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 Ketara wrote:

 Whirlwind wrote:

 Ketara wrote:
. I don't agree with them on Brexit and Farron's a nob, but there's no chance of them winning, so no harm done.

Well apparently a nob is a person of social distinction according to the dictionary so it seems that he has won you around.

In other news new polls results s show no one is voting Con/Lab and LD are going to get a vast majority....

Don't, you'll make me cry.

Hey just wait till some former leader comes out of the wood work telling us its the lib dems year for a fight back.

I voted DUP for the first time in my 22 years of voting. Had enough of SF and their lies. Wife's off the the polling station at the moment she's switched to DUP as well.

Feels like we are firmly back in the trenches in NI. Sad times

Here we go guys.


Exit poll says a Tory victory. But a minor one.

 welshhoppo wrote:
Here we go guys.


Exit poll says a Tory victory. But a minor one.

If exit polls are accurate we are looking at a hung parliament give or take.

Looks like NI might hold the keys to power.

 welshhoppo wrote:
Here we go guys.


Exit poll says a Tory victory. But a minor one.

That does tally with some of the polls from the last day of the election campaign.

That exit poll result...gak.

May you stupid fether.

Coalition of Chaos here we come.

Also...I called it, a Hung Parliament.

 jhe90 wrote:

 welshhoppo wrote:
Here we go guys.


Exit poll says a Tory victory. But a minor one.

That does tally with some of the polls from the last day of the election campaign.

Scotland looks interesting. SNP might have lost a lot of seats (22). Going to be interesting to see who took those off them. If it is Tory and not Labour then that means Tories have been hammered in England.

If true I expect May to resign tomorrow (yay!).

We haven't got time for May to step down.


We need to crack on with Brexit, we can't afford to be six months behind the EU.

 welshhoppo wrote:
We haven't got time for May to step down.


We need to crack on with Brexit, we can't afford to be six months behind the EU.

However her position is likely to untenable. Best thing would be to go to the EU and ask for 6 months recess to ensure we can form a government. Doubt Lib Dems will make same mistake again (but will insist on a second referendum with Greens). Big question is whether Sinn Fein will drop not coming into parliament. Given they want open borders might be the first time we see them in parliament.

The result is just raising more questions. May you stupid dopey fether.

 welshhoppo wrote:
We haven't got time for May to step down.


We need to crack on with Brexit, we can't afford to be six months behind the EU.

Gah... We could end up with Corbyn in some grand alliance.
There goes the economy.

I say we just go back to the monarchy.


Long live the Queen!

They think we might need another election. Jesus Christ.

Kinda lookin like Strong and Stable Theresa May is about to be stabbed in the back...

 Future War Cultist wrote:
They think we might need another election. Jesus Christ.

Yeah I did maths and saw BBC maths.

Labour + lib Dem + SNP. = 314. Con, 314, even with biggest there short. + mix, 318 maybe. Still short.

Only way for a majorty is con/lib and that's by 2. ..

Its tighter than tight.

So who will be pm?
Rudd?
Johnson?
I can't handle it.

Maybe our various elected MP's will have to work together on Brexit, using that extremely dirty word of compromise.

 jhe90 wrote:

 Future War Cultist wrote:
They think we might need another election. Jesus Christ.

Yeah I did maths and saw BBC maths.

Labour + lib Dem + SNP. = 314. Con, 314, even with biggest there short. + mix, 318 maybe. Still short.

Only way for a majorty is con/lib and that's by 2. ..

Its tighter than tight.

Your ignoring Northern Ireland, DUP 8 MPs and possibly 2 Ulster Unionist will push Conservatives across the line. My vote have been the most important of the night!

The DUP and UUP will back them up. But at what price?

Yeah, the price is going to be high...

They know conservative is desperate.

If the DUP do play a role in forming a new government it'll be interesting to see if the papers that gave Corbyn a hard time over the IRA talks, will do the same with the DUP's connections to paramilitaries?

 gianlucafiorentini123 wrote:
If the DUP do play a role in forming a new government it'll be interesting to see if the papers that gave Corbyn a hard time over the IRA talks, will do the same with the DUP's connections to paramilitaries?

Of course they will

What an interesting few days this will be.

Whatever the result tonight, it begs the question of what Corbyn could have achieved if three quarters of his party hadn't spent the last 2 years trying to get rid of him.

Captyn_Bob wrote:
So who will be pm?
Rudd?
Johnson?
I can't handle it.

If the Exit poll is accurate then it looks possible that Rudd Could possibly lose her seat.

Hopefully they can find someone better then Johnson as that could end very badly.

That said, the Exit poll is looking to have overstated the swing to labour so some of the at risk conservative seats may be safer then they first appear.

So... hung parliment? Or more negotiations?

If no government can be formed, what does that mean? An interim gov and another election soon?

Does that mean Brexit is deader than ded?

It's bizare. Everyone is trumpeting the idea that Corbyn might not go down completely in flames as a victory of some sort. If you can't win an election, or at least gain seats after something as momentous as Brexit, combined with a change in leadership in the opposition and six years in opposition, you really are not very good. Doing badly instead of abysmally is not a triumph.

I maintain my original prediction of about a thirty seat majority for the Tories. We'll see how it goes.

It's simple majority to form a government... right? 326 MP is needed?

 whembly wrote:
It's simple majority to form a government... right? 326 MP is needed?

The party with the largest number of votes has the first right to form a government. If they have 50% or more of the seats, then they can declare themselves a single party government. If they have less than that, then they need sufficient support from other parties (be it in formal coalition or informal dealmaking) in order to pass legislation. If the party which won the largest vote cannot form a government within a set period, the next largest gets the opportunity. If there's still no luck then, you're usually looking at a second election.

Frankly though, all the talk of a hung Parliament is rubbish, I reckon. A quick look at where the leaders were campaigning tells the truth, Corbyn only ever visited two areas outside Labour safe seats, whereas May had it the other way around. Labour played defensively this entire election trying desperately to hold on to what they have whilst the Conservatives have been looking to gain new votes elsewhere.

Corbyn's entire gambit this election has been to try and consolidate himself sufficiently that he can hang around for another five years.

I was gonna type stuff to explain, then realised I only kinda understand it all in a handwavey way, so I'll let someone else do it.

Essentially, even not having a majority can still form a government, if you can persuade some of the smaller parties (EG the Northern Irish parties) to help you out a bit, dependent on what they want in return.