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Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 6:12pm
by Rat Patrol
Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2017, 6:08pm
Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to the Blairites spinning this as proof of Corbyn being a disaster for Labour.
Yeah, but they're limeys so the petty retroactive name-calling will be linguistically so much saltier than "DURR...Bernie Bros". :shifty:

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 6:23pm
by Dr. Medulla
Clinton and May Political Consulting (est. 2017): We'll Show You How to Defy Predictions!

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 7:49pm
by Flex
Hung parliament almost for sure. Forunately, I'll be in London in about a week and I can help play kingmaker for y'all.

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 8:03pm
by Rat Patrol
Heh...and the UKIP vote collapses into a singularity for extra lulz.

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 9:00pm
by Rat Patrol
Limey Vegas:
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Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 4:24am
by Silent Majority
Pretty good.

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 5:31am
by Rat Patrol
She's claiming she won't resign, so start placing bets inside and outside the Tories on who's going to win the ratfucking sweepstakes.

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 6:49am
by matedog
So let me make sure I got this right, May basically said "we need more Tory seats, so what the hell? Let's throw a special election." And then, "oops we actually lost seats. " And doing this random special election and losing seats in Parliament is grounds for resignation?

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 8:32am
by Dr. Medulla
http://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/po ... 81106.html

Under Corbyn, Labour's share of the popular vote was 5% higher than Blair's last win (40%-35%).

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 8:50am
by laxman
Looks like we will have to wait a bit longer for the Black Market Clash website book, seat retained!

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 9:31am
by Silent Majority
matedog wrote:
09 Jun 2017, 6:49am
So let me make sure I got this right, May basically said "we need more Tory seats, so what the hell? Let's throw a special election." And then, "oops we actually lost seats. " And doing this random special election and losing seats in Parliament is grounds for resignation?
Yes.

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 11:47am
by Silent Majority
Silent Majority wrote:
09 Jun 2017, 4:24am
Pretty good.
Like our Prime Minister likes to say, let me be clear; this is fucking great.

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 12:04pm
by Silent Majority
I understand that it doesn't look like it, but we battered them.


Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 1:57pm
by Low Down Low
Good result considering, I truly hope Labour can build on this and that the anti-Corbynites within take a long hard look at themselves, or as Malcolm Tucker might put it, either come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off.

Re: Limey'lection '17

Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 2:09pm
by Dr. Medulla
Silent Majority wrote:
09 Jun 2017, 11:47am
Silent Majority wrote:
09 Jun 2017, 4:24am
Pretty good.
Like our Prime Minister likes to say, let me be clear; this is fucking great.
I'm hoping (perhaps against hope) that Canada's social democrats, who will be electing a new leader, take the correct reading of all this and shift the fuck left. The Conservatives just picked another Harperite and the Young Prince is, well, a neoliberal himself, albeit one who smiles nice and does seem legit on a number of social and cultural issues. There is a populist opening for a left party, but I'm skeptical that the party, too dominated by lawyers, social workers, and other professionals, will see that sense.