General Election - December 12th, 2019

[Southbanken]

But presumably there were plenty of Tory constituencies that voted Remain where the MPs voted for Brexit in parliament. What happened to Redwood for example?

Redwood kept his seat but saw a swing of 14% to the Lib Dems in second place. We could have got him out but Labour refused to support tactical voting. Had the LD, Lab and Green vote combined he would have lost. This is the most criminal thing about this whole election. Labour and the Lib Dems fucking ego's getting in each others way and not stepping aside when one had a much better chance of getting the Tories out. It happened in Esher, Wokingham, Kensington, Reading West, Hitchin, Cheadle, Stoke (not sure which one). Fucking idiots the lot of them.

 

[Manc in London]

We got the Government we deserve.

Many people in places like Grimsby, Bolsover, Stoke and Wakefield now believe local industry will thrive and their towns will be regenerated. I guess we will soon find out.

 

[Ban-jani]

Most of the BBC journalists are Tory toadies.

He avoided all the hard interviews. Not just him, they hid away Rees-Mogg, Francois etc.

They aren't traditionally but they are now. They ran on a nationalist, populist platform.

The Tories think the BBC is socialist.

The whole election was populist. Corbyn was and Sturgeon was.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Same old disingenuous crap from Brexiteers. If you were against career politicians, you would be spitting feathers at Westminster, not the EU.

you mean like the career politician Jeremy Corbyn , yeah I agree

 

[Southbanken]

you mean like the career politician Jeremy Corbyn , yeah I agree

Yes, like i said, the whole of Westminster.

 

[Robanompivenov]

Funny thing is if we all (& I mean the UK) had a vote they'd probably get their wish but could they survive without all our money?

Another just Scottish vote will change nothing as they'll not take the plunge, a bit like 'hold me back' at a football match.

Exactly, when looking at the number of Scots that have voted SNP there isn't a clear mandate for another independence ref.

Approx 68% of Scots voted, less than half of that 68% voted for the SNP.

30 odd percent voted SNP all being told but they got 80 odd percent of the Scottish seats. Shows FPTP is a ridiculous system and that her claims are too. A politician talking out of their arse, who'd have thunk it?

 

[NeilYoungIsBack]

Scotland has gone almost totally yellow. That's what they want, let them have it. Bye, we won't miss you

Maybe worth noting that SNP won 82% of the seats with just 45% of the vote in Scotland.

Plus, not everyone who voted SNP would necessarily vote for independence.

 

[crooky]

Just woke up.

What possible reason does Corbyn have not to resign immediately?

 

[NeilYoungIsBack]

It's a surprising situation when most of industrial North East Wales - Wrexham and most of Flintshire - is now Tory while relatively 'posh' Chester has a Labour MP.

 

[meltonblue]

Redwood kept his seat but saw a swing of 14% to the Lib Dems in second place. We could have got him out but Labour refused to support tactical voting. Had the LD, Lab and Green vote combined he would have lost. This is the most criminal thing about this whole election. Labour and the Lib Dems fucking ego's getting in each others way and not stepping aside when one had a much better chance of getting the Tories out. It happened in Esher, Wokingham, Kensington, Reading West, Hitchin, Cheadle, Stoke (not sure which one). Fucking idiots the lot of them.

The parties weren't closely enough aligned to allow for a lot of people to do tactical voting.