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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Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2017 00:12

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 18:40

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

SF won 7 seats, so the practical majority number is 322, so she can still limp over the line?

# ¿ Jun 9, 2017 06:00

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

Malcolm XML posted:

Do people realize that sf don't take their seats?

That's the point. Without SF's 7 seats, parliament's true size is 643. Half of 643 is 321.5. If the Tories have 322 seats they can't lose a vote (if unified...)

# ¿ Jun 9, 2017 06:05

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

Why has nobody posted the gif of Corbyn high-fiving Thornberry's boob?

# ¿ Jun 9, 2017 06:28

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

communism bitch posted:

Sorry guys, no democracy on sundays.

So if the opposition just need to arrange their vote of no confidence on a Sunday and May is screwed...

# ¿ Jun 10, 2017 10:41

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

Ewan posted:

People on Twitter seem to be of the view it's a political agreement, not a legally binding treaty. So if that is the case, the answer is: there aren't any.

IANAL but the Supreme Court seems to have judged that it is more than a political agreement
https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2016-0205.html
http://www.mcivorfarrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mccord_applicants-case_291116.pdf

edit: or maybe not. Misread argument for decision!

Pablo Bluth fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Jun 10, 2017

# ¿ Jun 10, 2017 15:10

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Wouldn't this actually be bad for Labour? It removes 29 seats from any likely 'Progressive Pact' and only 23 from a tory-dup coalition?

Given SF increase to nine, the working majority would be 296. The CONS' 298 would be a majority.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2017 13:37

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

Halisnacks posted:

Do party defections ever happen? I seem to remember a Tory defecting to UKIP.

Would a Tory --> Labour or Tory --> Lib Dem defection be inconceivable if someone felt they shackled their cart to the wrong horse?

From its inception in 1885 the constituency of Basingstoke has always been Tory with two exceptions. In the 1920s it went to the Liberals for one term, then in 2002 the Tory MP (Andrew Robert Frederick Ebenezer Hunter) first quit the party to be an 'independent conservative' before joining the DUP. It went back to Tory at the next general election when Hunter stood down.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2017 23:37

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

Didn't he inherent a country in recession and leave one growing? That puts him ahead of Dave and Little Miss Strong and Stable.

# ¿ Jun 13, 2017 14:24

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

Seaside Loafer posted:

loving economic cycle though wasn't it, didn't have do anything really.

And yet the current lot haven't managed it...

# ¿ Jun 13, 2017 14:28

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 18:40

Pablo Bluth: Sep 7, 2007; I've made a huge mistake.

How does �300m of reserves compare nationally to other councils?

# ¿ Jun 15, 2017 13:36

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