General Election December, 2019 (U.K.)

Patser

Nothing for Brexit party. Farage has to be a spent force now, especially if UK does leave and he loses his MEP soapbox

Ulysses Gaze

dublinman1990 wrote: »

ITV reported a few minutes ago, before Gove's live interview, that Jo Swinson has lost her seat tonight.

An utterly disastrous leader.

She tanked herself when she said on live TV that she'd ignore the 2016 Referendum and stay in the EU.

Bonkers.

Ulysses Gaze

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

A vacuous slimeball. No great loss.

splinter65 wrote: »

Chukka doesn’t know who he is or what he stands for. He’s got talent but he can’t decide where he stands.

Completely agree.

Along with him, I'd like to witness the electoral end of Jo Swinson and the ever-ghastly Anna Soubry.

Kermit.de.frog

Sterling surging on the new found certainty.

Good news for our exporters.

kevcos

listermint wrote: »

Seems you left the country before you completed Irish schooling.

I would't be the first that did:D

tdf7187

Prediction indicates that Tories actually lost seats to SNP in Scotland, implying they must have gained many from Labour in England, I suspect particularly in the north,

Gbear

Ribs1234 wrote: »

The gloating of the Brexiteers in 2016 and their failure to attempt to heal that divide, led directly to the state mate in UK parliament since then. This election will clear the air, but that mistake must not be repeated now.

The entire foundation of right wing politics is division. That has lead to this victory for the Tories. They're not going to abandon it now.

They're going to double down.

If this exit poll is accurate, it will embolden the facist rhetoric from the right wing propaganda outlets, the authoritarian sallies from Johnson and the others, and the purveyors of corporatism and oligarchy from the upper echelons of British society, and those from abroad who use Britain as a laundromat for their blood money, such as the Saudis and the Russians.

Kermit.de.frog

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

An utterly disastrous leader.

She tanked herself when she said on live TV that she'd ignore the 2016 Referendum and stay in the EU.

Bonkers.

Suicidal.

I had a feeling they going to pay a huge price for that. Unbelievable.

Ardent

Bercow: we will be talking about Brexit for the next 5 years, possibly 10 years.

:eek:

splinter65

namloc1980 wrote: »

So much for all the shiite on Twitter all day about young people coming out in their droves for Corbyn. Fake news!

They came out last time when he lied and said he would get rid of 3rd level fees.
Fool me once etc.

Francie Barrett

Corbyn is done. The only question is whether he will resign gracefully, or whether he will try to split the Labour party.

Remain as a voting issue is done. The Lib Dems made staying in the EU their big pitch and if anything looks to have lost them votes.

If the SNP vote is as strong as it looks, that definitely increases calls for a timetable for indyref2.

ArmaniJeanss

Akrasia wrote: »

How are the exit polls conducted? Is it a random sample of voters, or do they try to capture a range of demographics?

They use the same 140 polling stations each time and measure trends/changes rather than just pure vote count, and apply these using a form of MRP.

listermint

kevcos wrote: »

I would't be the first that did:D

Not a badge to be proud of lad. Not at all.


We will see the smiles once in recession next year.

Boris Johnson responds to his electoral success:

https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1205252415261421570

splinter65

splinter65 wrote: »

38 seconds after10 the first ballot box arrived in Sunderland!

Harry Palmr wrote: »

It probably has a police escort on a closed roads, they take this very seriously up there!:D

It was probably in the same building.

Akrasia

Itssoeasy wrote: »

According to sky it's 30,000 voters from 141 polling locations.

Yeah, but how were the voters chosen. Did they poll everyone from those polling stations?

Itssoeasy

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

An utterly disastrous leader.

She tanked herself when she said on live TV that she'd ignore the 2016 Referendum and stay in the EU.

Bonkers.

