UKMT General Elextravaganza 2017: Lord Buckethead would have won

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Labour	907	49.92%
Theresa May Team (Conservative)	48	2.64%
Liberal Democrats	31	1.71%
UKIP	13	0.72%
Plaid Cymru	25	1.38%
Green	22	1.21%
Scottish Socialist Party	12	0.66%
Scottish Conservative Party	1	0.06%
Scottish National Party	59	3.25%
Some Kind of Irish Unionist	4	0.22%
Alliance / Irish Nonsectarian	3	0.17%
Some Kind of Irish Nationalist	36	1.98%
Misc. Far Left Trots	35	1.93%
Misc. Far Right Fash	8	0.44%
Monster Raving Loony	49	2.70%
Space Navies Party	39	2.15%
Independent / Single Issue	2	0.11%
Can't Vote	188	10.35%
Won't Vote	8	0.44%
Spoiled Ballot	15	0.83%
Pissflaps	312	17.17%
Total:	1817 votes

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JOHNSON COCKSLAP: Apr 2, 2017; by Lowtax

this is the kind of thing that happens when you don't use your nukes imo.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:49

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# ? May 15, 2024 02:09

blunt: Jul 7, 2005

The live video atm on Sky News is a lot of kids in pyjamas walking with their parents, which suggests an area is being evacuated...

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:51

double nine: Aug 8, 2013

https://twitter.com/TechnicallyRon/status/870731603668078592

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:51

Oh dear me: Aug 14, 2012; I have burned numerous saucepans, sometimes right through the metal

forkboy84 posted:

But I guess we're about to go into another period of not campaigning

God, I really hope they don't do that again. We're having an election that will affect millions, we should not stop informing the public about their choices just because a bad thing happened.

When did we become so drat pious about death? Was it Diana? It was wasn't it

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:52

namesake: Jun 19, 2006; "When I was a girl, around 12 or 13, I had a fantasy that I'd grow up to marry Captain Scarlet, but he'd be busy fighting the Mysterons so I'd cuckold him with the sexiest people I could think of - Nigel Mansell, Pat Sharp and Mr. Blobby."

They're probably being extremely cautious about that van in case there are explosives in it.

lol someone just waved at the Sky news camera and smiled.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:52

blunt: Jul 7, 2005

Given that we don't have a government at the moment (all MPs have resigned etc), is there any mechanism to delay an election? What if an attack was the day before?

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:53

kustomkarkommando: Oct 22, 2012

Lacks originality. 3/10

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:53

Regarde Aduck: Oct 19, 2012; c l o u d k i t t e n; Grimey Drawer

Would Corbyn be prepared to hit that van with every nuke we have?

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:55

kustomkarkommando: Oct 22, 2012

blunt posted:

Given that we don't have a government at the moment (all MPs have resigned etc), is there any mechanism to delay an election? What if an attack was the day before?

We don't have a parliament but we do have a government - the PM and all ministers stay in place after a dissolution until new ministers are appointed

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:55

Ratjaculation: Aug 3, 2007

blunt posted:

Given that we don't have a government at the moment (all MPs have resigned etc), is there any mechanism to delay an election? What if an attack was the day before?

by default the queen becomes leader

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:55

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

blunt posted:

Given that we don't have a government at the moment (all MPs have resigned etc), is there any mechanism to delay an election? What if an attack was the day before?

No, we still have a government until the Queen says otherwise as far as I understand. Though I'll grant you that I bet there's a dozen posters with a better grasp of constitutional law than me.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:55

Tortuga: Aug 27, 2011; Runner-up, TRP Sack Race 2021/22

Ratjaculation posted:

im going for road accident

When did we become so optimistic?

Oh dear me posted:

When did we become so drat pious about death?

When did we become so pessimistic?

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:56

Pochoclo: Feb 4, 2008; No...; Clapping Larry

Hope it was just some drunk wanker driving into a stoplight and no one was badly hurt

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:57

blunt: Jul 7, 2005

kustomkarkommando posted:

We don't have a parliament but we do have a government - the PM and all ministers stay in place after a dissolution until new ministers are appointed

forkboy84 posted:

No, we still have a government until the Queen says otherwise as far as I understand. Though I'll grant you that I bet there's a dozen posters with a better grasp of constitutional law than me.

Thanks for clarifying!

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:57

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

forkboy84 posted:

No, we still have a government until the Queen says otherwise as far as I understand. Though I'll grant you that I bet there's a dozen posters with a better grasp of constitutional law than me.

That's broadly correct, and there's no legal reason why the Government can't ask for the polling to be suspended, but it's also literally never happened before and our constitution really hates it when things happen for the first time.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:57

crispix: Mar 28, 2015; Grand-Maman m'a raconté
_{(Les éditions des amitiés franco-québécoises)}

Hello, dear

My policy would be for all vehicles in the UK to be equipped with giant pillows on every panel. Initiative would be supported by on the spot fines for people who start a sentence with "at the end of the day".

