Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[hullefc]

The early results will potentially be most interesting regarding any swing... As happened last June, but it was still believed the 'big gun' areas would carry it for Remain. That was cross-party; this is politically polarised to a great extent (in other words, none of us know yet exactly where the floating vote has landed).

Or the postal vote and if more people voted from the 36% that didn't vote last time. Very interesting night if the exit poll is anywhere near correct. Tories may get below 300.

 

[bring the ghost on]

He's done an incredible job. As close to a perfect UK political campaign as you could imagine.

Combined with one of the worst in history from May and... here we are.

Insane stuff.

How can you say that, having voted Tory? Baffling.

 

[jal123]

Don't be using that word

Apologies it autocorrected from mings

 

[kenada_blue]

May's performance aside, Corbyn has done something quite incredible here. In the face of what looked like insurmountable opposition from his own party and the media, he has run a grassroots campaign that has captured so much support it's almost hard to believe.

Being realistic a win was never on the cards, this is almost as good as anybody who supported Labour could have hoped.

He stepped up in the last two months.

The previous months he looked very weak and timid.

If it doesn't go Labour's way... personally, I'd put it down that more than anything.

The flip side is May who banked on the gains against Corbyn.

 

[ToffeeDan]

It's pretty funny when the Deputy Political Editor of Murdoch's Scum tweets "400 seats for Tories" and five minutes later the BBC Exit Poll downs it by 84.

 

[Tubey]

How can you say that, having voted Tory? Baffling.

Because I'm fair and look at things objectively. I've said Corbyn has done a fantastic job for the last month, and slated May.

 

[Boss_Blue]

THE CFP APPROVES OF THIS EXIT POLL

 

[AndyC]

Fallon is scrambled.

Corrected that for you mate

 

[tsubaki]

My word, the faces on the PLP must be something to behold tonight.

Well they did say they were going to let him own this result.

 

[hullefc]

For those that have said Corbyn will take us back to the 1970s, he certainly has with hung parliaments and a politically divided country. The centre has been smashed.

 

[summerisle]

lol

 

[dandydan]

Well someone has got it wrong, stay tuned to find out who.

 

[Donald Twain]

COME ON!!!!!

 

[mmmmsnouts]

He stepped up in the last two months.

The previous months he looked very weak and timid.

If it doesn't go Labour's way... personally, I'd put it down that more than anything.

The flip side is May who banked on the gains against Corbyn.

Not that you should ever want the length of campaigns we have in American politics, but it seems like Corbyn's chances of winning would have been higher if the campaign was a bit longer. He was gaining ground almost continuously.

 

[hullefc]

1500 postal ballots went missing in Plymouth - two marginal seats. An extraordinary amount for the post office to lose. I wonder where they are?