Current Affairs 2017 General Election

2017 general election

  • Lib Dems

    Votes: 24 6.5%

  • Labour

    Votes: 264 71.0%

  • Tories

    Votes: 41 11.0%

  • Cheese on the ballot paper

    Votes: 35 9.4%

  • SNP

    Votes: 4 1.1%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 4 1.1%
  • Total voters
    372
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COYBL25 said:
Time summon the beast :

@peteblue once the pub doors open, can you give us your "unbiased " take on events please x

* This means the Tories will be in power until 2022 :(
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I think it's the right move although somewhat risky. It gives the government a five year period that well overlaps our EU negotiations without having to worry about a 2020 election. It also gives everyone the chance to decide who they want negotiating for the U.K. with Europe, May, Corbyn or Farron. It's a no brainer really......
 
peteblue said:
I think it's the right move although somewhat risky. It gives the government a five year period that well overlaps our EU negotiations without having to worry about a 2020 election. It also gives everyone the chance to decide who they want negotiating for the U.K. with Europe, May, Corbyn or Farron. It's a no brainer really......
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Thanks Pete, I suspect you'll be busy on here today ;)
 
peteblue said:
I think it's the right move although somewhat risky. It gives the government a five year period that well overlaps our EU negotiations without having to worry about a 2020 election. It also gives everyone the chance to decide who they want negotiating for the U.K. with Europe, May, Corbyn or Farron. It's a no brainer really......
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Like choosing from Kone or Niasse to start up front...
 
nsno-chris said:
Tories will win by a massive majority. Greens/Lib dems will take more seats off Labour and UKIP.

Wouldn't surprise me if labour came third in the polls
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thats my initial thought..

however, this could happen -

labour vote hold ups in traditional areas -north, london etc as people often vote out of habit

tories could lose marginals to lib dems due to hard brexit, may not be as simple as it first appears
 
I'm surprised that so many think the tories will win by a massive majority, surely even brexiteers didn't want a hard brexit, or a least a sensible percentage of them? And Mrs May, how anyone can like her and Gove and Johnson backroom team. Are people in the UK all closet Hooray Henry's or something?
 
Many African viruses are more popular than Labour at the moment.

I can see them getting their worst share of the popular vote since 1918.
 
peteblue said:
I think it's the right move although somewhat risky. It gives the government a five year period that well overlaps our EU negotiations without having to worry about a 2020 election. It also gives everyone the chance to decide who they want negotiating for the U.K. with Europe, May, Corbyn or Farron. It's a no brainer really......
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one of the big risks is scotland, what if SNP completely clean up? another referendum...
 
Mrk said:
I guess you could say May is doing Labour a favour by getting rid of Corbyn before he can make any more long-term damage to the party.
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That is the way I see it.

She also runs the risk of emboldening the SNP which will surely turn this into a Brexit referendum in Scotland.
 
neil999 said:
thats my initial thought..

however, this could happen -

labour vote hold ups in traditional areas -north, london etc as people often vote out of habit

tories could lose marginals to lib dems due to hard brexit, may not be as simple as it first appears
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Even on a tiny swing from Labour to the Tories, the Tories will gain loads of marginals from Labour, which would easy offset any seats the Tories may lose to the Lib Dems.
 
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