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bawfuls posted:So the right wing party in Northern Ireland is happy to caucus with the Tories, but the left wing party in Northern Ireland has a hard policy of protesting the UK and thus doesn't take their seats. This has the effect of making it easier for Conservatives to form a government.
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Concerned Citizen posted:they've clearly made a lot of progress with this policy over the past 100 years I mean they made progress in the past by conceding smaller ground while keeping the 'big' display up, it's not exactly the dumbest plan.
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sexpig by night posted:Put May Through The Moon Door! don't you loving dare start making game of thrones references that poo poo is the political kiss of death nowadays
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got any sevens posted:fptp fails again or succeeds from the perspective of the rich landowners that came up with the idea
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Fast Luck posted:afaik Sinn Fein wants a united Ireland, so ofc they don't sit in a British parliament So do the SDLP, but they take their seats. The SNP want an independent Scotland, but they take their seats. It's not quite that simple.
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after 493 of 650 seats labour still up 219 to 215 savor this moment or savour, if you must
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Dr_0ctag0n posted:who is that? The UKIP candidate running in Corbyn's constituency.
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Dr_0ctag0n posted:who is that? UKIP canddiate who only got more votes than the Communist.
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Concerned Citizen posted:they've clearly made a lot of progress with this policy over the past 100 years
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seat count now tied on google
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Truancy-Bot posted:i cant read lips "terrorist sympathiser"
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Truancy-Bot posted:i cant read lips "terrorist sympathizer"
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Say what you will at least they managed to squeeze that dig against clegg in there.
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Truancy-Bot posted:i cant read lips "terrorist sympathiza"
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Truancy-Bot posted:i cant read lips "terrorist sympathiser *nod nod*"
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Dr_0ctag0n posted:who is that? The local UKIP bellend
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Vox Nihili posted:after 493 of 650 seats SkyNews already has the Tories up, 225-221
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Vox Nihili posted:after 493 of 650 seats lol tories got 5 more seats just now
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Bryter posted:So do the SDLP, but they take their seats. The SNP want an independent Scotland, but they take their seats. It's not quite that simple. Fast Luck has issued a correction as of 04:13 on Jun 9, 2017 |
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rudatron posted:So if the Tories still manage to clinch a minority government, it'll be down to a collapse on the snp, right? Did anyone manage to predict that? They had a sizeable lead in England in the last election and are going to retain that lead by midday, I think.
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Nonsense posted:UKIP canddiate who only got more votes than the Communist. But Corbyn won the district? 
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jBrereton posted:Their main constituents are northern irish catholics who make up a small minority in Northern Ireland and were deliberately clumped together to reduce their electoral effectiveness They aren't a small minority, it's 48% protestant vs 45% catholic in NI.
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man it blows my mind how old the institutions in the U.K. are. constituency since 1263 jfc
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Homeless Friend posted:also lmao british news is light years ahead of our news, look at this screen they've stolen from a TF2 control room
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gently caress, labour came within inches of picking up 2 more SNP seats
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:man it blows my mind how old the institutions in the U.K. are. constituency since 1263 jfc There's a saying, in the USA 100 years is very long and 100 miles is very short But in the UK 100 years is very short and 100 miles is very long
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Fast Luck posted:afaik Sinn Fein wants a united Ireland, so ofc they don't sit in a British parliament Sitting in Parliament requires swearing allegiance to the Crown which the political wing of the IRA is averse to doing.
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518 seats out of 650 Labour 222 Conservative 237 SNP 31 DUP 8 Sinn Fein 6 Plaid Cymru 3 Ulster Unionist Party 0 Lib Dem 10 Independent 1
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༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ sieze my energy jeremy ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ s
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Rastor posted:There's a saying, in the USA 100 years is very long and 100 miles is very short There's another saying, it goes like this: hurf de durf gently caress the tories
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