| Corbyn as Prime Minister 11:26 - May 28 with 36626 views | off2div1 |
Labour policies are more for the working class but is Corbyn capable of running the country. |  | | |  |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 07:24 - Jun 9 with 2099 views | D_Alien |
Corbyn's done incredibly well in attracting the youth vote and reclaiming a huge slice of the disaffected UKIP vote who the Tories expected to fall in behind them in terms of Brexit
Yep, my prediction was wrong, a bit like expecting Dale to put away a team at the bottom of the league but getting turned over. There's no hiding it - May's election call has been a disaster, most of all for the country who now face a Brexit with hugely weakened leadership |  |
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 08:16 - Jun 9 with 2006 views | DaleFan7 |
Was always going to be a landslide for Labour in Rochdale.
TM says she won't quit but how much pressure will she be under now? She really will be a puppet and on a tight leash now.
Get Boris in! |  | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 08:21 - Jun 9 with 1986 views | mingthemerciless |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 08:16 - Jun 9 by DaleFan7 |
Was always going to be a landslide for Labour in Rochdale.
TM says she won't quit but how much pressure will she be under now? She really will be a puppet and on a tight leash now.
Get Boris in! |
She's finished, as I said the other day another one for the dust bin of history.
I can see the Tories tearing themselves apart over this. | | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 08:36 - Jun 9 with 1963 views | DaleiLama |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 08:21 - Jun 9 by mingthemerciless |
She's finished, as I said the other day another one for the dust bin of history.
I can see the Tories tearing themselves apart over this. |
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 09:10 - Jun 9 with 1923 views | funkkk |
What a mess, I can't see any good outcome for this now. |  | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 09:25 - Jun 9 with 1901 views | mingthemerciless |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 09:10 - Jun 9 by funkkk |
What a mess, I can't see any good outcome for this now. |
A " Hard Brexit " deal has suddenly vanished. That's no bad thing. | | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 10:17 - Jun 9 with 1820 views | funkkk |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 09:25 - Jun 9 by mingthemerciless |
A " Hard Brexit " deal has suddenly vanished. That's no bad thing. |
Going in to negotiations in such disarray doesn't strike me as a good position. | | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 10:48 - Jun 9 with 1783 views | D_Alien |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 09:25 - Jun 9 by mingthemerciless |
A " Hard Brexit " deal has suddenly vanished. That's no bad thing. |
Don't forget, the EU won't allow us a deal on our terms, since it'd encourage other member states to try to renegotiate their own membership
We might well have no alternative but to leave on such terms that might be considered a "hard brexit" or face demands for huge separation payments - most of which we don't actually owe after 40 years of being net contributors to the EU budget
There's no staying in the single market unless we agree to keep free movement of peoples, which the country simply won't wear. If parliament won't back whoever's PM in securing a deal that doesn't bankrupt us, there'd be another election. There might well be anyway, before the end of this year
It's a bloody mess, right enough | |
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 11:19 - Jun 9 with 1728 views | meeee |
This was the first time I ever voted or have taken an interest in politics and I don't get the voting system. The greens got half a million votes and only one MP yet the DUP who I've never even heard of got 300,000 votes and 10 seats. Conservatives got 700k votes more than Labour, yet have 53 more seats. I don't have a better alternative but I don't see how its fair |  | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 11:44 - Jun 9 with 1681 views | DaleFan7 |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 11:19 - Jun 9 by meeee |
This was the first time I ever voted or have taken an interest in politics and I don't get the voting system. The greens got half a million votes and only one MP yet the DUP who I've never even heard of got 300,000 votes and 10 seats. Conservatives got 700k votes more than Labour, yet have 53 more seats. I don't have a better alternative but I don't see how its fair |
The DUP is Northern Ireland's biggest party so naturally we can't vote for them like we can't vote for the SNP.
There was a vote on the electoral system and it was voted to not change it. It isn't the fairest system in the world. I don't vote Labour so my vote is effectively a non-factor in Rochdale, I only do it as I think if you don't vote you shouldn't have an opinion on what the Government that is elected chooses to do. | | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 11:45 - Jun 9 with 1672 views | mingthemerciless |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 10:48 - Jun 9 by D_Alien |
Don't forget, the EU won't allow us a deal on our terms, since it'd encourage other member states to try to renegotiate their own membership
We might well have no alternative but to leave on such terms that might be considered a "hard brexit" or face demands for huge separation payments - most of which we don't actually owe after 40 years of being net contributors to the EU budget
There's no staying in the single market unless we agree to keep free movement of peoples, which the country simply won't wear. If parliament won't back whoever's PM in securing a deal that doesn't bankrupt us, there'd be another election. There might well be anyway, before the end of this year
It's a bloody mess, right enough |
I think another election this year is almost a certainty. If May stays on I think the Tories will lose. Their only hope is to replace her more or less right away, but with whom ? None of the usual suspects are inspiring, that's why May won in the first place.
