Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[Tubey]

Lol. Based on the first two results, that Exit Poll is going to be absolutely horse poo isn't it

Nah, Labour strongholds - about right.

 

[Librarian]

She's a bit Uma Thurman her

 

[Mrk]

Hmm. Too early to take anything from those swings.

 

[Toast]

She's a bit Uma Thurman her

I deffo would.

 

[ToffeeTim]

That Sunderland one is way better for tories than you'd expect on the exit poll.

Early days all the same.

 

[jal123]

Hmm. Too early to take anything from those swings.

 

[Lee Smith]

Nah, Labour strongholds - about right.

Yeah I get that Tubes, I meant if the Exit Poll was correct then the Lab majority would have been much higher. I'm still going for "comfortable" Tory majority

 

[Martino Robertez]

Supposed to be Cons in Sunderland South. Soon find out.

Weasel points for this fake ITK please @orly


Oh....

 

[AndyC]

Tories picking up the collapsed UKIP vote... that's bad news for Labour.

 

[nsno-chris]

Sack off these safe seats, it's the middle ground we need to hoover up along with a couple of Tory safeholds to really get the heat up

 

[orly]

Weasel points for this fake ITK please @orly


Oh....

Not a transfer mate, them's the rules.

 

[Mrk]

I'm saying it's too early to say the exit poll is wrong. You've got me confused

 

[jal123]

Sack off these safe seats, it's the middle ground we need to hoover up along with a couple of Tory safeholds to really get the heat up

Nuneaton expected at 1am, first real challenge

 

[Bluerover]

So for the uneducated like me, a hung parliament means exactly what? No actual change? Teresa May still in charge?

A number of options:

It allows a number of parties to come together in a Coalition Government in order to achieve a total of seats that are required for a majority. The smaller parties would get seats at Cabinet according to their size..... or

One large party, probably the Conservatives to negotiate with another party(ies) so that the others will support their policies without actually being in Cabinet - minority Government......or

No party can negotiate enough support from ther parties to get their candidate elected as PM. In this case, May would probably have to ask HMQ to dissolve the brand new Parliament and there would be another General Election..... or least likely but what we have in Ireland t the moment.....

One large party gets agreement from the largest Opposition party that the latter will not oppose them on major issues e.g. Budget. This is not a runner in UK, but over here Fine Gael is in Government with a number of Independents, and the main Opposition Party has agreed not to oppose significant legislation and budgets provided it is consulted in advance and agrees. It is a most unusual situation but has lasted longer than we expected, with two Budgets having got through so far.

All depends on the final seats tally as to which option is most feasible.

 

[nsno-chris]

Tories picking up the collapsed UKIP vote... that's bad news for Labour.

Tory swing

Yeah it's a bit edgy at the moment, didn't expect the Tory gain in fake geordie land