UKMT General Elextravaganza 2017: Lord Buckethead would have won

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What is the best flav... you all know what this question is: This poll is closed.
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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Jack2142: Jul 17, 2014; Shitposting in Seattle

This election makes me feel sad because in America we won't get the chance for Trump/Republicans to randomly decide to hold a special election, where Bernie and the leftist democrats end up clowning the Trumpmeister.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:41

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MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

Aww Amber Rudd survived

(And currently sitting on the 2nd most labour votes in history)

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:41

Necrothatcher: Mar 26, 2005

I've been awake for 24 hours and gone from desperately dragging Labour voters to the polling stations in Battersea to blissed out in the sun in a nice park reading about the imminent end of Theresa May.

Today was a good day

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:42

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Lightning Lord posted:

Google says Irish people use it too.

Ok so why don't they fill those seats and sit and spin? Is just flipping the bird and taking the seats out of play their way of implying that the British government is an illegitimate trash fire?

Basically yes, also to take a seat you have to swear fealty to the Sovereign, which, uh, the Irish Nationalists might literally combust out of sheer hatred if they tried to do.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:42

WhiskeyWhiskers: Oct 14, 2013; "هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)

OwlFancier posted:

Sorry I mean it's a Scottish word, isn't it? Or is it shared?

Irish gaelic for England according to google translate is Sasana, so it's probably shared.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:42

SamuraiFoochs: Jan 16, 2007; Grimey Drawer

Jack2142 posted:

This election makes me feel sad because in America we won't get the chance for Trump/Republicans to randomly decide to hold a special election, where Bernie and the leftist democrats end up clowning the Trumpmeister.

This is literally my feeling, especially since Trump is 100% the type to do poo poo like that.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:42

Aphex-: Jan 29, 2006; Dinosaur Gum

What a lovely chaos to wake up to. Very pleased for jam man, also chuffed that Bristol is aaalll red. My area of Bristol North West finally saw sense from 2015 and hosed the tories by voting Labour who got a 16.2% increase! I'll be cycling in to work this morning with a smile on my face.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:42

ShaneMacGowansTeeth: May 22, 2007; I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

"Tory target" Slough returned a 17k Labour majority. I think I'm still drunk. This is the best loving day

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:43

Matinee: Sep 15, 2007

BBC's saying Kensington is an expected lock for the tories - wasn't there some twitter rumours back at 1am (lol) that it was going to go Labour in a shock twist? Someone tell me I wasn't hallucinating that.

fake edit: hmbol, the BBC forecast has just gone down from 319 to 318

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:44

Ragingsheep: Nov 7, 2009

OwlFancier posted:

Basically yes, also to take a seat you have to swear fealty to the Sovereign, which, uh, the Irish Nationalists might literally combust out of sheer hatred if they tried to do.

Just lie back and think of ~~England~~ Ireland

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:44

jabby: Oct 27, 2010

Dimbleby now praising Corbyn to the hilt for being 'tough as old boots' and going through the 'monstering' of the press and his own party. Brilliant.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:44

Lightning Lord: Feb 21, 2013; $200 a day, plus expenses

Kaislioc posted:

They praised for her calling an election to CRUSH THE SABOTEURS. They're not even trying to hide how loving scummy they are.

They've been doing a poor job of hiding it since

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:44

Fuligin: Oct 27, 2010; wait what the fuck??

Mr. Flunchy posted:

I've been awake for 24 hours and gone from desperately dragging Labour voters to the polling stations in Battersea to blissed out in the sun in a nice park reading about the imminent end of Theresa May.

Today was a good day

good av post combo

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:44

Pistol_Pete: Sep 15, 2007; Oven Wrangler

Huh, Labour up 31 seats at this point. I literally and actually can't believe it.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:44

thehappyprince: Apr 4, 2006; Alastair Cock

Jose posted:

she was the most popular PM ever when she called the election lol

her public image was just a total facade and was destroyed in 6 weeks, even when she tried to stay out of the limelight lol. truly shame on every guardian liberal who praised her as some 'tanks on labour's lawn' centrist.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:44

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."

Man that was a pleasent 6 hour sleep and an even more pleasant awakening.

gently caress yes.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:45

Barry Foster: Dec 24, 2007; What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)

I'm back from my media blackout. And I am so shocked and surprised and delighted I'm shaking.

This is hope. Congratulations comrades of the UKMT, this is loving hope

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:45

WhiskeyWhiskers: Oct 14, 2013; "هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)

Broke out the Rakia in celebration rather than dread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCnEAH5wCzo

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:45

Cthulhu Dreams: Dec 11, 2010; If I pretend to be Cthulhu no one will know I'm a baseball robot.

Mister Adequate posted:

I'll admit it's probably the most tempting look at Westminster they've ever had, but SF's principles run pretty deep.

As to the second point; They can't, that's one of the MANY things about tonight that's so funny.

Yeah - I suspect they will take about it and decide no, but tough decision.

I'm just looking forward to PM Boris trying to steer through Brexit and domestic politics, then ending up with 'now you lose your MEP seats, AND have to pay more money but nothing else changes' as the brexit outcome.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:45

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

Remember that she had that popularity because she had only been prime minster for 9 months. Blair was even more popular at that point in 1998. PMs tend to have exponential decays of popularity.