Brexit is an almighty mess now. I still have the feeling I had a year ago that " the political establishment" don't want Brexit but they don't know how to pull off the trick of overturning the vote without alienating a sizeable chunk of the electorate. That doesn't mean they've given up trying though. This result will give them encouragement. | | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 11:51 - Jun 9 with 1658 views | tony_roch975 |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 11:19 - Jun 9 by meeee |
This was the first time I ever voted or have taken an interest in politics and I don't get the voting system. The greens got half a million votes and only one MP yet the DUP who I've never even heard of got 300,000 votes and 10 seats. Conservatives got 700k votes more than Labour, yet have 53 more seats. I don't have a better alternative but I don't see how its fair |
Good point and one some of us have been arguing for ages. Some form of PR where every vote counts has to be fairer. On votes cast the Tories and DUP are around 3 million votes light of the progressive parties - only First Past the Post fiddles the result so they get to govern!! | |
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 11:55 - Jun 9 with 1641 views | DaleiLama |
Amazing Theresa May held on to her seat when faced with an opponent with a manifesto - Lord Buckethead got 249 (two hundred and forty nine) votes
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 11:56 - Jun 9 with 1636 views | tony_roch975 |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 11:44 - Jun 9 by DaleFan7 |
The DUP is Northern Ireland's biggest party so naturally we can't vote for them like we can't vote for the SNP.
There was a vote on the electoral system and it was voted to not change it. It isn't the fairest system in the world. I don't vote Labour so my vote is effectively a non-factor in Rochdale, I only do it as I think if you don't vote you shouldn't have an opinion on what the Government that is elected chooses to do. |
Well done for voting despite such an undemocratic system where your vote (along with half of all votes) is effectively 'wasted'. Under PR the nationalist parties would rightly have a much smaller presence in Parliament. | |
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 13:57 - Jun 9 with 1501 views | rochdaleriddler |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 07:24 - Jun 9 by D_Alien |
Corbyn's done incredibly well in attracting the youth vote and reclaiming a huge slice of the disaffected UKIP vote who the Tories expected to fall in behind them in terms of Brexit
Yep, my prediction was wrong, a bit like expecting Dale to put away a team at the bottom of the league but getting turned over. There's no hiding it - May's election call has been a disaster, most of all for the country who now face a Brexit with hugely weakened leadership |
I'm 'quietly confident' that she will be gone soon, she said no election, then giddy with the prospect of a landslide, she made an error of great magnitude. She had all the media on her side, corbyn was ridiculed by her and the establishment, and she now has less seats than before, needing a coalition of chaos with the religious nut jobs in Ulster to remain in post. After an enjoyable evening watching echo and the bunnymen in holmfirth, I got back to my apartment at the vineyard and laughed my bits off, whilst enjoying a fruity number. Perfect day, well done Jeremy corbyn, a man who maintained his dignity and integrity throughout . |  |
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 14:00 - Jun 9 with 1494 views | steofthedale |
In reality everyone lost the election.......
Corbyn did better than expected , but no better than Gordon Brown....
May increased the Tory share of the vote, but lost her majority.......
The country has become more polarised......
There is no good outcome......only a need to find what represents the least worse | |
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 14:07 - Jun 9 with 1481 views | 49thseason |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 09:25 - Jun 9 by mingthemerciless |
A " Hard Brexit " deal has suddenly vanished. That's no bad thing. |
I think you might find that the 10 DUP MPs are keener on a tough deal than the Tories who lost their seats. The DUP are far more right wing than Maybe. |  | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 14:12 - Jun 9 with 1476 views | NogintheNog |
Maths has never been my strong point, but, if the Conservatives needed 326 for a majority but only reached 319 isn`t the 7 seat difference negated by Sinn Fien not taking their seats, so in effect The Tories have a majority ? | | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 14:28 - Jun 9 with 1445 views | mingthemerciless |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 14:07 - Jun 9 by 49thseason |
I think you might find that the 10 DUP MPs are keener on a tough deal than the Tories who lost their seats. The DUP are far more right wing than Maybe. |
If you think we'll still have a " Hard Brexit " now you must be as deluded as she is. That ship sailed last night. | | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 14:34 - Jun 9 with 1439 views | funkkk |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 11:19 - Jun 9 by meeee |
This was the first time I ever voted or have taken an interest in politics and I don't get the voting system. The greens got half a million votes and only one MP yet the DUP who I've never even heard of got 300,000 votes and 10 seats. Conservatives got 700k votes more than Labour, yet have 53 more seats. I don't have a better alternative but I don't see how its fair |
There are plenty of better alternatives but of course labour and conservative would never back them. Personally, I spoiled my paper and expressed my opinion on how unfair and unrepresentative FPTP is. | | | |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 14:38 - Jun 9 with 1429 views | tony_roch975 |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 14:00 - Jun 9 by steofthedale |
In reality everyone lost the election.......
