The Theresa May General Election thread (edited)

ToneControl

capo4th said:

I fell asleep last night on the sofa. 

What is the general concenus on how a governemnt will be formed?

Coalitions or a Tory minority governemnt and a second election in the near future?

318 tory + 10 DUP = majority
but pretty fragile

I would not expect it to last

Boris as new PM, another election in the next 9 months

fretmeister

capo4th said:

I voted for the long term future of the British economy and a safe pair of hands dealing with Brexit.

These two factors will take care of things financially for the country. I am happy to pay thousands in taxes every month but would hate to see it frittered away by a Labour government which if elected would also cost my family thousands of extra pounds.

Heh.

Boromedic

   =)Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.....Get in....!!!!!!!!!

On a serious note, time to overhaul the electoral system like we should have in 2011. Then work on our mass media, we are ranked 40th in the world for freedom of the press, 40th in the world! Think about that for a moment, our lovely, free, democratic, honest, UK, only 40th in the world. What Corbyn has pulled off against a virtual media bluewash and vicious smear campaign may as well have been a victory.

ICBM is right above in terms of what to do next.

capo4th

Confirmed May is staying on as PM and will look to form a coalition government. Conservatives have the most seats and the most votes. 

capo4th

fretmeister said:

capo4th said:

I voted for the long term future of the British economy and a safe pair of hands dealing with Brexit.

These two factors will take care of things financially for the country. I am happy to pay thousands in taxes every month but would hate to see it frittered away by a Labour government which if elected would also cost my family thousands of extra pounds.

Heh.

Heh? 

fretmeister

Fretwired said:

underdog said:

Fretwired said:

english_bob said:

Fretwired said:

As for lazy stereotypes- you started it

What? By mentioning one doctor I know. I didn't generalise about doctors.

The comment people vote with their wallets stands up to scrutiny - if your wallet is empty and you can't make ends meet you tend to vote Labour and if you're very well off  you'll tend to vote for the Tories. The two main parties are mainly fighting over the votes people in the middle.

What if you're well off but feel that a country that looks after its poor, sick and young is more important than being a bit better off? 

That's me .. I voted Labour.

Me too.

I voted against my wallet. Because it was the right thing to do.

ToneControl

capo4th said:

Confirmed May is staying on as PM and will look to form a coalition government. Conservatives have the most seats and the most votes. 

just not a strong and stable one though, eh?

Moe_Zambeek

Total chaos, but we got quite a few moments of joy from it - Clegg, Salmond and Robertson were Portillo'd.

Bad result for the SNP but I suspect Nicola will be quite pleased that Alex is gone.

fretmeister

capo4th said:

Confirmed May is staying on as PM and will look to form a coalition government. Conservatives have the most seats and the most votes. 

With who?

Sinn Fein?

Moe_Zambeek

DUP, c&s?

ICBM

That one seat the Tories picked up in Richmond could have made quite a difference if May can get a deal with the DUP, since it now gives a majority.

Terrible result for the SNP - and I suspect the Scottish Tory surge is largely a vote for Ruth Davidson and not for May… but it's saved May from an even worse disaster unfortunately.

fretmeister

I know.

DUP is about the only choice. Ultra right anti Europe fuckwits.

Great. 

Legionreturns

She may have decided to stay on.... But the knives are well and truly out. I give her a week.

If she's propped up purely by the DUP the country won't stand for that anymore than they would if Labour were propped up by the SNP.

This is going to get messy. I think we'll be back at the polls in September. 

GoldenEraGuitars

Precisely why I don't vote : Northern Ireland is pretty much DUP vs Sinn Fein. Protestant vs Catholic. Narrow minded bigots vs narrow minded bigots.

Good luck to the political landscape. May has shot herself in the foot.

fretmeister

I wonder if Sinn Fein would take their seats to lower DUP influence.

paulads

capo4th said:

Boris as new PM, another election in the next 9 months

capo5th? any relation?

stickyfiddle

Seems to be the result everyone involved deserves. May won't go, but will be pushed - time will tell whether they push hard enough.

And we still won't get the electoral reform that would normalise this result and require parties to work together.

ICBM

fretmeister said:

I wonder if Sinn Fein would take their seats to lower DUP influence.

I wonder that too. It would mean taking the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen, which is a big bridge for them to cross - but Martin McGuinness has already bowed to her and shaken her hand, which was possibly an even bigger one (for both of them).

stickyfiddle said:

Seems to be the result everyone involved deserves. May won't go, but will be pushed - time will tell whether they push hard enough.

And we still won't get the electoral reform that would normalise this result and require parties to work together.

Agreed.

richardhomer

paulads said:

capo4th said:

Boris as new PM, another election in the next 9 months

capo5th? any relation?

Genius!

GoldenEraGuitars

ICBM said:

fretmeister said:

I wonder if Sinn Fein would take their seats to lower DUP influence.

I wonder that too. It would mean taking the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen, which is a big bridge for them to cross - but Martin McGuinness has already bowed to her and shaken her hand, which was possibly an even bigger one (for both of them).

stickyfiddle said:

Seems to be the result everyone involved deserves. May won't go, but will be pushed - time will tell whether they push hard enough.

And we still won't get the electoral reform that would normalise this result and require parties to work together.

Agreed.

Don't underestimate how McGuinnesses loss will affect the future of Sinn Fein. He may have been a hated man to those who suffered at his hands BUT he was the voice of peace for the party that they are now missing.

Gerry and Michelle at them helm... you can be guarenteed that they'll be pushing for a United Ireland. And I'll be packing my family up to move to Scotland!