Voters go to the polls in the UK General Election
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Wow, just wow. What a mess. Pollsters all wrong again. UK swirling around the bowl. Pound dumped 2%.
The Brussels gang must be rubbing their hands will glee.
Not sure if May will survive the day.
The Brussels gang must be rubbing their hands will glee.
Not sure if May will survive the day.
The Brits pull a British Columbia - no clear winner, minority government. To me it means that those fed up with the status quo are gaining in substantial numbers. The fall of the ruling elite is inevitable, probably within a decade.
No they won't count.
If you read the web site or the article I posted it's someone doing this world wide vote on all major elections to get a sense of what the world is thinking.....
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s bet that she could strengthen her grip on power by calling an early election backfired spectacularly on Friday, with her Conservative Party losing its parliamentary majority and May facing calls to resign.
The outcome — an astonishing turn following a campaign that began with predictions that May would win in a historic landslide — immediately raised questions even among her fellow Tories about whether she could maintain her hold on 10 Downing Street.
It also threw into disarray the country’s plans for leaving the European Union, threatening to render Britain rudderless just days before talks were to begin with European leaders over the terms of the nation’s exit.
“The prime minister called the election because she wanted a mandate,” Corbyn said in an early-morning speech after winning reelection to his north London district. “Well, the mandate she’s got is lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence. I would have thought that is enough for her to go, actually.”
A triumphant Corbyn, crowing that the country had “had enough of austerity politics,” demanded that she resign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...2ab5745db2e_story.html?utm_term=.7a49d28a3586
May screwed up when she cut 10,000 cops even though they are under attack from Muzzies.
It was also revealed she was going to cut the Healthcare and Privatize part of it along with cutting Pensions people already have.
While Corbyn did not win outright, she lost.
Personally I like minority governments as they keep people in check from doing drastic changes......
You mean the constant Brash Badgering by Blackleaf that Britain wanted a Brexit above all else was Bollocks?
Brexit talks an afterthought until political turmoil ends
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Brexit talks an afterthought until political turmoil ends
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This just in:
In the most audacious attack yet, yesterday in Britain millions of ISIS terrorists armed with ballot papers blew up the Tory majority. Numbers of dead and wounded are not known, but the one confirmed death is the UK Independence Party.
British Prime Monster Theresa May recovered from perhaps the most epic political failure since. . . well. . . the last Tory PM, by immediately contacting the Orange Order in Belfast and securing their agreement to coalition. "I'm not sure what they asked for, because who can understand those Paddy thugs?" said Mrs. May, "But I am sure that the political sons of Ian Paisley will never cause trouble or betray me. I'm sure if we let them murder a few more Taigs, they'll be content."
Mrs. May has promised to ramp up the fight against radical Muslim terrorism by cutting more police from the rolls and further alienating Continental allies.
In the most audacious attack yet, yesterday in Britain millions of ISIS terrorists armed with ballot papers blew up the Tory majority. Numbers of dead and wounded are not known, but the one confirmed death is the UK Independence Party.
British Prime Monster Theresa May recovered from perhaps the most epic political failure since. . . well. . . the last Tory PM, by immediately contacting the Orange Order in Belfast and securing their agreement to coalition. "I'm not sure what they asked for, because who can understand those Paddy thugs?" said Mrs. May, "But I am sure that the political sons of Ian Paisley will never cause trouble or betray me. I'm sure if we let them murder a few more Taigs, they'll be content."
Mrs. May has promised to ramp up the fight against radical Muslim terrorism by cutting more police from the rolls and further alienating Continental allies.
What I like about UK elections is just how many parties there are. It may seem like the country is more divided, and I guess it is, but it also demonstrates more democratic participation.
Here are the final results
Conservatives - 318
Labour - 261
Scottish National - 35
Liberal Democrat -12
Democratic Unionist - 10
Sinn Fein - 7
Plaid Cymru - 4
Green - 1
The previous parliament had 3 more parties. The Conservatives lost 12 seats, Labour gained 29 and SNP lost 21.
What does it all mean? It's obvious that despite still being the biggest party the Conservatives gambled and lost. Jeremy Corbyn was laughed at for having 30 year old social policies. Before the election his poll numbers were historically low for a Labour leader, which is part of the reason why Theresa May called an election. How did they turn it around? Can we chalk it up to Labour policies actually resonating with voters? Maybe voters were annoyed with an obviously cynical and politically motivated snap election? I've heard it suggested that the Conservative campaign just wasn't organized or maybe complacency and polling kept Conservative voters at home and brought out younger voters.
Here are the final results
Conservatives - 318
Labour - 261
Scottish National - 35
Liberal Democrat -12
Democratic Unionist - 10
Sinn Fein - 7
Plaid Cymru - 4
Green - 1
The previous parliament had 3 more parties. The Conservatives lost 12 seats, Labour gained 29 and SNP lost 21.