Corbyn did better than expected , but no better than Gordon Brown....
May increased the Tory share of the vote, but lost her majority.......
The country has become more polarised......
There is no good outcome......only a need to find what represents the least worse |
Tories, UKIP & DUP got over 2million less votes than progressive parties - clear the country wanted progressive anti-austerity policies. Only First Past the Post fiddled democracy. | |
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 15:00 - Jun 9 with 1381 views | D_Alien |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 13:57 - Jun 9 by rochdaleriddler |
I'm 'quietly confident' that she will be gone soon, she said no election, then giddy with the prospect of a landslide, she made an error of great magnitude. She had all the media on her side, corbyn was ridiculed by her and the establishment, and she now has less seats than before, needing a coalition of chaos with the religious nut jobs in Ulster to remain in post. After an enjoyable evening watching echo and the bunnymen in holmfirth, I got back to my apartment at the vineyard and laughed my bits off, whilst enjoying a fruity number. Perfect day, well done Jeremy corbyn, a man who maintained his dignity and integrity throughout . |
I had a laugh last night too, when Emily Thornberry was discussing roles in a Corbyn cabinet. As you say, at least Corbyn acts with dignity
And yep, well done Jeremy, happy as a lark, strolling along the Islington pavements in the sunshine, basking in the admiration of his friends whilst TM got on with the serious business of government. A perfect result for him | |
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 15:09 - Jun 9 with 1362 views | rochdaleriddler |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 15:00 - Jun 9 by D_Alien |
I had a laugh last night too, when Emily Thornberry was discussing roles in a Corbyn cabinet. As you say, at least Corbyn acts with dignity
And yep, well done Jeremy, happy as a lark, strolling along the Islington pavements in the sunshine, basking in the admiration of his friends whilst TM got on with the serious business of government. A perfect result for him |
Didn't think forming a grubby alliance with anti gay, anti women's rights nutjobs/ terrorist apologists was an important role for the government. Corbyn said he was willing to form a government with no such skullduggery. The dull one is one desperate woman, this will end in tears for the tories, and I couldn't be happier, and the fact that you had to admit you were wrong is just the icing on the cake | |
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 15:14 - Jun 9 with 1342 views | pioneer |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 14:12 - Jun 9 by NogintheNog |
Maths has never been my strong point, but, if the Conservatives needed 326 for a majority but only reached 319 isn`t the 7 seat difference negated by Sinn Fien not taking their seats, so in effect The Tories have a majority ? |
Because the SF MPs dont participate you have to take this 7 seats off the total number of seats 651 - 7 = 644. That is the number of participating members so 50% + 1 of 644 (= 323) is what is needed to have a majority of participating members.
Sad that the old guard Labour MPs could not bring themselves to admit they were wrong about Corbyn and give a clear message that they are 100% behind him now he has proven that even without a sympathetic press or the support of his parliamentary party he has taken the party to a level of support that would have been sufficient to form a government in many previous elections.
Dont understand why so many thought a collapse in UKIP vote was traditional tory voters. UKIP took many labour voters who have now returned to the fold.
Ironic that tricky nicky north of the border has provided the tories with the opportunity to govern - well done scots nats. As with the referenda, despite your huffing and puffing you got the outcome you most wanted to avoid.
Seems like we are now going to be run (effectively) by 700,000 irish folk who voted DUP. Thats what democracy means in a FPTP system. Nonsense. Lead to interesting discussions of the irish border question. Free movement of people over the irish border effectively means free movement of people from EU.
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| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 15:23 - Jun 9 with 1326 views | pioneer |
| Corbyn as Prime Minister on 11:44 - Jun 9 by DaleFan7 |
The DUP is Northern Ireland's biggest party so naturally we can't vote for them like we can't vote for the SNP.
There was a vote on the electoral system and it was voted to not change it. It isn't the fairest system in the world. I don't vote Labour so my vote is effectively a non-factor in Rochdale, I only do it as I think if you don't vote you shouldn't have an opinion on what the Government that is elected chooses to do. |
A country that doesn't allow people to have an opinion is the worst form of totalitarianism. In all the elections since I turned 18 my vote has never counted (outcome never depended on my vote). PR is long overdue and is used effectively in many countries. The more votes a party gets the greater the representatation in parliament it has- what is not to like about that? | | | |
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