UK General Election 2017 Megathread

[FlyingJesus]

Everyone and everything is terrible, FlyingJesus for PM

[-:Undertaker:-]

Steve Baker MP brought into the Brexit Department. Very reassuring!

In other news a nice little (but sad) fact today with Parliament sitting. The Marquess of Salisbury today retired from the House of Lords meaning this is the first time in hundreds of years that nobody from the family has been sitting in the House of Lords as a member.

The family have been in the House of Lords since 1571. His heir - the Viscount Cranborne - will be able to sit in the Lords when he succeeds his fathers titles titles should there be an opening (and by-election) among the 92 reserved hereditary peers.

[MKR&*42]

A new poll by YouGov suggests that the only group of people (in terms of employment) who were more likely to vote conservative than labour, were the retired:

[lemons]

LMAO bless theresa trying to be common

Prime minister @theresa_may does a delayed Mexican wave. pic.twitter.com/kVQrPNdnpP

— ITV Football (@itvfootball) June 13, 2017

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Also interesting how the unemployed/not workiworking (I take that as meaning disabled or??) voted Labour obviously students were a given
I just find it interesting because I didn't like conservatives until I joined the workforce.

[FlyingJesus]

It's interesting how rich Conservative voters are often called selfish for not wanting to pay 80% income tax but then less wealthy Conservative voters are told they're "turkeys voting for Christmas" and should be voting the party who will give them more money personally. It's like it's ok to be selfish as long as you're being selfish for the Labour party's gain...

In any case that poll is clearly wrong unless we're suggesting that well over half the country are retired for those numbers to add up

[buttons]

ya i find it a complete insult when people suggest i'm rich or i hate poor people because i voted conservatives. my mum was a single parent of 3 kids and worked 3 jobs just to make ends meet. she didn't complain once about her circumstances. the fact she worked damn hard to be where she was only strengthens my idea that people who earn money shouldn't be punished for it. labour voters want poor people to climb the ranks, earn dollar, but not too much because they'll be punished when they do.

[peteyt]

PMs closest advisors Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill have just resigned.

No prime minister has ever been so dependent on two people. Now she is alone. Ministers want to prop her up. MPs may tear her down

— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) June 10, 2017

Tory MPs are currently in their constituencies, having discussions with association chairs, key supporters. Feedback on May very, very bad.

— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) June 10, 2017

I would be amazed if May hasn't pre-announced her resignation by the time she meets the 1922 committee.

— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) June 10, 2017

I cannot see her *wanting* to stay on with her staff gone. She's now a zombie PM. I feel bad for her.



I think you're blinded as to how popular Corbyn actually is. Most of the public aren't followers of his cult like the student demographic is, and many will vote Tory simply to keep him away from Number 10. Many of us regard him as off the charts mad.

A retired British man/woman who votes Tory, has flirted with Ukip... is suddenly going to vote for a Marxist to be PM with SNP backing? The fact is that the electorate now is highly polarised and as the election campaign had shown, even though it went really badly for the Conservatives their lead still held up very well. The Conservative voting bloc is currently at a near all-time high.

Conservative vote increased by 9-points in more working-class seats but only by 2 points in more middle-class seats https://t.co/UN0cDQkfI4

— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) June 10, 2017

Important stat.

For me even if you don't agree with corbyn you can't deny he is a character and very passionate. I didn't vote because i agreed with some conservative stuff and some labour although some of labours stuff seemed outdated. The issue however is i feel may is just too monotone and her passion doesn't come through. I don't think she is right for the country

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[MKR&*42]

Also interesting how the unemployed/not workiworking (I take that as meaning disabled or??) voted Labour obviously students were a given
I just find it interesting because I didn't like conservatives until I joined the workforce.

I don't actually know what 'not working' means lmao. I did initially think it meant people who weren't in work, but weren't seeking employment, but it's definitely a bit vague.

[FlyingJesus]

It's mostly those who are out of work for health/disability reasons, but yeah also includes those who aren't employed but also aren't looking for work - as far as I can tell, "unemployed" in these figures generally refers solely to those who are registered to jobseekers or similar back-to-work schemes