UK General Election 2017 Megathread

[-:Undertaker:-]

Well done and thank you to the DUP for saving us from madness.

[MKR&*42]

Beat me to it lemons - and so the downhill tumble begins.

Even in terms of leadership she's now on par with **** Corbyn:

On who would make best Prime Minister:

T. May: 39% (-4)
J. Corbyn: 39% (+7)

(via @YouGov & @ShippersUnbound / 09 - 10 Jun)
Chgs. w/ 07 Jun

— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) June 10, 2017

And this interesting Survation survey from 10th June says a lot about how people feel really - http://mailchi.mp/survation/post-ele...sunday-1118541. Some highlights:

Do you approve or disapprove of Theresa May’s decision to govern with agreed support from the Democratic Unionist Party?
Approve 33%
Disapprove 47%
Don’t know 20%

In light of the General Election result, which of the following is closest to your view?
There should be another General Election this year - 40%
There should not be another General Election this year - 49%
Don’t know 11%

And best of all

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
“Theresa May is a strong and stable leader”
Disagree 50%
Don’t know 15%
Agree 36%

[lemons]

Well done and thank you to the DUP for saving us from madness.

BREAK: DUP has NOT yet reached any agreement with the Tories. Sky sources: Downing Street issued the wrong statement in error.

— David Blevins (@skydavidblevins) June 10, 2017

Madness.

[MKR&*42]

Strong and stable announcements from the conservatives I see^.

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I agree^ but I do feel that the DUP will not want a hard Brexit, and once you add in the complications of the Scottish Tories who probably won't want a hard Brexit either, then chaos is already looking likely.

In other interesting news, Lib Dems are seeking legal advice over the result in North East Fife (where they lost by only 2 votes): https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news...ection-result/

In 1997 the conservatives lost by 2 votes in Winchester and they challenged the result at the High Court, on the grounds that there were 54 Ballot papers without an official mark due to the production company - and had those votes been counted then the conservatives would had been won. The High Court accepted the challenge, annulled the result and there was a by-election (of which the conservatives then lost by over 22,000 lol...) - so there is a precedent which might allow them to annul this result as well.

For this, apparently the Lib Dems are actually seeking legal advice on the grounds of how the recounts happened. What essentially happened was:

- Lib Dems won, then recount was demanded
- Lib Dems won recount, but another recount was demanded
- SNP won 2nd recount, but another recount was demanded
- SNP won 3rd recount, but another recount was demanded
- Lib Dems asked for 4th recount but they were refused.

On these grounds they actually look like they have a genuine argument to make about it.

[-:Undertaker:-]

The generational divide in Britain has never been so great #GE2017 pic.twitter.com/PJK5ITJn3Q

— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) June 10, 2017

The graph shows just how polarised the British electorate is becoming.

[FlyingJesus]

I don't get how Corbyn is saying that Conservatives can't have a minority govt then in the same breath saying he should be in charge... With an even smaller minority. May is a disaster but surely losing to her is even worse, it's like Barcelona having 3 players sent off and losing 1-0 to Crystal Palace with an own goal then claiming it's a victory because there wasn't a huge margin

[lemons]

Jeremy Corbyn should let the Tories destroy themselves and win his own majority in a few months time

[MKR&*42]

My favourite thing that has arisen from all of this is definitely Osborne's smugness. I mean, this was him on ITV on election night:



On Andrew Marr he called her a 'dead woman walking'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-poli...alking-osborne

And this quote is brilliant:

Smirking, George Osborne reveals what Theresa May told him when she sacked him: "She said I need to get to know my party better." #marr

— Kevin Schofield (@KevinASchofield) June 11, 2017

[MKR&*42]

What is happening

[FlyingJesus]

Jeremy Corbyn should let the Tories destroy themselves and win his own majority in a few months time

Absolutely, that would be a much better and more valid way to go forward than spouting nonsense as though "first the worst second the best" was how things worked. If he can't beat a woman who doesn't even turn up he shouldn't be claiming leadership of the country