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What is the best flav... you all know what this question is:
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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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Shibawanko
Feb 13, 2013

Teddybear posted:

With a razor thin majority that's at risk of collapsing if anybody sneezes funny.

I'm not trying to be wishfully pessimistic here by the way, I'm on Corbyn's side, but my impression of the tories (and equivalent parties in other countries) is that they are simply unprincipled and will try to consolidate power no matter what it takes, they're willing to be extremely flexible. I see no differences between DUP and CON except for Brexit, so why would this coalition be that unstable? It seems to me they'd agree on almost everything except brexit hardness, what would the funny sneeze entail?

Maybe it's because I'm from Holland where reactionary hung parliaments are common.

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Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe

Shibawanko posted:

Seriously though, won't the conservatives now simply take a soft brexit + hard right stance to court DUP and still form a government?

They'd risk having a rebellion in their own ranks and would certainly also alienate their hard brexit base. So sure, by all loving means, it'd be fantastic.

Kegluneq
Feb 18, 2011

Mr President, the physical reality of Prime Minister Corbyn is beyond your range of apprehension. If you'll just put on these PINKOVISION glasses...

MrL_JaKiri posted:

I hope not (unless it was May)

Anyone heard from Katie Hopkins today?

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)

Nice piece of fish posted:

Did you know, Clegg is actually norwegian for Horse-Fly? Just a fun fact for you, here on this very good day of jam and maydays.

Oh yes, and a political commentator (Britain expurt) in the papers said LibDems desire to form a coalition with the tories could be compared to desire for for genital warts. Not too likely then.

Well Farron is into toads that gently caress, so maybe?

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

CoolCab posted:

people are going to be dogpiling you here but again, you showed character last night. you honestly didn't believe he was electable, and when he demonstrated otherwise (admittedly not to the level we'd all prefer, but far beyond what we dared to hope) you were happy to be wrong :love:


Everyone said it was impossible. It wasn't. And next time, the PLP might remember that.

no gently caress that, if people like pissflaps had actually got behind corbyn from the start instead of being loving idiots for two years then labour could have done even better

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
If only May had acted in the same dignified and contrite way as good ol' pissflaps, instead of doubling down and continuing to brokenly screech about stability.

Borrovan
Aug 15, 2013

IT IS ME.
🧑‍💼
I AM THERESA MAY


Crosspeice posted:

If winning means a hung parliament, shaky Brexit mandate and dealing with the DUP, then I think the country is hosed.
FTFY

Nice piece of fish
Jan 29, 2008

Ultra Carp

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Well Farron is into toads that gently caress, so maybe?

What is it with your politicians and wanting to stick their dicks into animals?

communism bitch
Apr 24, 2009

Miftan posted:

Was it Clegg?

I can CONFIRM it WAS CLEGG
I repeat it WAS CLEGG

Jk a train arrived 5 seconds after i posted s'all good.

ronya
Nov 8, 2010

I'm the normal one.

You hate ridden fucks will regret your words when you eventually grow up.

Peace.
corbs is still likely to have to start anointing a proper leftie successor over the next couple of years, not least so that the Labour candidate isn't 73 by the next election

unless we think there's going to another one in 2017, which we shouldn't rule out, as things stand

Bardeh
Dec 2, 2004

Fun Shoe


:bisonyes:

Chucat
Apr 14, 2006

Teddybear posted:

With a razor thin majority that's at risk of collapsing if anybody sneezes funny.

So Labour didn't win Thanet South and the Tory MP who did is gonna be in court soon.

Just saying. :twisted:

PIGS BREXIT
Mar 29, 2017

Well. Gosh

double nine
Aug 8, 2013

Between comey and this election, yesterday was a pretty good day.

Voyager I
Jun 29, 2012

This is how your posting feels.
🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥
Yankee night owl chiming in to celebrate and laugh at leopard-print Thatcher killing her own majority.

MrL_JaKiri
Sep 23, 2003

A bracing glass of carrot juice!

c0burn posted:

I love DM comments at times like these


:lol:

The cities are subsidised by the rural areas? You learn something new false every day

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh

JFairfax posted:

no gently caress that, if people like pissflaps had actually got behind corbyn from the start instead of being loving idiots for two years then labour could have done even better

They may have done us a favour, it's shown that the Labour right is so out of touch with what people actually want that we might actually see real Labour candidates being put forward, instead of these wankers who are just Tories in a Labour suit.

