General Election 2017 | Cabinet reshuffle: Hunt re-appointed Health Secretary for record third time

How do you intend to vote in the 2017 General Election if eligible?

  • Conservatives

    Votes: 80 14.5%

  • Labour

    Votes: 322 58.4%

  • Lib Dems

    Votes: 57 10.3%

  • Green

    Votes: 20 3.6%

  • SNP

    Votes: 13 2.4%

  • UKIP

    Votes: 29 5.3%

  • Independent

    Votes: 3 0.5%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 2 0.4%

  • Sinn Fein

    Votes: 11 2.0%

  • Other (UUP, DUP, BNP, and anyone else I have forgotten)

    Votes: 14 2.5%
  • Total voters
    551
  • Poll closed .
UKIP going back to Labour - all is forgiven you racist fecks.
 
altodevil86 said:
Feel like SNP must be slightly higher, if there are tossups. Feel betrayed by Labour voters going Tory to keep out SNP, stupid feckers. Could have made a fecking coalition.
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Agreed. Don't want to leave the Union? Just vote no in any and all Indyrefs. But don't vote Tory ffs.
 
I can't see a progressive alliance forming, just feel Lib dems will cock it up
 
Randall Flagg said:
Ok I am lost

Tories will win

Lib dems don't want a coalition

Why are we so happy?
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Because we thought there'd be Labour losses and Conservatives having 360+ seats. It being as close means the Conservatives won't have the ability to put through some of their more controversial policies.
 
Sinn Fein don't take their seats. Wouldn't matter if they backed it or not. It's only 4 seats anyway.
 
Corbyn will fold to Sturgeon no problem, but the Lib Dems won't want to touch either the SNP or Labour at this juncture.
 
Nick 0208 Ldn said:
Boris didn't jump ship, he fell to intrigue. Gove, for his involvement, became persona non grata. Most of the other leading figures stood for the leadership. Gisela Stuart was Labour and in no position to do so.

No idea why you're mentioning Farage; sod all to do with what i supported, and not even an elected representative at Westminster.

In any event, none of this is an excuse for May's conduct. What's your actual point?
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My point is when you had a chance to lead you can't find no one. Now your complaints about May just sounds like perennial whining. You had your chance to put a brexiter in the hot seat and drive it your way... And failed to do so. I don't remember no intrigue on Boris, he just lacked spine. False claims on NHS and immigration were the news immediately after Brexit as I recall clearly.

May was in a rock and hard place and I doubt you or any 14 year old could do a better job. It was a lame job ofc, but that's the best possible at that time. A bit more spine would present a better picture to the plebs, but nothing really canybe achieved by anyone else in same place.
 
My alerts just exploded! :lol: Thanks for the answers everyone. I'll try and follow the thread.

Damien said:
The expectation was that the Tories would end up with 360+ seats. To not even get a majority is awful on their part if it turns out to be true.
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hobbers said:
Because some people are a bit deluded about the coalition possibilities.

There really isn't much scope for any sort of "stable" coalition like there was in 2010. Largely because of huge disagreements on Brexit and Indyref.
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Kentonio said:
The Tories have very few people they can form a coalition with. The Lib Dems won't touch them, so all they have is the ulster unionists. It might not be enough.
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Untied said:
Because we are overwhelmingly left leaning and were braced for Labour losses and a Conservative majority of 50+

Instead of which we are heading for a hung parliament. With the high water mark being a Labour minority government and the low water mark a Conservative majority close to the pre-election one.
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Nytram Shakes said:
becuase its better then tories just having a majority and been able to do what ever they want! at least if this exit poll is right(which i'm still very doubtful about) they have to listen and compromise, thats a win considering what we though was going to happen(and probably still will)
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Randall Flagg said:
Ok I am lost

Tories will win

Lib dems don't want a coalition

Why are we so happy?
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May should get ousted and hopefully not a Tory majority.

What that means thereafter, feck knows, but I'll take either of the above.
 
I can't be doing an all nighter, I expect I'll wake up to see Tories have scraped a majority.
 
Runner said:
Thanks! Is a coalition is looking likely? Those still seem like very high numbers for the Tories. Why is everyone so happy?
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If the Tories, who have promised parliament a vote on the Brexit deal I think, stay in power, they might be forced to go for a soft Brexit or even reverse it.
 
A much, much softer Brexit would surely be the answer to a SNP/Labour/Lib coalition? I can't understand how they could join otherwise.
 
Can someone please explain what's going on for a first time voter. Not got a clue about exits polls and hung parliaments
 
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