This 3 year old Political Commentator has some ideas about the British Election..
The kid sounds spot on with her opinion
No wonder it is a Hung Parliament
Last edited by Blobfish; 2017-06-09 at 06:12 AM.
I think if conservatives try running on a more moderate platform and actually listen to what people want rather than just ramming what ever may likes into their pledges, they have a good chance. But if they use this to double down on the it current stances then it's over for them
According to the bookies - Corbyn. (and UK loves its bookies) She's just below him as a next choice, but they're pretty close. BoJo is getting more and more likely, but come the fuck on. If they try to get him elected, the next person who calls Corbyn unelectable will immediately combust.
Apparently this is a best-ever record for Lord Buckethead though.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...rd-buckethead/
The above quote came from The Guardian, and apparently was written by a huge Corbyn fan.Corbyn's approval rating rose from -42 to -2 during the election and his campaign and manifesto were among the greatest in post war history.
I am willing to believe that his approval rating was -42. It really is up to -2? That is a HUGE jump for him. All I ever read about him is how much of a terrorist he is, and how his very existance is hurting UK. Either many people in UK did not read those stories, or just flat out dismissed them.
Another comment also stated that with the Northern Ireland group not seating their members, the requirement for getting half is reduced, meaning that CON + DUP would be enough - less than 326, but more than half of what is needed when you remove the Northern Ireland seats from consideration.
Last edited by Omega10; 2017-06-09 at 06:24 AM.
I actually think there's a good chance that the Conservatives will hold the PM spot, though maybe not with May at the head. The thing is, nobody REALLY wants another election. It's too unpredictable what will happen. Labor may continue to make gains, but the Cons may also regain their lead again. And whichever party is blamed for forcing another election is likely to take a beating for it.
I think parties are going to want to deal. It's just a question of whether they can come to one or not.
This.
This is now my favourite photo on the internet.
They don't have another big personality available at the moment, is the problem. I think the UK might be heading towards a new election very soon... Problem is someone will have to talk to Brussels, and for better or for worse, I think an invigorated Corbyn will be better than a sad May or a BoJo.
If Labour keep it up with good campaigning, they might end up being in power at the end of the year, but that's getting ahead of my (and anyone's) ability to predict.
EDIT:
Yeah, they need 323 for the tightest majority, which they already have. The remaining 5 constituencies are Kensington in London, which I imagine is very close, and 4 in SW England, all of which are hard Tory. They'll have 328 or 329 in either case (327 is the most optimistic I can see), which is pretty damn wobbly.
It is theoretically possible that Corbyn can convince the NI ones to sit in Westminster, but that'd be really hard, and it wouldn't make that much difference.
Also, off-topic, how do I update my posts? I'm running around re-editing them, and I doubt that's the best way to do it.
Last edited by mmoc092a40bd7b; 2017-06-09 at 06:31 AM.
And he might need someone to help him dress appropriately .
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politi...24-gukw89.html
Update, May not resigning.
I'd argue that it's a victory for Labour in that they improved their position, the Blairites might even get back on board and strengthen the Shadow Cabinet with figures that aren't called Diane Abbott. This however is not me saying they won the General Election, they didn't.....infact it's looking like no one did outright.
Pretty amazing to be waking up and seeing that the Exit Poll nailed it, looks like we are about to live in interesting times, Can we afford to call another GE with Brexit negotiations looming? Seems unlikely, in which case it's going to be a Con/DUP coalition/potential minority government.
The most intriguing thing about this would be that the "No deal is better than a bad deal" bullshit is dead. Whilst the DUP will happily work with the the Tories on a hard Brexit they won't let the Irish border default to a hard one which is a consequence of no deal. Next talking point is what of Mrs May? Actually got a higher voting share than Cameron according to the BBC but can she survive such a high stakes blunder?
Interesting times indeed.
All that "bloody difficult" woman needed to do was chant "Hard Brexit, Hard Brexit, Hard Brexit!" over and over again and that would have sunk Corbyn's boat, which would be healthy for both the country and for the Labour Party.
But no.
"We need to kill foxes!"
"We need to put a chastity belt on the internet"
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The "Terrorist" thing was the equivalent of "Bengali" in the US elections. ie It's actually mostly Corbyns fans that throw it around to berate the other side for shallow reasons not to vote for him, when in reality there's a whole wealth of legitimate reasons.
(Im not saying it wasn't a reason for a lot of people though - the IRA killed hundreds of civilians in the UK and a lot of people had friends and loved ones that died, so there were always going to be some people that hated him just for not condemning them).
Honestly, Corbyn did as well as he did because he promised the world to everybody, but his "fully costed" plan was so naively costed that a lot of people were nervous he could push us into economic ruin for generations.
It's ironic he kept campaigning on Free School Lunches for everybody when we've always used the adage "There's no such thing as a free lunch" to describe exactly the concerns with a plan like his.
Yep. This is true and the most likely outcome imo. Corbyn barely has the support of half his party, even with a coalition with LibDems AND SNP (which isn't going to happen) he still won't have the support he needs.
It could definately go either way. One of Labours biggest gains was getting the young voters on side and a lot more to actually vote, but that's a huge rarity and can't be assumed will happen again. It'd be hard to keep the same momentum going for another 6 months without the "cult of personality" that's been built around him from slipping. Also, if May is replaced by even someone VAGUELY competent and charismatic it could make a whole difference.
BASIC CAMPFIRE for WARCHIEF UK Prime Minister!