2017 General Election thread

[Napster]

Wow. I voted for Labour for the first time, and I'm glad I did. I voted for a stronger NHS and I had a chance to use it (long story) after voting so I am grateful for their service. No real effect on the MP, but his majority went down to 10,000 and Labour vote went up 7,000 so that's cool. He's actually a decent local MP but I think this Tory government is so poor and ineffectual we need a shake up.

 

[Napster]

ps I bet Cameron ever rued the day he promised a referendum. There was no need.

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

Labour would have won this election big time if it wasn't for the idiot in charge.

That said, May wouldn't have called an election if that idiot wasn't in charge.

Catch 22 really.

you must be the last person in the country still clinging on to the 'Corbyn is bad for Labour' myth

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

Fun fact: Diane Abbott's majority is as almost as big as Theresa May's entire vote.

 

[callan]

May royally ****ed up. She's say's she'll stay but how can the country have faith in a PM who make such god awful decisions.

In short the Country can't have any faith in her, and last nights results bear that out.

Having said that do Labour have any more legitimate claim to form a Government?

 

[londonblue]

you must be the last person in the country still clinging on to the 'Corbyn is bad for Labour' myth

No. I think you'll find there's millions of us. Certainly enough to have swung the election the other way.

 

[londonblue]

In short the Country can't have any faith in her, and last nights results bear that out.

Having said that do Labour have any more legitimate claim to form a Government?

No, they don't. May screwed up. Any decent leader would have trounced her.

 

[Jim Levenstein]

Why is May still Tory leader?

Do one!

 

[haveaguiness]

Labour would have won this election big time if it wasn't for the idiot in charge.

That said, May wouldn't have called an election if that idiot wasn't in charge.

Catch 22 really.

There is only one idiot that has come out of this whole process, and that is the idiot that thought she could take the British people for granted just to give herself a bigger ego. She has put the country in an even worse position that in was for what can be called nothing more than personal gain, remember this is "her" manifesto and people for voting for "her".

It hasn't worked out and it looks like it could signal the end of her prominent political career a lot quicker than she had hoped. Despite the constant smearing of Corbyn throughout this whole process he has stood strong and not resulted to childish and petulant insults on others, instead focusing on policies, and it looks like a lot of people have been impressed by that and not pandered to The Sun and Daily Mail's sensationalist headlines and at times out right lies.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Well it looks like we'll have a Tory/DUP Government. I can't see it lasting.

 

[maninasuitcase]

Well it looks like we'll have a Tory/DUP Government. I can't see it lasting.

You mean a coalition of chaos?

 

[MK Shrimper]

You mean a coalition of chaos?

Weak and unstable ran by a weak and unstable woman.

Apparantly Arlene Foster of the DUP has links to loyalist terrorists. Any members of the Corbyn bashers like to comment on that?

 

[Pubey]

You mean a coalition of chaos?

Are we talking about our government or our 17/18 back four?

 

[EastStandBlue]

Penny for Rigsby's thoughts on the DUP now having a direct influence in Westminster machinations.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Penny for Rigsby's thoughts on the DUP now having a direct influence in Westminster machinations.

I'm sure he'll be in touch once he works out his Spanish wifi connection.:winking:

 

[dloman]

Labour would have won this election big time if it wasn't for the idiot in charge.

That said, May wouldn't have called an election if that idiot wasn't in charge.

Catch 22 really.

Actually to put a little bit of context into the result, Corbyn has done very similar to Brown in 2010.

 

[londonblue]

There is only one idiot that has come out of this whole process, and that is the idiot that thought she could take the British people for granted just to give herself a bigger ego. She has put the country in an even worse position that in was for what can be called nothing more than personal gain, remember this is "her" manifesto and people for voting for "her".

It hasn't worked out and it looks like it could signal the end of her prominent political career a lot quicker than she had hoped. Despite the constant smearing of Corbyn throughout this whole process he has stood strong and not resulted to childish and petulant insults on others, instead focusing on policies, and it looks like a lot of people have been impressed by that and not pandered to The Sun and Daily Mail's sensationalist headlines and at times out right lies.

I agree she's an idiot as well.

 

[londonblue]

You mean a coalition of chaos?

Any coalition will be chaos.

 

[londonblue]

Weak and unstable ran by a weak and unstable woman.

Apparantly Arlene Foster of the DUP has links to loyalist terrorists. Any members of the Corbyn bashers like to comment on that?

I assume you include me? I can't vote DUP. I doubt I ever would have either.

 

[londonblue]

Actually to put a little bit of context into the result, Corbyn has done very similar to Brown in 2010.

Exactly, and Brown was hated by the vast majority.