Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[Goat]

If nothing else at least those utter UKIP tramps have been jogged rar on.

 

[gonetomorrow]

I can't stand him, proper arrogant ted

I agree. He's a big toad.

 

[tsubaki]

Kuenssberg tweeting the Rudd is 'likely' to lose her seat.

As someone who hates the Tories, that would be a shame. She was the one person over there to actually improve their credibility as part of this campaign, and she is going to suffer because of her leader.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Farage next Tory leader?

 

[AndyC]

Why can't Farage just stfu, his party is being trashed and he just needs to go away.

 

[abelard]

the Guardian just reprinted this, re Battersea, Kensington

"‘If we are to believe what the polls are telling us, the group that has swung to Labour the most is actually the group most likely to be Tory – wealthy older voters in the southeast and southwest,’ said pollster Andrew Cooper…

This demographic is likely to have children or grandchildren who are hoping to go to university, making Labour’s promise to scrap tuition fees particularly attractive. They are also likely to have parents in or approaching retirement, who face the prospect of losing a big chunk of their inheritance under Theresa May’s ‘dementia tax’ plan to pay for social care from the proceeds of people’s homes when they die."

if so, well in, olds

 

[Tubey]

Oh pleeeeeeeeeeease let Amber Rudd get beat. Please.

 

[Milkman]

55/45 is mindboggling if true. Lets none of us forget that we went into the Jamie Reed / Tristram Hunt by-elections with senior people telling us that UKIP would replace Labour.

If that's the split, it's a frigging miracle. Thinking back to those by-elections earlier this year...

 

[Tubey]

the Guardian just reprinted this, re Battersea, Kensington

"‘If we are to believe what the polls are telling us, the group that has swung to Labour the most is actually the group most likely to be Tory – wealthy older voters in the southeast and southwest,’ said pollster Andrew Cooper…

This demographic is likely to have children or grandchildren who are hoping to go to university, making Labour’s promise to scrap tuition fees particularly attractive. They are also likely to have parents in or approaching retirement, who face the prospect of losing a big chunk of their inheritance under Theresa May’s ‘dementia tax’ plan to pay for social care from the proceeds of people’s homes when they die."

if so, well in, olds

Dementia Tax has proven to be suicidal for May.

 

[tsubaki]

the Guardian just reprinted this, re Battersea, Kensington

"‘If we are to believe what the polls are telling us, the group that has swung to Labour the most is actually the group most likely to be Tory – wealthy older voters in the southeast and southwest,’ said pollster Andrew Cooper…

This demographic is likely to have children or grandchildren who are hoping to go to university, making Labour’s promise to scrap tuition fees particularly attractive. They are also likely to have parents in or approaching retirement, who face the prospect of losing a big chunk of their inheritance under Theresa May’s ‘dementia tax’ plan to pay for social care from the proceeds of people’s homes when they die."

if so, well in, olds

If it happens, it shouldn't be a surprise. Being left with £100,000 might be alright in the north, but when their homes are worth north of two thirds of a million pound then its very hard to see why anyone would agree to it.

 

[navidson]

Why do we bother with this exit poll garbage? Are we really such a nation of impatient children that we can't wait for the actual results to arrive?

Any another thing - Why the pathetic fascination for announcing your result first? The count shouldn't even be happening tonight, people are working 16 hour shifts and then heading to a room to concentrate for another 4-5 hours on something massively important - Does that make sense?!

 

[arminisgod]

Losses to the Tories won't be as bad as the exit poll. Looks like most the ukip votes are going to them.

why? The tories were always tipped to do better in the NE where they have done deals with UKIP.

Yougov has been bang on and see's the Tories doing little in Scotland

 

[AndyC]

Why the [Poor language removed] is andy. Coulson on itv. Disgusting

Try and leave the bad language out of it please mate.

 

[nsno-chris]

Why can't Farage just stfu, his party is being trashed and he just needs to go away.

He's a media whore Andy, loves it and will never disappear unfortunately

 

[TheBlueGibbon]

Haha bye bye Rupert