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

I think any character that pissflaps showed was probably the alcohol.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

communism bitch posted:

Actually i think somebody may have jumped in front of a train so....

Was it David Davies?

Dirk Pitt
Sep 14, 2007

haha yes, this feels good

Toilet Rascal
Congrats from an Ameri-goon living in Sweden.

dispatch_async
Nov 28, 2014

Imagine having the time to have played through 20 generations of one family in The Sims 2. Imagine making the original two members of that family Neil Buchanan and Cat Deeley. Imagine complaining to Maxis there was no technological progression. You've successfully imagined my life
https://twitter.com/theresa_may/status/865855578454806529
:thunk:

Ratjaculation
Aug 3, 2007

:parrot::parrot::parrot:



Breakfast

Bape Culture
Sep 13, 2006

So now what 🤔

MrL_JaKiri
Sep 23, 2003

A bracing glass of carrot juice!

Shibawanko posted:

I'm not trying to be wishfully pessimistic here by the way, I'm on Corbyn's side, but my impression of the tories (and equivalent parties in other countries) is that they are simply unprincipled and will try to consolidate power no matter what it takes, they're willing to be extremely flexible. I see no differences between DUP and CON except for Brexit, so why would this coalition be that unstable? It seems to me they'd agree on almost everything except brexit hardness, what would the funny sneeze entail?

Maybe it's because I'm from Holland where reactionary hung parliaments are common.

The Tories have the amazingly useful position of knowing that things will get better for them personally no matter what happens

The DUP + the Tories is still a very very slim majority.

Blinks77
Feb 15, 2012

JFairfax posted:

no gently caress that, if people like pissflaps had actually got behind corbyn from the start instead of being loving idiots for two years then labour could have done even better

There's nothing to gain by spitting "we told you so's" at them. Accept the new support and move on.

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Namtab posted:

I think any character that pissflaps showed was probably the alcohol.

I thought he was tee-total

another pissflaps lie

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh

MrL_JaKiri posted:

The Tories have the amazingly useful position of knowing that things will get better for them personally no matter what happens

The DUP + the Tories is still a very very slim majority.

Counterpoint: Prime minister Boris Johnson.

Robot Mil
Apr 13, 2011

Why the gently caress are the Beeb interviewing Nigel Farage he's loving irrelevant now

Barry Foster
Dec 24, 2007

What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)

JFairfax posted:

no gently caress that, if people like pissflaps had actually got behind corbyn from the start instead of being loving idiots for two years then labour could have done even better

Nah, let's look forward, not backwards. Last thing we need is to waste this momentum with a traditional leftist circular firing squad

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Robot Mil posted:

Why the gently caress are the Beeb interviewing Nigel Farage he's loving irrelevant now

Andrew Neil just said Breakfast instead of brexit though so it's all good

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


When are we due the mandatory Guardian article talking about how if only Labour were more centrist then they'd have won?

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

JFairfax posted:

I thought he was tee-total

another pissflaps lie

Clearly passed last night. Also we had two years of his shtick so gently caress any attempts at revisionism

ronya
Nov 8, 2010

I'm the normal one.

You hate ridden fucks will regret your words when you eventually grow up.

Peace.

Barry Foster posted:

Nah, let's look forward, not backwards. Last thing we need is to waste this momentum with a traditional leftist circular firing squad

now that you bring it up, the narrowness of some of these wins might put a damper on reselection reform

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

JFairfax posted:

no gently caress that, if people like pissflaps had actually got behind corbyn from the start instead of being loving idiots for two years then labour could have done even better

Not everyone is gifted with transcendent visionary socialist wisdom such as we.

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

Barry Foster posted:

Nah, let's look forward, not backwards. Last thing we need is to waste this momentum with a traditional leftist circular firing squad

I'm not sure that's what's going to kill the momentum, it's the tories forming a government with dup support.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

I don't want a tory breakfast.

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Namtab posted:

I'm not sure that's what's going to kill the momentum, it's the tories forming a government with dup support.

mmm coalition of chaos

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
and flegs

Ratjaculation
Aug 3, 2007

:parrot::parrot::parrot:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSS1FIkGOX8

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WeAreTheRomans
Feb 23, 2010

by R. Guyovich

OwlFancier posted:

I don't want a tory breakfast.

How the gently caress are professional newspeople still making this fuckup? I know the two words sound similar and Brexit is a stupid dumb non-word, but come the gently caress on

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