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:58

Oh dear me: Aug 14, 2012; I have burned numerous saucepans, sometimes right through the metal

Tortuga posted:

When did we become so pessimistic?

10 April 1992 in my case.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:58

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

Guy claiming there was gunfire on Southwark Bridge before it happened.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:58

spectralent: Oct 1, 2014; Me and the boys poppin' down to the shops

Well, gently caress.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:58

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

crispix posted:

My policy would be for all vehicles in the UK to be equipped with giant pillows on every panel. Initiative would be supported by on the spot fines for people who start a sentence with "at the end of the day".

What would you do with all the left-over money?

# ? Jun 3, 2017 22:59

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

OwlFancier posted:

Ban bridges, imo.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:00

Pochoclo: Feb 4, 2008; No...; Clapping Larry

First reports are all over the place. So far, BBC reports a van hit about 5 pedestrians who are being treated for injuries (doesn't seem like any fatalities at least), and the driver got arrested.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:01

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

Well optimistic (hah!) interpretation is that the van had been involved with some kind of gang-related fun and games on Southwark bridge and mounted the pavement trying to lose Plod, the fact there's reports saying they've got the driver in custody might tend to suggest that's the case, but who loving knows? Might as well look at tea leaves as news right now.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:02

chernobyl kinsman: Mar 18, 2007; a friend of the friendly atom; Soiled Meat

Pochoclo posted:

Hope it was just some drunk wanker driving into a stoplight and no one was badly hurt

it was an Islamic terrorist attack

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:02

jBrereton: May 30, 2013; Grimey Drawer

If the Sun asks Corbyn what he feels when he sees a white van and he says anything other than "seething rage about terrorism" he's done for.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:03

Tortuga: Aug 27, 2011; Runner-up, TRP Sack Race 2021/22

This would never have happened on the BORIS BRIDGE.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:03

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Has anyone considered putting big crash barriers between the road and the pavement on the bridges?

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:03

namesake: Jun 19, 2006; "When I was a girl, around 12 or 13, I had a fantasy that I'd grow up to marry Captain Scarlet, but he'd be busy fighting the Mysterons so I'd cuckold him with the sexiest people I could think of - Nigel Mansell, Pat Sharp and Mr. Blobby."

chernobyl kinsman posted:

it was an Islamic terrorist attack

If you know that for a fact then shouldn't you be evading the police rather than posting on the internet?

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:04

Roblo: Dec 10, 2007; I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

OwlFancier posted:

Has anyone considered putting big crash barriers between the road and the pavement on the bridges?

On all bridges? And say they did that, someone could do it anywhere. Anywhere there is a road with pedestrians nearby.

Im not sure if you're joking or not, but i've actually heard people suggest this so...

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:05

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

Pochoclo posted:

First reports are all over the place. So far, BBC reports a van hit about 5 pedestrians who are being treated for injuries (doesn't seem like any fatalities at least), and the driver got arrested.

Nah, the person the BBC had at the scene said specifically that someone was arrested but she had no idea who they were or why they were being lifted. There was nothing about the driver being lifted, the chat was about the van having driven off, not having stopped. But this was one eyewitness.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:05

EvilHawk: Sep 15, 2009; LIVARPOOL!

Klopp's 13pts clear thanks to video ref

Might as well post the update in full:

quote:

23:01
BBC reporter Holly Jones, who was on the bridge at the time of the incident, said the van was driven by a man and was "probably travelling at about 50 miles an hour".

About five people were being treated for injuries after the vehicle mounted the pavement and hit them, she said.

She said the van, which was travelling from the direction of central London, headed towards the south side of the river.

Ms Jones later reported seeing a man being arrested by police. She said he was handcuffed and had his shirt off.

Doesn't sound like a terrorist attack but I can understand why everyone would be very cautious about it.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:05

Tigey: Apr 6, 2015

Ban people who drive white vans I say

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:06

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Roblo posted:

On all bridges? And say they did that, someone could do it anywhere. Anywhere there is a road with pedestrians nearby.

Im not sure if you're joking or not, but i've actually heard people suggest this so...

Well I mean it's happened twice now recently on london bridges, and it seems like it might be safer for pedestrians generally.

It can't be that expensive.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:07

chernobyl kinsman: Mar 18, 2007; a friend of the friendly atom; Soiled Meat

namesake posted:

If you know that for a fact then shouldn't you be evading the police rather than posting on the internet?

I could be wrong. maybe it was another burst water pipe

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:07

CoolCab: Apr 17, 2005; glem

initial reports will be wildly inaccurate and that's the nature of the 24 hour news cycle

with that said, a terrorist attack at 1030 on a Saturday night into five people on a bridge seems rather ineffective. is london bridge typically packed at this time and, moreso then many other available targets at other times?

# ? Jun 3, 2017 23:08