Current Affairs 2017 General Election
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This going to go tits up
gonetomorrow
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DUP? Union Jacks? Rangers?
It's a Hun parliament all right.
It's a Hun parliament all right.
Ballymoney1
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Things work differently over here than to mainland Britain, by that I mean both Sinn Fein and the DUP have been involved in recent scandals that would sink a party on the mainland. Sinn Fein have seen their party leader spend time in custody whilst questioned over his IRA role decades ago as well as having to fend off questions over his brothers arrest on child abuse allegations. The DUP themselves have seen trouble with scandals such as the Iris Robinson affair namma and rhi scandals. All these and they still top the polls they are virtually bullet proof. The DUP in particular are very good at scaremongering a significant number of there target voters to the polls in order to keep their nationalist opponents out.
Northern Ireland is still a divided place and the two main parties are good at exploiting this.
Northern Ireland is still a divided place and the two main parties are good at exploiting this.
dandydan
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Like martinez's last season.
In other words, what's the point of us voting if we can't be involved in government? .
How about the media ask SF why they don't bother turning up to represent their constituents/oppose the tories? Then this arrangement would be meaningless.
The Tory Grandees, who told her to have an election to take advantage of the 'unelectable' one and divisions in the Labour party, will be meeting tonight and tomorrow to decide her fate. The Tory rank and file and MPs are seething. Add to the mix those that lost their nice little earner as MPs and the knives are really out. They should pug the poor woman out of her agony. If it was a horse they would put it to pasture to run through a wheat field.
Bluerover
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Just been on to Belfast - Steve's Mum. Quite depressing really. No answer to closing to a free market of 500m people tariff free. But loads about getting out of EU which lets terrorists in. I love her dearly but she summarises Brexit and the mentality that has put UK where you are.
Sorry to say this but UK and May; USA and Trump......isolationist policies
Sorry to say this but UK and May; USA and Trump......isolationist policies
It's fascinating and the Tories are reeling so it's actually utterly delightful.
When are we expecting the next election then? November? Next summer?
tsubaki
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Not turning up means you aren't involved in Government. Being in an effective coalition with the government means that you are.
If you fancy another GE before the end of the year, it's 2/1 - https://www.oddschecker.com/politic...eral-election/second-general-election-in-2017
Sitting in Westminster wouldn't contravene the GFA. An agreement to prop up a Tory government for political capital would appear to though.
It's dangerous, this DUP alignment is wrong on so many levels. I hope her utter belligerence wit this deal kills the government off.
Librarian
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