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| Labour |
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907 | 49.92% |
| Theresa May Team (Conservative) |
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48 | 2.64% |
| Liberal Democrats |
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31 | 1.71% |
| UKIP |
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13 | 0.72% |
| Plaid Cymru |
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25 | 1.38% |
| Green |
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22 | 1.21% |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
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12 | 0.66% |
| Scottish Conservative Party |
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1 | 0.06% |
| Scottish National Party |
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59 | 3.25% |
| Some Kind of Irish Unionist |
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4 | 0.22% |
| Alliance / Irish Nonsectarian |
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3 | 0.17% |
| Some Kind of Irish Nationalist |
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36 | 1.98% |
| Misc. Far Left Trots |
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35 | 1.93% |
| Misc. Far Right Fash |
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8 | 0.44% |
| Monster Raving Loony |
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49 | 2.70% |
| Space Navies Party |
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39 | 2.15% |
| Independent / Single Issue |
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2 | 0.11% |
| Can't Vote |
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188 | 10.35% |
| Won't Vote |
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8 | 0.44% |
| Spoiled Ballot |
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15 | 0.83% |
| Pissflaps |
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312 | 17.17% |
| Total: | 1817 votes | ||
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Do we need a 2/3 majority in parliament to call another election because of fixed term act? Edit: 388, the number of seats Labour will win in the next election.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:What have you got against words that sound the same, but are spelled differently? I'm loving dyslexic.
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Jun 10, 2017 23:58
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forkboy84 posted:What the Christ? https://twitter.com/mattzarb/status/873675611549683712
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Jun 10, 2017 23:59
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hope rules, the tories drool. just my 2 cents
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Jun 11, 2017 00:00
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Lord of the Llamas posted:Do we need a 2/3 majority in parliament to call another election because of fixed term act? Just need 1/2 to vote down the queen's speech
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Jun 11, 2017 00:00
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Lord of the Llamas posted:Do we need a 2/3 majority in parliament to call another election because of fixed term act? No, because the FTPA is secondary to a motion of no confidence and that only requires a simple majority.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:01
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This looks really good but I can't shake the feeling that the longer this government goes on the enthusiasm (with the youth if nothing else) is going to drop off sharpish. We need another election within a year.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:01
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Jedit posted:The Lords, being appointed rather than elected, are not beholden to special interest groups funding their election campaigns. And as they sit for life (or until they retire from all work) they're not angling for a nice job or six once they stand down. Give lord buckethead peerage imo
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Jun 11, 2017 00:01
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Bishop Rodan posted:https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/873674408224862210 The news since the exit poll has been literally nothing but "Tory shambles, Corbyn absolute lad" so quite possibly. Might die down after the dust settles, but depends on what the dust settles into I guess and it's not looking good right now at least
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Jun 11, 2017 00:02
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Josef bugman posted:I just wanted to link this article: I don't know a lot about Cowley but the New Statesman liveblog for the election was great to read because Stephen Bush, the journalist running it, got completely giddy and between seat updates just posted stuff like 'god, this is so great.' Also, if you want to feel even more positivity about the election, this article is for you: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/june2017/2017/06/why-labour-majority-next-election-has-become-far-easier
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Jun 11, 2017 00:02
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To be fair, the better Labour are polling the less incentive the Tories/DUP have of risking an election. Regardless of how shambolic they become, we'll still need a vote of no confidence most likely to get them out.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:03
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Reminder that Jeremy Bernard Corbyn has gone from 25/49 to 45/39 in 6 weeks
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TheRat posted:Reminder that Jeremy Bernard Corbyn has gone from 25/49 to 45/39 in 6 weeks I like where that trend is heading 
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Jun 11, 2017 00:05
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This is possibly the most pertinent comment by PJW all year. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155362570431171
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Jun 11, 2017 00:05
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I will happily make sure Our Jez gets his dinner egg.
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https://twitter.com/BrianElects/status/873676301713977344
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Jun 11, 2017 00:08
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If Labour do manage to get 800k members then their subs alone would be enough to fight the 2005 election (the most expensive they've ever had) every six months. loving bring on the snap elections then.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:08
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You know its kind of funny how much influence both Canary and OAV will have over the Labour base. But then when the publications that pretend to be Labour act like this, can you blame them?
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Jun 11, 2017 00:09
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Solemn Sloth posted:I like where that trend is heading In just 16 weeks he'll have over 100% of the vote!
