But remember the Paxman interview, Corbyn being against Trident and the monarchy but abolishing both not being in his party's manifesto is bad. Because erm... reasons.
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How did people vote for this overrated woman to negotiate for our economic future?
I dont think he has to be fair. He's said she should resign and that Labour are ready to offer themselves.
They've used very particular wording to float the possibility without demanding it. Its just to out pressure on May
I think you need some perspective:
*She has grown the total vote share from an already strong position.
*Assuming the 319 after final seat declared she'd be just 6 seats off a majority. A majority being greater than all other parties put together. If you stripped out Northern Ireland she would have a rest of UK majority and she is joining up with the highest vote from Northern Ireland so actually it's two majorities joining together to cover their regions in relative terms
*The total share of votes I heard last night was around 44 percent similar to what was considered a landslide for Thatcher and Blair in a couple of their terms.
Don't get it twisted to assume a few less seats and scrambling together all the other minor parties would have formed some kind of reasonable looking government.
Yes this is a relative failure of a gamble on May's part, but when all is said and done she'll rightfully continue on with what she is doing with a 5 year mandate and hopefully with a change in tact to reflect the better results for Labour than was otherwise expected.
And let's not forget the heavy Brexit talk could just be a strategy to get the best deal. She is still a remain voter. I'm sure she is game playing. And at worst what she is listening to the vote? May is guilty of over confidence and certainly some arrogance, but the country still sees her as the most credible leader.
Labour and Corbyn should go after this alliance with DUP and attach the DUP's some vile views on Tories.
Pundit on the BBC says he's spoken to senior Conservatives and expects May to be left for now, to start initial Brexit negotiations, but a leadership challenge will be coming in the summer.
How May's position is tenable is beyond me, I don't know what Corbyn can do but there must be something.
I feel like Homer Simpson begging Superman to save him.
I feel like Homer Simpson begging Superman to save him.
What's saving May is no one popular enough wants to do the Brexit negotiations.
Just realised UKIP got a higher vote share on redcafe than in the national poll. 
You Northern Irish? They're the most backwards party around, on par or perhaps even worse than UKIP. Desperate times from the tories pairing with them.
Would that mean another general election?
EDIT: Oh, no it wouldn't. Thats how May got in in the first place.
Im very surprised they have 29 votes on hereJust realised UKIP got a higher vote share on redcafe than in the national poll.
I dont think we have anyone who has ever admitted to voting for them
Osborne is loving this, the vile toad.
yeah i've looked into it a bit more, was BBC twisting his words a bit.
its obvious to everyone Labour can not form a government with this result
Just saw Farron said 'No deal is better than a bad deal' with reference to whether they'd do a deal with the Cons again .
I have to give it to him - he's got good banter.
. I have to give it to him - he's got good banter.
I doubt he's serious about it, it's just posturing and capitalising on the unexpectedness of the results. It feeds the whole "we nearly did it" narrative, and will consolidate his leadership, probably.
I started reading this but it sounds like a poor attempt at justifying this ghastly woman's incompetence. I will celebrate when she gets tossed out of the job.
According to the BBC in terms of the popular vote:
Conservative 42.4% (+5.5%)
Labour 40% (+9.6%)
All of the other parties saw a reduction in their share of the popular vote, with UKIP the biggest.
UKIP 1.8% (-10.8%)
If they'd failed to get a majority (with the DUP), they'd have had to soften their Brexit stance.
Greens, Lib Dems, Labour, SNP, Plaid Cymru, all want a softer Brexit
DUP are the one party who campaigned to leave the EU. The allegedly want a soft Brexit but are eurosceptic.
See here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40215071
Just noticed - the surge for Labour in the caf poll was representative of the country at large!
To be fair, the only alternative was him getting his nob out and windmilling. So I'm glad he went for the one he did.
I reckon May's gaffe in calling this election is far, far worse than Cameron's Brexit gaffe - the latter, while risky, was partly understandable because of Brexiteers within his own party, and the increasing threat of UKIP taking votes from them.
There was no need for this at all. The only reason for May to call this was for an increased majority, and that's not materialised. Hilarious.
There was no need for this at all. The only reason for May to call this was for an increased majority, and that's not materialised. Hilarious.
Maybe he gave her some advice last night!
According to mail readers, May is an establishment plant to derail Brexit.
There's no chance of a second referendum in the next five years, is there?I reckon May's gaffe in calling this election is far, far worse than Cameron's Brexit gaffe - the latter, while risky, was partly understandable because of Brexiteers within his own party, and the increasing threat of UKIP taking votes from them.
There was no need for this at all. The only reason for May to call this was for an increased majority, and that's not materialised. Hilarious.
The DUP voted against Northern Irelands interests with brexit. The province needs the heavy EU investment to keep it solvent especially for farmers. They basically sacrificed a lot of money just so they can be seen to be super loyal and super British.
He properly hates her.He is really giving her a kicking.
This is going to solve the immigration issue anyway. Who the feck would want to come here now?
Nah doubt it. But Brexit will surely be a mess either way now.
It's actually a step back from the social media hype world. Everything gets overplayed these days just to get some air time.
Sometimes you need to apply a filter and look through the crap.
The reason May is staying is the rest of the party are surely too nervous to bring in a new PM when Corbyn does have good momentum. It's smart on their part. Boris is actually one of the most intelligent guys on the planet, but is so lacking tact and credibility that much like early Corbyn it would take a real gamble to put him out there. There are a few other MPs worthy of note, but that maybe don't have the long term history.
May makes sense to continue, yes wounded, but she has 5 years to fix that and in the mean time if Conservatives are smart they will start profile raising some of the support staff to ensure there are other potential leader options to face off against Corbyn.
And even Corbyn still has a lot more work to do. He is by no means on a clean slate. He has scraped himself off the ground and fought a good battle, he is a great surviver and a great check and balance and opposition, but there would need to be a massive change in opinion for him to get a majority and without that a coalition of chaos would constantly be thrown at him.