Post Match Thread: Election 2017

[Gelsons Dad]

You will need a cross party consensus of what we want Brexit. I think the country voted no, to a hard Brexit. The final deal will now have to be voted on by a second referendum.

The country voted for brexit and corbyn has already accepted what that means so you are mistaken.

 

[Cheesy]

So, most RWNJ UKIP supporters actually turned out to be LWNJ's :-)

 

[bluemoonmatt]

corbyn saying they wish to form a minority government,can someone explain

to some extent he's surely kind of obliged to say something on these lines otherwise he's all but saying he concedes

 

[hilts]

You will need a cross party consensus of what we want from Brexit. I think the country voted no, to a hard Brexit. The final deal will now have to be voted on by a second referendum.

I don't see how you can come to that conclusion

 

[jonmcity]

The country voted for brexit and corbyn has already accepted what that mtioneans so you are mistaken.

This general election has defeated the hard brexit mandate. The outcome of any deal will now at least have to be voted on by parliament.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

What now for Ruth Davidson? If it wasn't for her we would now have a Labour/SNP/Lib dem/Green government.

Yes, that's a very good point, that results in Scotland have saved the Tories is nothing short of astonishing.

 

[pirate]

So, most RWNJ UKIP supporters actually turned out to be LWNJ's :-)

I dont think you can assign "nutjobs" to the right or the left.
they are political category all their own.

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Don't mind admitting I called that wrong. Didn't think you could buy so many student votes and the Tory manifesto + May was a disaster. But when you look at the vote share the tories didn't lose votes it was the appeal of labour that made the difference.

 

[argyle]

A great picture from last night

 

[Akiva]

What would the Tories have to do to scupper a deal with the DUP?

To scupper it? Insist on a hard brexit and a physical border between NI/ROI is about the only thing. The DUP will be desperate not to see Corbyn in power, given his long standing friendship with Sinn Fein/IRA and his seeming nonchalance over the Union.

It will be interesting to see whether the DUP's increased prominence and influence will compel Sinn Fein to take its seats in Westminster.

Mate, there's more chance of Phil Jones winning Ballon D'Or than Sinn Fein swearing loyalty to the Queen. They've already long since ruled it out.