Absolutely the only single GE 2017 results thread.
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She almost certainly thinks the country should be apologizing to her.
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
I woke to my son crying this morning, and thought, 'shit, must be a Tory land-slide'. Seems it was Lily Allen's 'Somewhere only we know' video for the Labour Party that set him off. I can't help thinking that it was disappointment that we didn't get an outright win, cos this is the first election (at the age of 33) that he's really felt passionate about. Glad to say that he was in jubilant mood by the time he left for work
Katherine Chibah for Hertford and Stortford
My son stayed up all night watching the results, then sat his first History A'Level paper at 9am
He and pretty much all his mates have been totally enthused by it all.
Even the ones who are not so drawn to politics normally have been engaging with it - my son has been breaking off convos with me, with a *hand up*
to say stuff like 'Hang on, I just have to explain to Frankie how a minority gov works' and it's been their *stoner choice of viewing* for the last few weeks, for both depth AND hilarity. 
My daughter, who is 12, keeps asking questions, too.
She gets annoyed when we're talking about stuff she DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ' 
' and I always tell her to ask and to her credit, she has. To his, my son has done a way better job of explaining than I've done and he's been really patient about it, too.She's also spent the last few days reminding me that when Corbyn got selected/elected/elected again
I gave her some money to spunk at the corner shop - so she's had a fiver off me today, too - result! VOTE CORBYN, FOR BISCUITS AND CRISPS!
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
It'll be harder for them to get their bills through parliament, so it's quite an important change really. It's one of the reasons I like Corbyn as Labour leader - with him I'm reassured that Labour will vote against NHS dismantling, for example, whereas a Blairite Labour, even if it had more seats, would be more likely to vote along with the Cons. Also LibDems will be more likely to lean left now they see it's popular and some Tories will sway slightly less to the right. There have always been a few Tory rebels who vote against them sometimes and they'll feel empowered now.
It's not world changing, but it is an improvement.
Sort of but as you know she doesn't do answers. Well not in the usual sense.
At least she has piped up a bit though, all the other ministers seem to have gone to ground.
Voley
Joyful and Recumbent
Only done one interview that I've seen and avoided every question in full on robot mode as usual. There was one question about weakening her mandate but she gave an answer to an entirely different question. Fuck me she's shit.
Whagwan
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Anyone? Wouldn't this be massive if the Lords could piss about with every single bit of legislation they get sent?
not-bono-ever
meh
ken clark is still there and I think he is still furious enough to shit on whatever may does- even if it is only 1 vote
rekil
to menny cranks
Raheem
Well-Known Member
I don't fully know the answer, but the Lib Dems took a decision that they were just going to ignore it when Gordon Brown was PM. So I guess maybe it's just up to the parties and individual Lords whether they wish to respect it or not.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Given that she seems to be in a profound state of denial at the moment I can only assume the answer would be, 'responsible for what?'
Maybe she's found all that taxpayers money she lost on that heating scam?
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
If the account of her previous meeting with Juncker is accurate then she was severely deluded about the strength her negotiating position even before this catastrope of an election. I really don't think she's very bright.
CrabbedOne
Walking sideways snippily
The EU26 think the Brits are ridiculous show ponies who are unable to get their act together anyway. She'd blown her credibility once she started to bang on about "no deal being better than a bad deal". It will be worse now of course as a shaky Tory government is dependent on a party that certainly want a deal over the Irish border and her party are quite liable to round on May like a pack of jackals. As I understand it it's Davies who does the A50 negotiating anyway which always made all this guff about the vitalness of a strong PM dubious. Going for a bigger majority supportive of May was more about being able to ram through domestic legislation and quashing dissent. JC has really chucked a spanner in that one.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
It was just resting in her account.
Certainly the deluded thing is coming up time and again. Horribly out of her depth.
stethoscope
Well-Known Member
Tories and the nuts DUP is going to be coalition of chaos stuff
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
You're complaining that 'chavs' didn't vote (really not on to use that word, Pete, whatever you mean by it) so the Tory MP got back in, but it was OK for you not to vote because it was 'pre-planned'??!!
31% of the electorate didn't vote, and that includes you. Imagine the change if some of those people had voted. Imagine if you had voted - you could have done a postal vote if you were unable to go to the polling station.
Don't blame others for their inaction if you're not prepared to vote either.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
A recount because it's very close. They have to have the same tellers doing each recount so the poor bastards are knackered and can hardly be expected to count accurately until they've had a rest.
I don't find it that surprising that it could go Labour. There's a lot of social housing there and many of the richer residents are foreign nationals with no vote in the general election.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
3 makes it tricky, but given SF aren't there, that makes it up to 6.
It was sooo close. Just three fewer tory MPs, and May could not have done what she did today. She was lucky, really, just holding on to a few seats by a few votes.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
There is enormous scope for mischief here. On this, and abortion rights as well. On the big fat cheques that will be signed for NI development. On the DUP attempting to dictate what kind of brexit happens. This last is the biggie, I think, as it's the thing the DUP cares most about - keeping the border but keeping it open.
There's going to be a lot of focus on the DUP, and it ain't going to look good at all.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Stuff like that I figure there must be enough Tory MPs who would rebel on anything truly heinous? I'm pretty sure at least a handful actually have a semi-decent LGBT+ record. Can't provide you with any facts to support that, of course...