(Most popular PM to call an election, not most popular ever)

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:46

Crowsbeak: Oct 9, 2012; by Azathoth; Lipstick Apathy

Unormal posted:

https://twitter.com/PDChina/status/873044098357141507

Thankyou Britain for giving me a reason to down a bottle of Mead. Also LOL @ the Blairites collapsing! Good to see Mhari Black is back.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:46

ShaneMacGowansTeeth: May 22, 2007; I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

Going to have to retire that "Hope is a lie" Tranformers picture now

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:47

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

It's pretty loving funny how the Tories have gone from unstoppable juggernaut to totally hosed in six goddamn weeks.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:47

History Comes Inside!: Nov 20, 2004

I'll take that swing, maybe next time :unsmith:

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:47

DesperateDan: Dec 10, 2005; Where's my cow?

Is that my cow?

No it isn't, but it still tramples my bloody lavender.

holy loving shitballs

jezza you loving legend

HAHAHAHAHA OH MAN

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:47

dead gay comedy forums: Oct 21, 2011

I know hope is a lie and all that but man it is good to see UKMT getting a bit of a breather :unsmith:

edit: also jeremy corbyn is an absolute class act for proving that centrists on the left can eat it

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:47

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Trin Tragula posted:

I strongly suggest that anyone who wants to figure out how politics might go after this should go find out as much as you can about Jim Callaghan's Labour government and how politics worked during it.

Let's talk about pairing, for instance. Usually when one side has a clear majority, MPs from opposing sides with similar interests or occupations are "paired" together. Most votes are attended by far fewer than all 650-odd MPs; when an MP on one side has some unavoidable business that prevents them from being present to vote in divisions (insert cynical speculation here about the nature of said business), they have a "pair" on the other side who agrees to also not vote, in order that votes can still happen and not be dependent on who can physically get the most MPs to the House (and yes, there are often good reasons for an MP to have something better to do than voting on 100 individual amendments to the Fisheries (Amendment) Bill).

Now imagine that you have a tiny or non-existent government majority. The temptation to bend, gently caress with, manipulate, and break the pairing system now becomes incredibly strong; a critical vote won by subterfuge is still a critical vote won. There are stories (which after a night of no sleep I can't find again) of whips going so far as to take critically ill MPs out of hospital and wheeling them unconscious on a gurney through the lobby, and then having a vicious argument at the other end as to whether the MP was actually still alive when he went through the lobby.

There is every chance that this could get absolutely vicious as gently caress if the government manages to sort an agreement that gives them an all-attending majority of, say, 5 or less.

In Australia we had a minority government fiveish years ago, with the Labor party relying on the greens and multiple generally conservative leaning independents for government.

It was bizarre and the opposition took up absolutely vicious and destructive tactics to destabilise it, including refusing pairs for serious illness and childbirth, but it did go the term and lots of legislation went through. We weren't negotiating a brexit at the time though so :laffo:

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:47

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

Cerebral Bore posted:

It's pretty loving funny how the Tories have gone from unstoppable juggernaut to totally hosed in six goddamn weeks.

They're still the largest party

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:47

Cabbit: Jul 19, 2001; _{Is that everything you have?}

Jack2142 posted:

This election makes me feel sad because in America we won't get the chance for Trump/Republicans to randomly decide to hold a special election, where Bernie and the leftist democrats end up clowning the Trumpmeister.

Bernie nothing, I'm pretty sure Howard Dean scream and all could clown on Orange Julius Caesar at the ballot box at this point.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:48

Coohoolin: Aug 5, 2012; Oor Coohoolie.

OwlFancier posted:

Yes but Sassenachs is Scottish, I dunno what the equivalent Irish is but, actually, Tory would be close because it derives from the Irish word for thief which i can't spell.

Sasanach. Literally. Sasana is England, ach declension is "person of".
Beaten.

Coohoolin fucked around with this message at 06:53 on Jun 9, 2017

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:48

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Jose posted:

lol nick clegg

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:48

Random Integer: Oct 7, 2010

Cerebral Bore posted:

It's pretty loving funny how the Tories have gone from unstoppable juggernaut to totally hosed in six goddamn weeks.

And its entirely self-inflicted. Its beautiful.

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:48

Sneaks McDevious: Jul 29, 2010; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:

Going to have to retire that "Hope is a lie" Tranformers picture now

Please do

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:49

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Jose posted:

lol nick clegg

Edit: Technically a a double post but worth it I think you can agree

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:49

SamuraiFoochs: Jan 16, 2007; Grimey Drawer

Someone help me. What exactly does this mean for Brexit?

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:49

thehappyprince: Apr 4, 2006; Alastair Cock

https://twitter.com/nedsimons/status/873052765827678209

scenes

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:49

Cthulhu Dreams: Dec 11, 2010; If I pretend to be Cthulhu no one will know I'm a baseball robot.

Solemn Sloth posted:

In Australia we had a minority government fiveish years ago, with the Labor party relying on the greens and multiple generally conservative leaning independents for government.

It was bizarre and the opposition took up absolutely vicious and destructive tactics to destabilise it, including refusing pairs for serious illness and childbirth, but it did go the term and lots of legislation went through. We weren't negotiating a brexit at the time though so

Gillard is also a very, very different politician from the Tory bench. Who amongst them is going to work a coalition and handle the incredibly complex domestic and international political negotiation that has to be balanced and managed?

It's sure as gently caress not Boris.

SamuraiFoochs posted:

Someone help me. What exactly does this mean for Brexit?

No-one knows. Tories will need the DUP to govern, and the DUP are totally committed to an open border and political union with Northern Ireland. Obviously Brexit fucks that up, so a huge, huge issue has emerged.

Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Jun 9, 2017

# ? Jun 9, 2017 06:49