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Jun 11, 2017 00:10
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StoicFnord posted:Couple that with the same manifesto, and some media training on the usual terrorist/trident questions. Add a sprinkling of the soundbites on "the voters are wrong" "coalition of chaos" and "strong and stable" I have yet to hear Corbyn say anything unreasonable on the topic of terrorism. Sure, it's probably not tactically smart to mention that terrorism is directly tied to Western warfare in the middle east, but I completely agree with it, and he's just being honest about his positions.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:10
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TheRat posted:Just need 1/2 to vote down the queen's speech Or a vote of confidence or money bill. There are moves that can be pulled to prevent a confidence vote happen apart from the Queen's Speech but there has to be at least one Budget a year.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:10
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Or a vote of confidence or money bill. There are moves that can be pulled to prevent a confidence vote happen apart from the Queen's Speech but there has to be at least one Budget a year. They probably will regret moving it to the autumn, now. 
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Jun 11, 2017 00:11
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Bishop Rodan posted:https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/873674408224862210 I think there's a group of people who either 1) want to vote for the winning side, because for some reason that's a thing that people do, and 2) were afraid to get behind Corbyn's labour because everyone was trying to paint him as a clown.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:12
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Does the Star have a particular grudge against Boris? They seem to be moving to preempt a leadership bid pretty strongly, to say the least: https://twitter.com/MsHelicat/status/873648092322684929
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Jun 11, 2017 00:12
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looool Where's that seat projection for different levels of swing again?
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Jun 11, 2017 00:13
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baka kaba posted:looool http://www.electionpolling.co.uk/swingometer/2017?CON=38.94&LAB=44.84&LD=7.25
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Jun 11, 2017 00:14
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Crowsbeak posted:You know its kind of funny how much influence both Canary and OAV will have over the Labour base. But then when the publications that pretend to be Labour act like this, can you blame them? Anyone who was following the indyref, where Wings Over Scotland went from angry weirdo with a blog to The Voice Of Yes for a significant chunk of supporters (while remaining an angry weirdo) won't be too surprised. And should maybe see it as a warning.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:14
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Thing is, the Maydup government is going to be very weak and unpopular, and May has no good ideas anyway. The longer it continues, the better the election will go.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:15
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What the gently caress is even going on? https://twitter.com/skydavidblevins/status/873676439010365445
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Jun 11, 2017 00:16
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Mm yeah that's the stuff
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Jun 11, 2017 00:17
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That's a 9% swing I think? Which, seat wise, would probably give Corbyn a majority.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:17
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TheRat posted:What the gently caress is even going on? When's the Queen's Speech? Willing to bet the DUP are trying to get some whipped legislation guarantees as their cost for the deal (Lib Dems take note...), and the time pressure really puts the ball entirely in their court.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:18
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goddamnedtwisto posted:When's the Queen's Speech? Willing to bet the DUP are trying to get some whipped legislation guarantees as their cost for the deal (Lib Dems take note...), and the time pressure really puts the ball entirely in their court. 19th
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Jun 11, 2017 00:19
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Apraxin posted:Does the Star have a particular grudge against Boris? They seem to be moving to preempt a leadership bid pretty strongly, to say the least: Boris and Richard Desmond were as recently as 2016 very close. Boris' last act as mayor was to give the green light to a billion pound docklands redevelopment deal for Desmond, and the two worked together for years on various charitable boards. Apparently things have changed. Desmond would definitely be the one who would know where the bodies are buried when it came to Boris.
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Angepain posted:Anyone who was following the indyref, where Wings Over Scotland went from angry weirdo with a blog to The Voice Of Yes for a significant chunk of supporters (while remaining an angry weirdo) won't be too surprised. And should maybe see it as a warning. I hope the editors at Gaurdian make a tactical decision here, because in America at least we got the Nation and Jacobin. You guys have nthing. Frankly TYT which is pretty poo poo is far prefeerable to OAV and the Canary
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Jun 11, 2017 00:21
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Even assuming they get confidence and supply, it will only ever take seven Tories to decide 'gently caress it, burn it all down' and another election results. EDIT: Also, when was the last time Labour polled 45%?
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Jun 11, 2017 00:21
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nothing to seehere posted:That's a 9% swing I think? Which, seat wise, would probably give Corbyn a majority. You must be confused. The only question was how big the Tory majority would be.
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Jun 11, 2017 00:22
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I wonder how good party discipline will be for the Tories with a leader they don't want, propped up by a party that is poisonous, caught between Brexit and a potential Corbyn winning GE? 
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Jun 11, 2017 00:24
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I think you'll find that Corbyn lost and there's no way he could ever win an election.
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TheRat posted:What the gently caress is even going on? Followup: https://twitter.com/skydavidblevins/status/873682026116907013
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