What does it all mean? It's obvious that despite still being the biggest party the Conservatives gambled and lost. Jeremy Corbyn was laughed at for having 30 year old social policies. Before the election his poll numbers were historically low for a Labour leader, which is part of the reason why Theresa May called an election. How did they turn it around? Can we chalk it up to Labour policies actually resonating with voters? Maybe voters were annoyed with an obviously cynical and politically motivated snap election? I've heard it suggested that the Conservative campaign just wasn't organized or maybe complacency and polling kept Conservative voters at home and brought out younger voters.
It means Blackshirt will spend a couple of days constructing a delusion that this was somehow good for him and his BNP buddies and the British people (90% of whom he hates), and then be here to tell us all about it!
Yay.
That's easy. The Conservatives still won, the DUP is pro-Brexit and there will be no do-over on the referendum.
Which is why it will take Blackshirt only a couple of days to figure it out. That it will take him 48-72 hours to do what you did in 17 minutes is a pretty good gauge of his intellect.
If it was difficult, he'd never get there.
There's gotta be some British Nazi news site he can get his opinions from.
It happens whenever there's bad news about Trump. Chicken Trumpettes disappear for a few hours and come back with all the right talking points.
It happens whenever there's bad news about Trump. Chicken Trumpettes disappear for a few hours and come back with all the right talking points.
Site? There's an entire party, the British National Party or BNP (affectionately known as the British Nazi Party). UKIP is often called BNP-Lite, because it's for polite (or cowardly) Nazis who don't want to admit it. As you can see, both of them did just great in the election.
I'm hoping there's a magic well somewhere, but really, it's probably just Fox.
If the UK falls, the EU will suffer too. Maybe not as much, but it will. The two economies are more interdependent than either side likes to admit.
May vows to ‘lead Britain forward’ despite election blow
https://www.washingtonpost.com/?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-world%2Bnation&wpmk=1
She gabled , shelost. Cameron did the same thing.
perhaps gambling should be left to the casinos. ;-)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-world%2Bnation&wpmk=1
She gabled , shelost. Cameron did the same thing.
perhaps gambling should be left to the casinos. ;-)
I can't figure out what possessed Teresa May to call this election in the first place. Climates of uncertainty, as with Brexit, almost never works to the advantage of the incumbent. It was deemed to be opportunistic gambit and was punished by the voters. Part of the problem is May herself.
She was pushing the Brexit negotiations, but was part of the 'Remain' campaign in the Referendum. There's always a backlash to revolutionary change and you need someone completely committed to the program to push things through. On top of which this must been one of the most ham handed election campaigns in British history.
She quickly positioned herself as the a NeoCon candidate, a Thatcherite clone, with an allegiance to globalist free markets, trickle down austerity at home, social libertarianism.. at odds with the true conservatives, nationalists and populists in her own Party. She's also someone who operates from a hermetic clique.
The only good thing about this is the minority partner is going to be the Democratic Unionists who are true social conservatives, anti EU, and nationalists. Hopefully they'll keep May honest. But i suspect a Brexit 'Light' will start to dominate the agenda with some lip service to sovereignty and capitulation to Brussels on trade and immigration.
One of the Conservative wags on the BBC coverage last night noted that the Conservative Party was an Absolute Monarchy moderated by Regicide. I just don't think May has the vision or political skills to reassert British independence. I think they need some new blood at the top.
She was pushing the Brexit negotiations, but was part of the 'Remain' campaign in the Referendum. There's always a backlash to revolutionary change and you need someone completely committed to the program to push things through. On top of which this must been one of the most ham handed election campaigns in British history.
She quickly positioned herself as the a NeoCon candidate, a Thatcherite clone, with an allegiance to globalist free markets, trickle down austerity at home, social libertarianism.. at odds with the true conservatives, nationalists and populists in her own Party. She's also someone who operates from a hermetic clique.
The only good thing about this is the minority partner is going to be the Democratic Unionists who are true social conservatives, anti EU, and nationalists. Hopefully they'll keep May honest. But i suspect a Brexit 'Light' will start to dominate the agenda with some lip service to sovereignty and capitulation to Brussels on trade and immigration.
One of the Conservative wags on the BBC coverage last night noted that the Conservative Party was an Absolute Monarchy moderated by Regicide. I just don't think May has the vision or political skills to reassert British independence. I think they need some new blood at the top.
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It's funny that you say the DUP is nationalist. I mean, you're not wrong. They are British nationalists, but they are a Northern Irish Unionist party. Calling a unionist party in Northern Ireland nationalist is hilarious. Just proves how idiotic nationalism is.