General Election - December 12th, 2019

[oldius]

That's... not irony.

Momentum supporters are clearly more hate filled than any other side of the political debate. That's just my own observation.

Really? The Conservatives have sailed the good ship Brexit on an anti-immigration wave that harks back to the days of the empire, where we plucked immigrants from their homelands to feather our silk lined nests. That you believe that Labour's manifesto was more bilious than this, suggests a level of myopia blinding you to reality, and the dictionary definition of irony.

 

[Scottyboi]

I reckon all this 70 genders, correct pronouns and cancel culture play a part in shaping how people will vote too. I could be waffling shit but I know it pisses a lot of people off and voting the far left just leads to stuff like that getting even more unbearable.

 

[George Hannah]

Hello mate.
Where were you yesterday before the exit poll result was announced?

Welcome back Len, another fine mess you and your friends have landed us in ;)

 

[Metal Biker]

It's interesting looking at the vote share compared to 2017. In 2017 the Tories got 42.2% of the vote while Labour got 40%. Yesterday it was 43.6% and 32.2%.

So people haven't actually flocked to the right-wing Tories. They've flocked away from Labour and most of those have actually gone to the Lib Dems, who increased their share of the vote from 7.4% to 11.5%.

And the BXP, who got over 6%.

 

[meltonblue]

It's interesting looking at the vote share compared to 2017. In 2017 the Tories got 42.2% of the vote while Labour got 40%. Yesterday it was 43.6% and 32.2%.

So people haven't actually flocked to the right-wing Tories. They've flocked away from Labour and most of those have actually gone to the Lib Dems, who increased their share of the vote from 7.4% to 11.5%.

They have, although that vote change led to a 50 seat increase for the tories and a 1 seat decrease for the Lib Dem’s...

It’s where those votes changed hands that’s key to that.

 

[lazerblue]

Which country?

Fuck knows Bob, just pin up a map of Europe on the wall, blindfold yourself, spin round three times then throw a dart and see where it lands

 

[Cheesy]

Only just seen this...




Momentum.

We're not going anywhere.

:-D

 

[blueparrot]

It's interesting looking at the vote share compared to 2017. In 2017 the Tories got 42.2% of the vote while Labour got 40%. Yesterday it was 43.6% and 32.2%.

So people haven't actually flocked to the right-wing Tories. They've flocked away from Labour and most of those have actually gone to the Lib Dems, who increased their share of the vote from 7.4% to 11.5%.

Yes noticed earlier the failed Liberals increased their vote by 4 times what the successful Tories and SNP did. It 's an odd system we have.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

And the BXP, who got over 6%.

And they stood down in seats where they thought the Tories might be in trouble if the Brexit vote was split. I don't think they ever imagined the scale of the rout. If they had've stood down completely, Labour would probably have lost even more seats.

 

[kaz7]

You're not prepared to at least give them a chance?

Just right off the bat "tories are cunts" and that's it?

Trust me, if Boris's Government fucks up this chance the working classes have given them, they'll lose support at the next election. But i'[m not going to just dismiss them right off the bat. I'm also hoping Labour uses this time wisely. They are a poor opposition, they need to be strong. We WANT them strong.

They cannot be if they continue to endorse the rhetoric and opinions of the likes of Lammy, Abbott, Thornberry, Gardner, McDonnell and Corbyn. The public has now rejected them, twice, in two years. It's not what are the Tories doing right, it's how badly are the Labour Party getting things so so wrong.

I'm afraid tory governments don't give a shit about the bottom half of society,they have proved it many times and boris's words about then is all over this election,we know what he thinks about whole sections of the population,let's revist in a couple of years time