2017 General Election Thread

[chunkster]

For the first time in quite a few years of voting, we had to queue :shock: and the guy giving out the voting slips said the turnout was one of the best ever, so something has stirred the publics interest

[chunkster]

Interesting......looks like the bile merchants in The Sun and Daily Mail are not quite as influential as they were in the good old bad old days.

From what I have been reading in the papers in the last few weeks they certainly tried their best

[moaning saddler]

I guess it will be some time before the Tories have the nerve to use their Strong and Stable rhetoric again.
Two Prime Ministers spontaneously combusting within the space of one year seems a little bit careless.

[Guest]

I see Labour have held Leigh, AM. :D

And Wigan.

[Cully]

I guess it will be some time before the Tories have the nerve to use their Strong and Stable rhetoric again.
Two Prime Ministers spontaneously combusting within the space of one year seems a little bit careless.

Indeed and I think a number of her party and most Conservatives might well be stoking that fire tomorrow morning after the worst election campaign I have ever witnessed. Probably the worst own goal performance since Derek Frazakerley scored that blinder at Fellows Park.

Looks like I might be getting my free Unicorn after all and with that I'm off to bed.

[Welsh_Saddler]

And of course Walsall bucked the trend with a Conservative gain from Labour (Walsall North, was it - David Winnick?)

[Guest]

Now it's hung, will Theresa hang on?

[Guest]

What's happened to my avatar? Has it been banned?

[Wragbyred]

And of course Walsall bucked the trend with a Conservative gain from Labour (Walsall North, was it - David Winnick?)

Walsall North the home of Beechdale, Mossley, Dudley Fields, Blakenhall and Goscote, goes Tory...
The worlds gone mad

[shrewsbury saddler]

"Mommy! Mommy! What does 'hubris' mean?"

[chunkster]

Well it's clear from the way the voting went that all of the labour gains were in places that voted overwhelmingly to remain in europe

[yoda]

Admittedly I haven't checked myself, but I've read the opposite in a few places this morning. They say key 'Leave' strongholds ditched Conservative.

[Cheesebag]

Well that was a good nights entertainment... I think the exit poll threw the BBC and they were making it up from there :mrgreen:

[SoccerHQ]

Thresea May is one of the biggest joke leaders of a party of all time.

[reedswood sadler]

I guess it will be some time before the Tories have the nerve to use their Strong and Stable rhetoric again.
Two Prime Ministers spontaneously combusting within the space of one year seems a little bit careless.

Both thought they knew better than the people and got a kicking May had better start looking for the knives in her back.

[SaigonSaddler]

Woke up in Prague to this news after a few too many Czech beers.

:D :D :D

Lovely breakfast! :wink:

[Super Gabor]

Woke up in Prague to this news after a few too many Czech beers.

:D :D :D

Lovely breakfast! :wink:

Does breakfast mean breakfast? :wink:

[SaigonSaddler]

Woke up in Prague to this news after a few too many Czech beers.

:D :D :D

Lovely breakfast! :wink:

Does breakfast mean breakfast? :wink:

:D :wink:

It was a firm breakfast, sitting on a stable piece of toast.

[SaigonSaddler]

While Abbott may be a scary thought as a potential Home Sec, what collection of cretins could really think that Boris Johnson is actually fit to represent the UK abroad?

me :mrgreen:

Me too!

Now lads, it's time to put your X against your chosen party, a vote for Corky Clown Corbyn spending billions of pounds that we don't have, opening the floodgates to millions of immigrants, 'talking' to ISIS, back to the seventies nationalisation, Join Trump in bringing back coal mines perhaps, taxing the wealthy and Industry that give us all jobs? But it's a party for us all.........2/6d extra in our pay packet......(until we lose our job).

Or, a vote for sanity....the Monster Raving Loony party, probably the only protagonists that aren't in it for what they can get...'bugga the proletariat' emblazoned on the rosettes, whether it be red or blue.

Ya never know, if Labour could run our country, Walsall could avoid relegation! Hoooraaaahhh!

See ya at the polling station!

Ancient? Retarded, looking at that load of old Daily Mail recycled cobblers. You're making things up, and you look stupid for doing so. Get a grip.

