacle none the less for the uk at this point in time.
 
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