| The election results thread 19:10 - Jun 8 with 57877 views | exiledclaseboy |
Polls close 10pm. BBC, ITV and SKY release the results of their joint exit poll also at 10pm. Some of you may remember election night two years ago when the exit poll predicted a Tory win. It was roundly ridiculed by politicians of all parties and most us on here. You could see Professor John Curtice (who oversees the poll) visibly wilting and wondering if he'd just wrecked his career and reputation. The same Prof Curtice got progressively more smug as the night rolled on and it turned out his poll was more or less spot on.
First result due about 11pm. From Sunderland.
The outcome may be a foregone conclusion but it should be exciting for about an hour or so.
Get it stickied for 24 hours or so please, mods.
Oh, and can someone keep Perch and Bluey away from sharp objects please. Just in case. |  |
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| The election results thread on 17:59 - Jun 11 with 1135 views | nice_to_michu |
| The election results thread on 15:25 - Jun 11 by Jack_Meoff |
I'm not necessarily referring to your average MP. I'm more thinking about cabinet members, people in actual positions of power. For example, Blair taking us to war in 2003. How much is he worth now? Very richly rewarded. F*cker should be washing his hands like Lady Macbeth every night. |
Average MPs/backbenchers are chairs of standing and select committees. Cabinet reshuffles happen every year or two (you're about to see another). And the future of Brexit is about to be decided by 10 non-cabinet northern Irish MPs. |  | | |
| The election results thread on 18:16 - Jun 11 with 1117 views | blueytheblue |
Friend just texted me a link to an interview between Andrew Marr and John McDonnell.
Marr asks if Labour lost the election, would he and Corbyn resign?
McDonnell replied (paraphrasing) "Yes, it's inevitable if you lose an election".
Well, Labour lost... so Uber for Corbyn and McDonnell then. |  |
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| The election results thread on 18:22 - Jun 11 with 1108 views | Darran |
| The election results thread on 18:16 - Jun 11 by blueytheblue |
Friend just texted me a link to an interview between Andrew Marr and John McDonnell.
Marr asks if Labour lost the election, would he and Corbyn resign?
McDonnell replied (paraphrasing) "Yes, it's inevitable if you lose an election".
Well, Labour lost... so Uber for Corbyn and McDonnell then. |
Bluey I know I'm doing what I hate by repeating myself but by fuçk this election as turned you into one of the most boring pricks ever to post on here. |  |
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| The election results thread on 18:25 - Jun 11 with 1102 views | Humpty |
| The election results thread on 17:59 - Jun 11 by nice_to_michu |
Average MPs/backbenchers are chairs of standing and select committees. Cabinet reshuffles happen every year or two (you're about to see another). And the future of Brexit is about to be decided by 10 non-cabinet northern Irish MPs. |
Ten Northern Irish MPs who believe men and dinosaurs coexisted 6000 years ago. And like terrorism. |  | | |
| The election results thread on 18:27 - Jun 11 with 1098 views | blueytheblue |
| The election results thread on 18:22 - Jun 11 by Darran |
Bluey I know I'm doing what I hate by repeating myself but by fuçk this election as turned you into one of the most boring pricks ever to post on here. |
Oh I don't know Dazzer, I've got to go some way to beat you at that.... | |
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| The election results thread on 18:47 - Jun 11 with 1074 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The election results thread on 18:16 - Jun 11 by blueytheblue |
Friend just texted me a link to an interview between Andrew Marr and John McDonnell.
Marr asks if Labour lost the election, would he and Corbyn resign?
McDonnell replied (paraphrasing) "Yes, it's inevitable if you lose an election".
Well, Labour lost... so Uber for Corbyn and McDonnell then. |
Didn't "lose" in the traditional sense though did they old son? Increased seat numbers when everyone expected huge losses and highest vote percentage in 20 years. And deprived the Tories not only of the landslide they were expecting but actually deprived them of their existing majority. | |
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| The election results thread on 18:48 - Jun 11 with 1074 views | Vetchfielder |
The 2 advisors that just resigned, does anybody know whether they were Government employees (i.e funded by the taxpayer) or Conservative party employees ? |  |
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| The election results thread on 18:50 - Jun 11 with 1071 views | Darran |
| The election results thread on 18:27 - Jun 11 by blueytheblue |
Oh I don't know Dazzer, I've got to go some way to beat you at that.... |
Standard reply from Bluey. | |
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| The election results thread on 18:51 - Jun 11 with 1069 views | blueytheblue |
| The election results thread on 18:47 - Jun 11 by exiledclaseboy |
Didn't "lose" in the traditional sense though did they old son? Increased seat numbers when everyone expected huge losses and highest vote percentage in 20 years. And deprived the Tories not only of the landslide they were expecting but actually deprived them of their existing majority. |
If the Tories used sophistry like that, you'd have at them you little tinker.
Labour lost the election. They failed to win. | |
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| The election results thread on 18:56 - Jun 11 with 1062 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The election results thread on 18:51 - Jun 11 by blueytheblue |
If the Tories used sophistry like that, you'd have at them you little tinker.