Where is it YOU live again exile? Chasetown? Aldridge? Caldmore? Delves? Palfrey? Beechdale? England? Get a grip!! :D :D
Bet you will most certainly never want to come back if Corky gets in!

Oh yeah, I forget you live in Westminster and have a direct line to both political houses. :D :D :D

[Pedagogue]

And of course Walsall bucked the trend with a Conservative gain from Labour (Walsall North, was it - David Winnick?)

Walsall North the home of Beechdale, Mossley, Dudley Fields, Blakenall and Goscote, goes Tory...
The world's gone mad

It is also the home of the Turnberry Estate (where tinned lives! :D ), Stafford Road, Stoney Lane (hardly any Labour supporters there) and a lot of disillusioned Kippers.

Sad to see David Winnick go - a decent and honourable man and as honest as the day is long. It's not often you can write the words "honest" and "Member of Parliament" in the same sentence! :D

[chunkster]

And of course Walsall bucked the trend with a Conservative gain from Labour (Walsall North, was it - David Winnick?)

Walsall North the home of Beechdale, Mossley, Dudley Fields, Blakenall and Goscote, goes Tory...
The world's gone mad

It is also the home of the Turnberry Estate (where tinned lives! :D ), Stafford Road, Stoney Lane (hardly any Labour supporters there) and a lot of disillusioned Kippers.

Sad to see David Winnick go - a decent and honourable man and as honest as the day is long. It's not often you can write the words "honest" and "Member of Parliament" in the same sentence! :D

You know what I can't see any winners in this debacle :(

[JonnyOwen]

Hmm guess which party is going into a coalition of chaos with known terrorist sympathisers now? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Super Gabor]

Well, who saw that coming 6 weeks ago?

Never been a fan of Corbyn but fair play to him playing solidly to his strengths throughout the campaign and coming across as a much more natural / normal human being than the PM.

To go from a 24% lead in the polls to an outcome with only 2% difference in the vote is surely an unprecedented turn-around in British politics and so rapidly too.

My plan was to stay up til midnight and take in a few early declared results, but it was too gripping and stayed up til 3.30 watching it unfurl.

Too much to take in right now. What a fudge mess.

I am sure someone will mention "coalition of chaos" and "terrorist sympathisers" soon..... :D

EDIT _ I see Johnny beat me to it.

[chunkster]

Hmm guess which party is going into a coalition of chaos with known terrorist sympathisers now? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

ye it's just turned from a catholic one to a protestant one :lol:

[seventies_saddler]

And the DUP have previously stated they want a 'soft' brexit with tariff free trade with the EU, easy access for EU citizens and continued access to EU grants. They also oppose ending the triple lock on pensions and means resting the winter fuel allowance. Teresa May is going to have to make a hell of a lot of concessions to get them on board. If not they won't vote for her queen's speech and she's finished.

So it looks like the end of the road for 'hard' brexit.

[Super Gabor]

So it looks like the end of the road for 'hard' brexit.

Or, it could be the end of the road for Brexit. Period. :D

[chunkster]

So it looks like the end of the road for 'hard' brexit.

Or, it could be the end of the road for Brexit. Period. :D

can they still do that? i thought once article 50 had been triggered it couldn't be reversed?

[yoda]

can they still do that? i thought once article 50 had been triggered it couldn't be reversed?

It can indeed be stopped as long as all EU members agree.

As previously mentioned, the exit procedure was deliberately written vaguely. It was unchartered waters and they wanted allow room for common sense in the circumstances rather than hard and fast rules that should be followed to the letter.

[chunkster]

can they still do that? i thought once article 50 had been triggered it couldn't be reversed?

It can indeed be stopped as long as all EU members agree.

As previously mentioned, the exit procedure was deliberately written vaguely. It was unchartered waters and they wanted allow room for common sense in the circumstances rather than hard and fast rules that should be followed to the letter.

oh right :| to be honest i just think it will turn into a very big mess now :|

[boringteacher]

It looks like we'll be sending the Conservative and Unionist Negotiating Team to Brussels. I hope they can come up with a handy acronym for us all to remember.