Britain - The Official Thread

[Famine]

Latest poll gives Johnson's Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat as having 45% of the vote and Labour as having betwen 42-44% of the vote.

It could be very interesting if there was a tactical vote/withdrawal/encouragement by the Lib Dems and the Greens.

Amusingly his own seat is more marginal

 

[MatskiMonk]

The fact that anyone needs to vote tactically demonstrates that the system doesn't work as it should.

 

[Liquid]

I didn't think the AV solution proposed in 2011 was the right solution or panacea but it goes without saying that First Past The Post in arbitrarily drawn constituencies simply does not work. It is inherently flawed.

 

[Tired Tyres]

I didn't think the AV solution proposed in 2011 was the right solution or panacea but it goes without saying that First Past The Post in arbitrarily drawn constituencies simply does not work. It is inherently flawed.

It wasn't. Nothing short of proper proportional representation will fix this system.

 

[DK]

Suddenly I'm reminded of Mark Corrigan's dad's love of cauliflower.

 

[MatskiMonk]

I didn't think the AV solution proposed in 2011 was the right solution or panacea

The AV system would have resulted in the 2015GE being even less representative! It definitely wasn't the best system to propose.

First Past The Post in arbitrarily drawn constituencies simply does not work. It is inherently flawed.

Indeed, where the boundaries are really makes a difference.

 

[baldgye]

ALMOST EVERY TORY AD DISHONEST, COMPARED WITH NONE OF LABOUR’S, RESEARCH FINDS


Sorry, I'm not shouting that, it's just how the heading of the article was formatted

 

[Liquid]

Rather interesting #BackBorris trending on Twitter. It's claimed to stem from a misspelling by all the bots but... all I can find is people talking about that rather than that itself.

Although it wouldn't surprise me if "they", whatever nefarious force they are, have been well and truly rumbled and pulled the plug on the bots.

 

[Touring Mars]

The polls have closed - hold on to your butts...

The first Exit Polls have been released and indicate a Conservative majority of 86



Labour are projected to lose around 70 seats...

If these figures are even remotely accurate, we have already seen Jeremy Corbyn’s last day as Labour leader.

 

[PzR Slim]

That’s a tad disappointing....

 

[C-ZETA]

The polls have closed - hold on to your butts...

The first Exit Polls have been released and indicate a Conservative majority of 86



Labour are projected to lose around 70 seats...

If these figures are even remotely accurate, we have already seen Jeremy Corbyn’s last day as Labour leader.

That sound you can hear is social media drowning in the overestimation of its self-importance.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Exit polls look good for the SNP too... is this a showing of support for indyref2?

 

[baldgye]

That’s a tad disappointing....

People would rather be lied to then have to deal with the brutal real world.

It’s ok though, you’ll be fine, if your rich.

Exit polls look good for the SNP too... is this a showing of support for indyref2?

The victorious Tories are going to **** NI so why not go for a double and totally ruin the Union?

 

[PzR Slim]

Exit polls look good for the SNP too... is this a showing of support for indyref2?

Wouldn’t be surprised if that is the last UK election we see.

 

[TS050]

Why does our country love the rich getting richer so much

 

[Famine]

I posted my predictions yesterday elsewhere at 342 for Conservative and 219 for Labour. I didn't imagine for a second I was being pessimistic about the Conservatives and optimistic about Labour. I wouldn't have even made the spread.

Ridiculous. Twitter has been almost exclusively Labour today. If this exit poll is even remotely true, Corbyn and Swinson won't make the weekend.

Why does our country love the rich getting richer so much

At best, that lacks any kind of nuance.

 

[Dennisch]

This looks like a 'just get it done because we're done with it' vote.

 

[HenrySwanson]

Insane.

 

[jake2013guy]

Ridiculous. Twitter has been almost exclusively Labour today. If this exit poll is even remotely true, Corbyn and Swinson won't make the weekend.

I'd be amazed if Corbyn is still Labour leader in the next 12 hours if it turns out to be true.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Farage on TV already! Oh man, I'm going to be hammered at this rate

... having said that, sounds like I might be voting for his lot next time

 

[PzR Slim]

The lack of self awareness is astonishing.

 

[Brend]

Exit polls look good for the SNP too... is this a showing of support for indyref2?

Oooooh I really hope so.

 

[TenEightyOne]

The lack of self awareness is astonishing.

They're definitely going nowhere.

 

[Touring Mars]

They're definitely going nowhere.

Hilariously poor choice of words.

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From the few results in so far, there’s already evidence of the Brexit Party costing the Conservatives seats.

In Sunderland, Labour held a seat despite losing 13% of its support. But they won by around 3000 votes, and the Brexit Party took over 5000 seats. Of course, the Brexit Party got nowhere near winning the seat, but did get enough votes to prevent the Tories from a massive upset.

It is already looking like the Brexit Party will fail to score many, if any, seats - but if Sunderland is anything to go by, they could end up saving Labour a chunk of seats that otherwise may have gone to the Tories.

 

[TenEightyOne]

And there it is... Corbyn will not lead Labour into another GE.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Well, I'm off to bed... run out of beer.

Not even halfway yet... but this is our democracy in action...

Really, it's beyond moronic.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Well, I'm off to bed... run out of beer.

Should have waited a short while... you missed the Jo Swinson losing her seat to the SNP.

Within an hour one party leader has gone, another has announced he's going, and another has given a confused victory speech alongside Elmo and a man with a bucket on his head who flipped the bird at a man with a bin on his head.

What a time to be alive.

 

[Rossell2]

Wasn't a fan of Corbyn but I had to give my vote to that because I couldn't in good faith give it to Johnson.

Sad day.

 

[UKMikey]

Friday 13th...

 

[Chrunch Houston]

The Normal people are speaking.