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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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History Comes Inside!
Nov 20, 2004




A swing in the overall popular vote doesn't necessarily translate to a win though anyway because it could just be in seats they already hold, right?

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TheRat
Aug 30, 2006


Strong & Stable

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014


Looking at the seat changes makes a man smile. The casualties would include IDS, Theresa Villiers, Justine Greening, Amber Rudd, Anna Soubry, Stephen Crabb and Zac Goldsmith.

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


This never gets old

https://twitter.com/david_cameron/status/595112367358406656

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006

nothing to seehere posted:

That's a 9% swing I think? Which, seat wise, would probably give Corbyn a majority.

Plus they'd have excellent and extremely recent information to use for tactical purposes - they could endorse the LDs in Richmond Park in exchange for an endorsement in Southampton Itchen, for example.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


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

History Comes Inside! posted:

A swing in the overall popular vote doesn't necessarily translate to a win though anyway because it could just be in seats they already hold, right?

Sure, that's always a possibility, but there are also a few seats where the tories held out by a few hundred votes.

ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

Jedit posted:

Looking at the seat changes makes a man smile. The casualties would include IDS, Theresa Villiers, Justine Greening, Amber Rudd, Anna Soubry, Stephen Crabb and Zac Goldsmith.

and nothing of consequence was lost

RabidWeasel
Aug 4, 2007

Cultures thrive on their myths and legends...and snuggles!

:psyduck:

Skinty McEdger
Mar 9, 2008

I have NEVER received the respect I deserve as the leader and founder of The Masterflock, the internet's largest and oldest Christopher Masterpiece fan group in all of history, and I DEMAND that changes. From now on, you will respect Skinty McEdger!

Good start for the new chief of staff at number ten.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes

i mean it's just a small error like whether or not we have a government yet, nothing to check too closely before sending out to the entire press

Ms Adequate
Oct 30, 2011

Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling



Jedit posted:

Looking at the seat changes makes a man smile. The casualties would include IDS, Theresa Villiers, Justine Greening, Amber Rudd, Anna Soubry, Stephen Crabb and Zac Goldsmith.

Now that, that would be a thing of true beauty.

Come on Jezza! We know you're the Absolute Boy, now just twist that knife and finish the Tories off for a generation!

thehappyprince
Apr 4, 2006

Alastair Cock

https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/873679185734242304

things going well at CCHQ

thehappyprince fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Jun 11, 2017

Josef bugman
Nov 17, 2011

Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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Thecanary is pretty poo poo. What is OAV?

Is it another angry voice? I thought he wasn't the worst of all of them?

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)
"We were just getting a bit cold in the papal conclave and someone thought it'd be nice to put the fire on, I'm so sorry!"

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes
Also please don't have another election for a few weeks or so at least because first all the Scottish parties that aren't the Tories need to figure out how not to kick themselves in the teeth repeatedly whenever there's an election on

ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends
Sassy Ed is the best Ed

https://twitter.com/Ed_Miliband/status/873684173718007808

stev
Jan 22, 2013

Please be excited.



What's the minimum amount of notice you have to give for an election, anyway? I'm up for having one this Thursday if everyone's game.

CoolCab
Apr 17, 2005

glem
the fuckin nutjobs have the tories by the short hairs and it's amazing. they'll demand something that will piss some significant fraction of the tories off, probably related to LBGT rights or women, and either refuse to stave off the immediate election or wind up obliterated at their (most likely soon) next, Ruth particularly as it will include the Scottish Parliament elections

a DUP fuckup will get in the papers saying something abhorrent on a bi-weekly basis for as long as this nonsense parade goes on

Irony Be My Shield
Jul 29, 2012

What a loving shambles. I'm glad their attempt to paint themselves as the party of stability and competence went down in flames with this election.

Zephro
Nov 23, 2000

I suppose I could part with one and still be feared...
:captainpop:

EvilHawk
Sep 15, 2009

LIVARPOOL!

Klopp's 13pts clear thanks to video ref

Steve2911 posted:

What's the minimum amount of notice you have to give for an election, anyway? I'm up for having one this Thursday if everyone's game.

25 working days, so at least a month.

Sarah Bellum
Oct 21, 2008

happyhippy posted:

We should save him the time and compile a list of DUP demands here.

I'll start off:

- Rebury Martin McGuinness under the road of Dumcree so they can march over him every 12th.

