Absolutely the only single GE 2017 results thread.
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FFS there are only 10 of them, are the tories really negotiating with them? The only concession they should get with 10 mps is that every other week they can pet Larry the cat. What a mess.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
One of the ironies is that they would probably have voted in favour of the Queen's speech anyway.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
They hate Labour in general and Corbyn in particular. They don't exactly hold all the cards if this is their best way to avoid a Corbyn-led govt.
gosub
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Raheem
Well-Known Member
It's probably coming down to the practicalities of setting up a wood pellet store in the House of Commons.
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littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
If they're smart, they'll offer nothing with the appearance of something. eg they're dropping the dementia tax anyway, but they'll say that they had listened to the concerns of the DUP MPs over the DT and taken those concerns into consideration.
Mordi
Amoral adventurist
This stuff is great. I tend to give politicians too much credit as Machiavellian schemers and so assume things like this and the Orange Order asking for marches as simply maneuvering to give their representatives things to compromise on without losing the stuff they actually want.
Fortunately in this case I think they simply are that delusional.
I'm sure they'd love to do that. Why would the DUP - with the most powerful bargaining chips they've ever had - let them? They'll want something real.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
I have little time right now, but here's something. Lab/Con results ranked by marginality (doesn't matter who with), with X axes stretched to fit each other. Labour seats are *very* safe, but the marginals are just as marginal for both.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
yo jest of course but I can't help think its the bloody marches being a sticking point. The tories can buy them off with stuff but the marches is a red line I'd have thought
Yes I amAre you posting from your phone Badgers? These screenshots of yours are fucking massive.
19force8
For the avoidance of faith
They do now because she went to them on bended knee. Had she not panicked and simply formed a minority government she could have told them it was their choice to back her or not, but if she couldn't get through the Queen's Speech she would abstain when Labour sought to do so. They'd have fallen into line just because Corbyn.
The DUP has spent years horse-trading with similarly tough negotiators, they're going to bleed her dry.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Anna Soubry tweeted this photo - what is he watching? 
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Ranbay
The same rules apply
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Anna Soubry tweeted this photo - I really hope that mp is looking at porn.
This looks convincing to me. Disappointingly not porn, but still an odd thing to be looking at on your first day back at work.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
We'll see. You may well be right. But if May offers anything other than purely symbolic stuff like assurances about dropping things they were dropping anyway, she'll have done a shite job, and be seen to have done a shite job.
Yeah. The hand they hold is an illusion, or at least is should be to any half decent negotiator. Just give them a choice of whats on offer and that's it, they currently have nothing anyway and are extremely unlikely to vote with Corbyn on anything. It shouldn't be difficult stuff, look at how Cameron shafted the lib dems and they held a much stronger hand.
If the DUP get anything out of this apart from a tour of downing street then we really are truly fucked when the EU stuff kicks of it earnest.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Well yes.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
aka Corbynity (hero worshipping aside...)
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
i think larry would have the sense to avoid them. although he might find a use for any bowler hat left unattended...