Labour lost the election. They failed to win. |
Not at all, I'm just trying to point out the intricacies of the situation May has managed to land herself and the rest of us in for no apparent reason. The Tories "won" the election by most traditional metrics but as I said to Lisa yesterday, ask them how much they feel like winners. Talk of winners and losers is way too reductive for the current political situation. | |
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| The election results thread on 18:58 - Jun 11 with 1056 views | blueytheblue |
| The election results thread on 18:50 - Jun 11 by Darran |
Standard reply from Bluey. |
True though and you know it. | |
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| The election results thread on 18:59 - Jun 11 with 1050 views | blueytheblue |
| The election results thread on 18:56 - Jun 11 by exiledclaseboy |
Not at all, I'm just trying to point out the intricacies of the situation May has managed to land herself and the rest of us in for no apparent reason. The Tories "won" the election by most traditional metrics but as I said to Lisa yesterday, ask them how much they feel like winners. Talk of winners and losers is way too reductive for the current political situation. |
Oh definitely. Everyone lost realistically, Labour just lost by less than expected.
Still lost though... so I guess McDonnall as a person of honour will be quitting... | |
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| The election results thread on 19:01 - Jun 11 with 1047 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The election results thread on 18:48 - Jun 11 by Vetchfielder |
The 2 advisors that just resigned, does anybody know whether they were Government employees (i.e funded by the taxpayer) or Conservative party employees ? |
They'd have been special advisors. On a government salary. | |
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| The election results thread on 19:02 - Jun 11 with 1045 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The election results thread on 18:59 - Jun 11 by blueytheblue |
Oh definitely. Everyone lost realistically, Labour just lost by less than expected.
Still lost though... so I guess McDonnall as a person of honour will be quitting... |
Like Theresa May then? | |
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| The election results thread on 19:05 - Jun 11 with 1039 views | exiledclaseboy |
Gove back in the cabinet.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. | |
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| The election results thread on 19:10 - Jun 11 with 1031 views | Jack_Meoff |
| The election results thread on 17:59 - Jun 11 by nice_to_michu |
Average MPs/backbenchers are chairs of standing and select committees. Cabinet reshuffles happen every year or two (you're about to see another). And the future of Brexit is about to be decided by 10 non-cabinet northern Irish MPs. |
I'd have a wager with you that 'the west' will be at war with Iran within 3-5 years time. Doesn't matter who's at the helm, the war machine will keep turning. |  |
| If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever. |
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| The election results thread on 19:12 - Jun 11 with 1030 views | blueytheblue |
| The election results thread on 19:02 - Jun 11 by exiledclaseboy |
Like Theresa May then? |
I hope she does...
In reality, she's now in hock to the cabinet so hopefully things will improve.
The point was, McDonnell clearly stated Corbyn and he would have to resign if they lost the election... | |
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| The election results thread on 19:19 - Jun 11 with 1024 views | Jack_Meoff |
| The election results thread on 19:12 - Jun 11 by blueytheblue |
I hope she does...
In reality, she's now in hock to the cabinet so hopefully things will improve.
The point was, McDonnell clearly stated Corbyn and he would have to resign if they lost the election... |
where did he say that bluey? Genuine question. | |
| If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever. |
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| The election results thread on 19:23 - Jun 11 with 1015 views | blueytheblue |
| The election results thread on 19:19 - Jun 11 by Jack_Meoff |
where did he say that bluey? Genuine question. |
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| The election results thread on 19:25 - Jun 11 with 1008 views | Jack_Meoff |
| The election results thread on 19:23 - Jun 11 by blueytheblue |
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Ta. I'm guessing a longer clip would provide a little more context. Just a thought. [Post edited 11 Jun 2017 19:29]
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| If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever. |
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| The election results thread on 19:28 - Jun 11 with 1002 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The election results thread on 19:12 - Jun 11 by blueytheblue |
I hope she does...
In reality, she's now in hock to the cabinet so hopefully things will improve.
The point was, McDonnell clearly stated Corbyn and he would have to resign if they lost the election... |
And round and round we go. Where would you be without Guido Fawkes? | |
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| The election results thread on 19:28 - Jun 11 with 999 views | blueytheblue |
| The election results thread on 19:25 - Jun 11 by Jack_Meoff |
Ta. I'm guessing a longer clip would provide a little more context. Just a thought. [Post edited 11 Jun 2017 19:29]
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You expect McDonnell to think anything through?
Of course he and Corbyn shouldn't resign. They performed above expectation in the light of a poor Tory campaign. Voters seeing that would be entitled to question his integrity and common sense mind. | |
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| The election results thread on 19:31 - Jun 11 with 989 views | monmouth |
| The election results thread on 19:05 - Jun 11 by exiledclaseboy |
Gove back in the cabinet.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. |
May doesn't have any friends. |  |
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| The election results thread on 19:34 - Jun 11 with 978 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The election results thread on 19:31 - Jun 11 by monmouth |
May doesn't have any friends. |
The 1922 Committee meets tomorrow. I can't imagine she'l enjoy that too much. | |
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| The election results thread on 19:34 - Jun 11 with 977 views | nice_to_michu |
| The election results thread on 19:10 - Jun 11 by Jack_Meoff |
I'd have a wager with you that 'the west' will be at war with Iran within 3-5 years time. Doesn't matter who's at the helm, the war machine will keep turning. |
Respectfully, it was a bit pointless writing to your MP about Syria then.... | | | |
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