Lord of the Llamas
Jul 9, 2002

EULER'VE TO SEE IT VENN SOMEONE CALLS IT THE WRONG THING AND PROVOKES MY WRATH
I was predicting that May was toast by Wednesday after the Tory backbencher meeting but I'm wondering if she'll last that long now.

Irony Be My Shield
Jul 29, 2012

im the government of certainty

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy

Josef bugman posted:

Thecanary is pretty poo poo. What is OAV?

Is it another angry voice? I thought he wasn't the worst of all of them?

Oh, I meant another angry voice.

Also AAV font styling are, concerning.

jaete
Jun 21, 2009


Nap Ghost

Bobstar posted:

I'm not allowed in mainland Europe because I spent the first 6 months of my life in BSE land (don't think I was eating any burgers but hey). Might be a Europe-wide thing? I doubt I can do it in the UK either as a non-resident :(

Wait, what the gently caress

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

I wonder if they released 'Yeah DUP has totally agreed we're all ready now' to try to get DUP to agree. That seems stupid enough for May, trying to make something fait accompli.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes
Somewhere in Downing Street an intern is desperately trying to climb out of a 3rd storey back window while Theresa May prowls the corridors with a cricket bat

TheBalor
Jun 18, 2001
Forgive the ignorant American, but isn't it possible they look at the same polls we are and just swallow their pride for the sake of power? Keep this zombie coalition going for years?

Zephro
Nov 23, 2000

I suppose I could part with one and still be feared...

Angepain posted:

Somewhere in London an intern is desperately trying to climb out of Downing Street by a 3rd storey back window while Theresa May prowls the corridors with a cricket bat
If by "intern" you mean "the chief of staff"

Trin Tragula
Apr 22, 2005

After reading a day's worth of posts in a couple of hours I would like to make a couple of points:

On the subject of Ian Hislop; he usually refuses to talk about his political opinions, but in about 2009 he did a couple of interviews where he said he might support the notional "Vince Cable for Treasurer Party". We can expect him to be no friend of Jeremy Corbyn (which is as it should be) because one of the manifesto commitments was to implement the recommendations of the Leveson Report and Hislop is utterly and totally opposed to them for intellectually justifiable reasons.

communism bitch posted:

DWP fit-for-work assessments

Never, ever, ever, ever, ever forget that ESA and the Work Capability Assessment (complete with Atos contract) were introduced by New Labour in 2008, and the Tories then gleefully seized on the system and principles set up by New Labour. It is a New Labour idea. (Another manifesto commitment was to abolish the WCA.)

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

Steve2911 posted:

What's the minimum amount of notice you have to give for an election, anyway? I'm up for having one this Thursday if everyone's game.

I believe it's 8 weeks but I really don't know where I got that number from.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


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

jaete posted:

Wait, what the gently caress

Yeah we don't let anyone who was in Britain at any time during the outbreak to give blood in Australia either.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes

Zephro posted:

If by "intern" you mean "the chief of staff"

there's been enough resignations, it could be both

atelier morgan
Mar 11, 2003

super-scientific, ultra-gay

Lipstick Apathy

Joda posted:

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.

or there's a lot of people who find the idea of a coalition with DUP horrifying

El Grillo
Jan 3, 2008
Fun Shoe
Saw something on Facebook about 800,000 members? loving insane if true

Also hope to god JC isn't serious about the calling another election thing I saw earlier today, people really really don't want that poo poo right now

spectralent
Oct 1, 2014

Me and the boys poppin' down to the shops

TheBalor posted:

Forgive the ignorant American, but isn't it possible they look at the same polls we are and just swallow their pride for the sake of power? Keep this zombie coalition going for years?

They can't, though. Weak coalitions are now incredibly fragile because of the fixed term parliament act.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
I'm picturing May cowering inside some sort of sofa fort in no 10 and refusing to come out.

atelier morgan
Mar 11, 2003

super-scientific, ultra-gay

Lipstick Apathy

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Yeah we don't let anyone who was in Britain at any time during the outbreak to give blood in Australia either.

same in the US, i was overseas in the uk at the time and welp

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Sarah Bellum
Oct 21, 2008

goddamnedtwisto posted:

I believe it's 8 weeks but I really don't know where I got that number from.

6 weeks. This one was 6 weeks from announcement to polling.

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