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Do we have a UK results live thread? If not, here it is! (Original Post) Recursion Jun 2017 OP
Thought 1: UKIP is essentially no longer a party Recursion Jun 2017 #1
Tories fail at Darlington Recursion Jun 2017 #2
Is it me or are the newscasters really talking trash on thier exit polls MattP Jun 2017 #3
The poll seems to be wrong in the Northeast, which tends to report early Recursion Jun 2017 #4
Home Secretary's district is going to require a recount Recursion Jun 2017 #5
Sam Coates Times (@SamCoatesTimes) OneBlueDotBama Jun 2017 #6
Looks like what one British newsfeed said: a hung parliament DFW Jun 2017 #7
First blood to Labour Recursion Jun 2017 #8
Treasury, Home Secs falling alcibiades_mystery Jun 2017 #9
As my newest meme says... Recursion Jun 2017 #10
Will June be the end of May? mwooldri Jun 2017 #11
HA! Nick Clegg has lost his seat Recursion Jun 2017 #12
I hope the voters of Sheffield Hallam delivered him a message the party couldn't. mwooldri Jun 2017 #15
His campaign manager conceded to Sky News a minute ago (nt) Recursion Jun 2017 #16
Tories lose Clwyd to Labour Recursion Jun 2017 #13
So May is probably going to be out by next week and Amber Rudd looks like she's losing her seat. SaschaHM Jun 2017 #14
It really is astounding Recursion Jun 2017 #17
The May effect ... Denzil_DC Jun 2017 #18
I mean, she can't continue at this point, can she? (nt) Recursion Jun 2017 #22
The infighting has started already! Denzil_DC Jun 2017 #23
Labour hold in Wolverhampton NE, by like 12 points Recursion Jun 2017 #19
Battersea to Labour by 3K Recursion Jun 2017 #20
Youth vote looking good: Denzil_DC Jun 2017 #21
BoJo's speech didn't mention May Recursion Jun 2017 #24
The BBC has a live count on their Facebook page. GoCubsGo Jun 2017 #25
Labour net +12 so far. RandySF Jun 2017 #26

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
1. Thought 1: UKIP is essentially no longer a party
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 07:51 PM
Jun 2017

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)
4. The poll seems to be wrong in the Northeast, which tends to report early
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 08:01 PM
Jun 2017

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.

OneBlueDotBama

(1,384 posts)
6. Sam Coates Times (@SamCoatesTimes)
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 08:04 PM
Jun 2017

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)
7. Looks like what one British newsfeed said: a hung parliament
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 08:10 PM
Jun 2017

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.

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
11. Will June be the end of May?
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 08:33 PM
Jun 2017

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.

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
15. I hope the voters of Sheffield Hallam delivered him a message the party couldn't.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 08:44 PM
Jun 2017

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.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
14. So May is probably going to be out by next week and Amber Rudd looks like she's losing her seat.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 08:44 PM
Jun 2017

And this was an election that Theresa May didn't have to call.

Over and Under on the number days until she resigns?

Denzil_DC

(7,242 posts)
18. The May effect ...
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 08:57 PM
Jun 2017



FrankThomas @FrankThomas27

Tory insiders now saying that they've lost every marginal constituency that Theresa May has visited #BBCelection

Denzil_DC

(7,242 posts)
23. The infighting has started already!
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 09:11 PM
Jun 2017

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)
19. Labour hold in Wolverhampton NE, by like 12 points
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 08:57 PM
Jun 2017

This was one of those "yeah, Tories could take it" seats about 4 weeks ago, and this was a blowout.

Denzil_DC

(7,242 posts)
21. Youth vote looking good:
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 09:03 PM
Jun 2017



Malia Bouattia ✔ @MaliaBouattia

Early reports suggest that 72% of 18-24s voted. Some people are surprised. We are not. #GenerationVote
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