baka kaba posted:

The Tories could lose their majority here, but it's still a bit much to hope that Labour will actually win outright - there's a good chance we'll end up with a coalition government

Assuming we dodge the risk of the Lib Dems propping up the Tories like Tim 'bantzman' Farron has threatened to do, we could get a Labour coalition and that means giving the other parties what they want. The Lib Dems have been pretty aggressive about opposing Brexit and demanding a referendum on the final deal, it feels like they'd be happy to make that a condition for their support and take a lot of the credit/heat for it

Don't forget, nobody outside of the right wing parties really wants Brexit to happen, including the EU, and for all the 'Corbyn whipped for it he loves it!!!' politicking his personal position was that he wanted to stay in with reforms. Which we might be able to get - negotiating with the EU on a deal for staying in, where they need to offer concessions to win the public over

Baron Corbyn posted:

Seeing Corbyn bring them up on stage today made me realise Labour should be pushing Keir Starmer/Emily Thornberry/Barry Gardiner as their Brexit negotiation team as opposed to BoJo/David Davis/Liam Fox. One of those teams definitely are a lot more presentable and strong/stable and it's not the Tory team.

Pissflaps posted:

Tea and coffee do hydrate you, you just can't typically drink them in sufficient quantities compared to water or other cold drinks.

Josef bugman posted:

I mean it might end up being Boris. Which would be endlessly horrifying.

quote:

the native/non-native gets me every time

Pochoclo posted:

Politics are the worst thing ever devised by man

OwlFancier posted:

I think the only BBC thing I have any use for is the orchestra. Radio's crap, TV's crap, political coverage is crap to actively harmful.

Gyro Zeppeli posted:

I'd normally agree, but RTÉ gave the world Republic of Telly, and by extention, Robogarda, which still makes me laugh like a loving idiot every time.

Mr. Flunchy posted:

Uh, Paul Nuttall just advocated for young Muslim girls to have regular mandatory genital inspections.

Steve2911 posted:

I wonder if that could actually happen? Do they vet/check those standing behind her and their placards?

Lord of the Llamas posted:

I just imagined Tony Blair's face it Corbyn wins this election.

Guavanaut posted:

They can make a solemn affirmation instead of an oath if they choose, but that assumes it's the God part that the object to and not the Crown part.

Or they could opt to take it in Scottish Gaelic, and replace 'Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth' with 'a tub of rubber ducks' safe in the knowledge that nobody speaks Scottish Gaelic.

Guavanaut posted:

You can only take the oath or affirmation in English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, or Cornish. Shameful there's no Scots oath imo.

qhat posted:

Move to Canada where weed is legal and healthcare is on the govt.

Grouchio posted:

I feel as if I did not do my research on this topic properly and jumped to extremely straight-forward conclusions regarding possible options like some automaton. I have not slept in 40 hours and I feel like I would need to read a book on the subject, take notes, before reaching a confident consensus and verdict.

oxford_town posted:

Voted.

Is it usual practice for the electoral officer to ask for ID if you don't bring your polling card? This happened to me, but presumably if you say no then they just let you vote anyway...?

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Do you guys get democracy high tea or anything?

OwlFancier posted:

My sole suriving Nan is Labour so she can vote if she wants to.

Absolute Zeroes posted:

Voted for our local Green Party guy. I'm in speaker country which must be the only place team jam man aren't standing. . What's the UKMT approved alcoholic beverage for tonight then?

sassassin posted:

Mum voted for the woodcutting Tory because the Plaid candidate looks like "a gay. He makes my skin crawl".

Pissflaps posted:

You should be following this twitter

https://twitter.com/CorbynSuperFan/status/872766358681006080

If you want a real account of what is happening out there.

Baron Corbyn posted:

Angepain posted:

new Tory slogan?

communism bitch posted:

Round here all the 18 year olds were shepherded into an abandoned barn with "POLLING STATION" scrawled on the side in paint, and then a cabal of satan-worshipping octogenarians locked the doors and lit it on fire.

Steve2911 posted:

Politician drags wounded elderly to the polls to secure votes.

awesome-express posted:

If Corbs wins I'll donate £500 to any goon-suggested registered charity via my company.

kustomkarkommando posted:

Torys + Unionists would probably still be a majority

axeil posted:

Tory-SNP coalition?

ultrabindu posted:

https://twitter.com/Samfr/status/872927273472716800

good grief

StoicFnord posted:

I'm at home, crying with my partner. Today was all gloom because we both figured a landslide and the horror that would entail. Friends lives in danger. People starving. And liberties crushed. Just that smallest sliver of hope, and it's like a life raft for a drowning man.

I dare not feel it. But I can't help myself.

Please let it be true.