Yeah regardless of what it is, an electorate don't like to be told their votes don't matter. Didn't watch any of the debates but if she said that then she deserves to lose her seat.

liamtech

dublinman1990 wrote: »

ITV reported a few minutes ago, before Gove's live interview, that Jo Swinson has lost her seat tonight.

There's a few silver linings then

Wont miss her - horrendous LibDem leader

brevity

VinLieger wrote: »

The rich are a tiny minority so thats not really it but I agree about corbyn except its mainly hes just simply an entirely unlikeable person

The super rich don’t count as their money is probably wrapped up in various offshore accounts and legal loopholes.

It’s the wealthier middle classes. Like that guy on bbc about a month ago, he was making 100k and was worried as he was in the tax bracket.

I feel for the NHS thought. It’s done for. And that guy complaining about paying tax is in for a shock if the NHS goes private.

VinLieger

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Corbyn is done. The only question is whether he will resign gracefully, or whether he will try to split the Labour party.

Remain as a voting issue is done. The Lib Dems made staying in the EU their big pitch and if anything looks to have lost them votes.

If the SNP vote is as strong as it looks, that definitely increases calls for a timetable for indyref2.

If he split Labour then thanks to FPTP the tories would be unassailable for 10-20 years

splinter65

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Suicidal.

I had a feeling they going to pay a huge price for that. Unbelievable.

She had no empathy for the 17 million who voted to leave. Ridiculous.

Itssoeasy

Akrasia wrote: »

Yeah, but how were the voters chosen. Did they poll everyone from those polling stations?

No it's a random selection I think.

listermint

Gbear wrote: »

The entire foundation of right wing politics is division. That has lead to this victory for the Tories. They're not going to abandon it now.

They're going to double down.

If this exit poll is accurate, it will embolden the facist rhetoric from the right wing propaganda outlets, the authoritarian sallies from Johnson and the others, and the purveyors of corporatism and oligarchy from the upper echelons of British society, and those from abroad who use Britain as a laundromat for their blood money, such as the Saudis and the Russians.

This in a nutshell.

Singapore on the Thames. And there's people in here that think that will benefit them personally.


Absolute ignorance is bliss.

We can be smug as we like from across the water but it will be sad to watch.

AllGunsBlazing

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

He actually can't put that deal before parliament again. So it's either a new deal or crash out. Which Johnson seems to be ok with.

New parliament, he can put anything he likes on the table and probably get it voted through.

boggerman1

The British Labour Party should hang it’s head in shame for letting down and leaving those who wanted to remain in the eu with no hope in offering Corbyn as a prime minister.crash out brexit for this time next yr.britain deserves everything that’s coming .nausating to see tories on again spouting that they are going to renegotiate with the eu again and get a better deal

Ulysses Gaze

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Yeah regardless of what it is, an electorate don't like to be told their votes don't matter. Didn't watch any of the debates but if she said that then she deserves to lose her seat.

She said it at their Party conference and then when she was interviewed after the conference where even the Sky interviewer was taken aback by her candour.

In some ways I admire the craziness of her saying it!

10000maniacs

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Sterling surging on the new found certainty.

Good news for our exporters.

Buying sterling on the back of a hard Brexit. Bad value in my opinion.

Capt'n Midnight

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Sterling surging on the new found certainty.

Good news for our exporters.

WUT ?

UK exports did NOT increase when they got cheaper because sterling fell.
And now its going to cost more ?

Car industry alone contributes £150Bn to the economy and most of production is exported to the EU and Turkey.

mickey1979

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The first order of business after they leave the EU, is to get back in EU,, IE get that trade deal as soon as asap as possible.
It will be business as usual then. Really won't effect Ireland, it's good for Ireland as a lot of UK companies will now look to move here, more jobs, more money.

I think your mistaken EU will not do any type of soft trade deal as a successful Brexit would mean a deeper breakup of the EU.

Atlantic Dawn

Really surprised that they expect Brexit Party to get 0, would have thought leavers would be split to some degree between them and Tories.