Hung parliament?
Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 21:54Bad news for the Tories .....
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Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 21:54Re: Hung parliament?
Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 23:02Dimbleby very cheesed off by poor microphone sound from the counts and a fly in the studio
Re: Hung parliament?
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 00:42It looks like the UKIP vote is splitting 60% Labour and 40% Tory.
BBC is forecasting 9 seats for the Tories in Scotland. That would be 8 gains. To get to a hung parliament, the Tories would have to lose a good 15 seats including the Scottish gains (tenuous but likely in some).
As for a hung parliament?
Let's see. The last time we had one of those (2010), the end result was a Tory majority in 2015, SNP rampant in Scotland and the Lib Dems crucified at the polls.
Works for me.
I'm sitting here highly amused. For me it's heads I win, tails they lose. If I win then my family benefits. If I lose, then I win everything that will make my life easier and my family will just have to suffer.
BBC is forecasting 9 seats for the Tories in Scotland. That would be 8 gains. To get to a hung parliament, the Tories would have to lose a good 15 seats including the Scottish gains (tenuous but likely in some).
As for a hung parliament?
Let's see. The last time we had one of those (2010), the end result was a Tory majority in 2015, SNP rampant in Scotland and the Lib Dems crucified at the polls.
Works for me.
I'm sitting here highly amused. For me it's heads I win, tails they lose. If I win then my family benefits. If I lose, then I win everything that will make my life easier and my family will just have to suffer.
Re: Hung parliament?
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 00:47Odds for Boris Johnson becoming the next Tory Party leader slashed from 66/1 to 5/1, apparently! 
Angus Robertson of SNP defeated ....
Kills IndyRef2??
Have finished the corned beef sandwiches and now feasting on cold baked beans ....
Angus Robertson of SNP defeated ....
Kills IndyRef2??
Have finished the corned beef sandwiches and now feasting on cold baked beans ....
Re: Hung parliament?
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 01:34TheOstrich wrote:Odds for Boris Johnson becoming the next Tory Party
Well I guess it would depend on whether he had a knife in his back or not....
Re: Hung parliament?
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 01:47Nick Clegg gone - not a great surprise, perhaps .....
Rumoured Farron in trouble in Westmorland.
Yet Vince Cable regains Twickenham!
Rumoured Farron in trouble in Westmorland.
Yet Vince Cable regains Twickenham!
Re: Hung parliament?
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 02:55TheOstrich wrote:Nick Clegg gone - not a great surprise, perhaps .....
Rumoured Farron in trouble in Westmorland.
Yet Vince Cable regains Twickenham!
Farrow survived. Tories down 10 so far but Midlands gains still surprise. The big thing is the way the swings have gone in Scotland..
Re: Hung parliament?
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 04:47Alex Salmond gone. Ruth Davidson saved the day for the Tories
Re: Hung parliament?
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 07:34Hung Parliament? Do we have enough lamp posts?
Boris should have been leader instead of Cameron; I think his time has passed now. Maybe Ruth Davidson for next leader?
WELL. T'owd Jezbollah didn't do too badly after all, then! Where that leaves the backstabbing crowd like Yvette Cooper and her ilk I don't know.
Policies like renationalising the trains, water companies, electric and gas companies are actually popular with the old labour vote; thus got back a lot of people who switched to UKIP. Promises to get rid of student loans and attack the gig economy went down well with the younger end.
Plus, the longer the campaign went on the better Corby looked and the worse May looked. He had a relentless slagging and there is still a little bit of fair play left in the British people. They knew he was being rubbished and they liked how he stayed dignified and calm against the rubbishing. May was very poor on TV. He drew 10,000 people to a rally in Gateshead, she couldn't draw breath.
None of which makes a good Prime Minister, but it does count a lot in an election campaign!
TheOstrich wrote:Odds for Boris Johnson becoming the next Tory Party leader slashed from 66/1 to 5/1, apparently!
Boris should have been leader instead of Cameron; I think his time has passed now. Maybe Ruth Davidson for next leader?
WELL. T'owd Jezbollah didn't do too badly after all, then! Where that leaves the backstabbing crowd like Yvette Cooper and her ilk I don't know.
Policies like renationalising the trains, water companies, electric and gas companies are actually popular with the old labour vote; thus got back a lot of people who switched to UKIP. Promises to get rid of student loans and attack the gig economy went down well with the younger end.
Plus, the longer the campaign went on the better Corby looked and the worse May looked. He had a relentless slagging and there is still a little bit of fair play left in the British people. They knew he was being rubbished and they liked how he stayed dignified and calm against the rubbishing. May was very poor on TV. He drew 10,000 people to a rally in Gateshead, she couldn't draw breath.
None of which makes a good Prime Minister, but it does count a lot in an election campaign!
Re: Hung parliament?
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 11:16He knows how to lie better. May is crippled by her background and scrupulous honesty.
I do remember every single time Corbyn was asked to respond on key security and terror concerns. He simply refused to respond.
Yes his personal vote raised slightly during the campaign. But he was still way short of anything like a confirmation of his fitness to lead. Honestly? I'd love to see Haig take the PM slot and spend the next 5 years ripping Corbyn to shreds. When Cameron was abroad Blair used to cancel trips so that Haig did not wind up opposite his front bench. Such was the fear of the ability of Haig at question time.
Sadly I won't get what I want but it is a tantalising thought.
I do remember every single time Corbyn was asked to respond on key security and terror concerns. He simply refused to respond.
Yes his personal vote raised slightly during the campaign. But he was still way short of anything like a confirmation of his fitness to lead. Honestly? I'd love to see Haig take the PM slot and spend the next 5 years ripping Corbyn to shreds. When Cameron was abroad Blair used to cancel trips so that Haig did not wind up opposite his front bench. Such was the fear of the ability of Haig at question time.
Sadly I won't get what I want but it is a tantalising thought.