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So far a real mixed bag.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)The big question here is where those voters break. In the Northeast and Wales they seem to be going Conservative, but the midlands and the northwest seem to be more evenly balanced.
Scotland also may be seeing an SNP bloodbath.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)That was one of their bellwethers. This is some good news for Labour.
MattP
(3,304 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)But they got burned so badly by the exit polls in 2015 and 2016 for Brexit that I think they're a little punchy about it.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Wow
OneBlueDotBama
(1,384 posts)Sam Coates Times (@SamCoatesTimes)
Running through fields of wheat is now officially the second worst thing Theresa May ever did
June 8, 2017
DFW
(54,408 posts)May's party still got 50 more seats than Corbyn, but short of an absolute majority. Whoever wins will have to enter a coalition. May needs maybe two parties. Corbyn would need about nine fringe parties which would make him less effective than the Weimar Republic.
Nobody won this one.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)SNP just lost one
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Who's going to want to stand at the table with May in the next round?
Recursion
(56,582 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)1) I hope so...
2) Sadly it won't be the end of the Tories...
3) It also looks like we're going back to binary politics in the UK as LibDems haven't bounced all the way back.
4) Things are even more divided.
5) Not all UKippers were Tories in disguise.
6) SNP are going to lose seats but 2015 was a "wow" for them really... who expected them to retain all of them?
7) Brexit is still a problem
8) Cost of a Rainbow Coalition? Probably two referendums... IndyRef2 and Brexit2.
9) My sister bet on Trump winning. She bet on Corbyn being PM. I pray she's right this time.
10) My nerves are already shot and it's not even 9pm.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)Basically that teaming up with the Tories is political suicide. Especially considering that the "Democrats" part of the Liberal Democrats are the "Social Democratic Party" - itself a spin-off from disaffected Labour voters.
Teaming with the Tories, and reneging on political promises. Eurgh. The Lib Dems will recover... will take about 10-20 years but they will.
Edit to add... at this time Sheffield Hallam hasn't declared.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Ouch
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)And this was an election that Theresa May didn't have to call.
Over and Under on the number days until she resigns?
Recursion
(56,582 posts)"Interesting times", as they say
Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)Link to tweet
Tory insiders now saying that they've lost every marginal constituency that Theresa May has visited #BBCelection
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(56,582 posts)Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)I've seen reports that Rupert Murdoch stromed out of the (London) Times' election night party.
The Tory men in gray suits are reportedly livid, the chancellor she sacked when she became prime minister, George Osborne (he now edits the London Evening Standard) has been twisting the knife with great relish, and Boris Johnson is reported to be taking soundings for a leadership bid (heaven help us all).
May went into this claiming that the country was coming together on Brexit, but parliament wasn't.
Brexit may still be a live issue, but if the country's come together on anything, it's that she's utterly useless.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)This was one of those "yeah, Tories could take it" seats about 4 weeks ago, and this was a blowout.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Holy crap
Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)Link to tweet
Early reports suggest that 72% of 18-24s voted. Some people are surprised. We are not. #GenerationVote
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Interesting.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)RandySF
(58,911 posts)I have BBC and SKY apps.