UK general election

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I should go to bed, but I'm too curious and eager. I haven't been so bothered about an election for years. I like Corbyn, I didn't think much of the other Labour leaders.

On a knife edge over whether there will be a minority Govt or a coalition between Cons & DUP.

either way though May is absolute toast, she is politically dead.

A victory over negative hateful politics.

A Conservative-DUP coalition is possible but it will be wafer thin and it won't look good to the British public. The main thing is the momentum of UKIP, Brexit and austerity have all been shot in the foot. Corbyn has done well and he should at last be able to shut up the Labour rebels. In another election it's possible he could do better because I imagine there would be less sniping at him from his own party and more of the general public would realise Labour can actually win.

Interesting elements - the DUP is not as austerity-championing as the Conservatives and to maintain their seats they're unlikely to be able to back Conservative-style meanness. Ireland is significantly poorer than mainland UK and that kind of attacking the poor won't hold such truck over there. Also they are generally anti-gay and anti-abortion rights so that could cause the Conservatives a headache.

Also Conservatives lost seats in England but gained in Scotland. That means they will have to put Scottish issues higher on the agenda and that will also not be popular with English voters.

The DUP want a soft Brexit and they also want to invest in infrastructure. If the Tories want their support they may have to invest a lot in Northern Ireland. So for the Northern Irish this is quite significant. Suddenly their voice may carry a lot of weight.

I wish May would stop repeating "stability" like a parrot.

Not sure the May govt (if that's what we're going to have) will have to give that much attention to Scottish issues, as they are largely dealt with in the Scottish Parliament, which is the SNP's territory right now. Not sure also that the Tories will be able to deal with Brexit at all in the present circumstances, or that they'll be able to go on for more than a year or so without calling yet another election, or being forced to do so.

On a lighter note, did anyone notice that the Communist Party candidate in Corbyn's constituency got just seven votes? I assumed this was probably a record low, but a few minutes later a candidate called Bobby Smith, standing against Theresa May, got three votes, which made the performance of 'Lord Buckethead' in the same constituency look quite impresssive (249 votes).

Theresa May's constituency election result. Priceless.

As an autistic and since the NHS was a big issue in the campaign I am wondering if when everything shakes out if the problem of massive waits for Autism (and other) diagnosis will be eased and the rationing of Autism diagnoses will be eased.

I was a bit surprised that terrorism was not the dominant issue. I get the impression that immigrants will be somewhat more accepted. It seems the the UK will try and go for a more "soft Brexit". I wonder if the EU will buy into that.

He asked her out on a date right after this. She accepted, as long as he doesn't take that thing off.

Terrorism was one of the dominating themes in the form of the attacks and her cuts to policing.

She has formed a faux coalition (a 'supply and confidence' agreement) with a bunch of LBGT hating, abortion hating, climate change denying, creationism believing, terrorist sympathisers in order to push forward with hard brexit.

It can't last...
She'll crumble under the pressure.

Never. Her m.ps still support her, and she now has the strong backing of the DUP.
Strong willed women who say they'll deliver, usually do so. She is a backer of the people.


If I was in power, I certainly wouldn't step down becaue of a few leftie rebels trying to cause me harm.




Once alliance shared is one more quadrupled. Thank God he loves her. God bless all unions.

It's far from certain that Conservative MPs will endorse this blatantly opportunistic move by May.
The Government is supposed to be entirely neutral in matters of Northern Ireland's constitution and to form a coalition with the unionists is contrary to this.The DUP also have some extreme views - anti same-sex marriage,anti-abortion.
They will also demand no compromises on Northern Ireland's position re Brexit,i.e it must remain entirely a part of the UK but still have an open border and free trade & movement with the Republic.Theresa May has previously stated that she will end free movement within the EU.The again,she has made so many U turns before she could do it again.

Hysterical post! Straight from the front pages of the Daly Heil or the express!

The irony of using a user name like Empathy and then support a Government that has killed over 4000 disabled people by forcing them back into work and ignoring medical advice to say they were fit to work, when their deaths (many within 6 weeks of the decision) prove otherwise.

I've never understood how anybody can support a party who will openly take money from the poorest and most vulnerable to hand to millionaires. Delusional xenophobic bigots.

She is trying to keep her weak and unstable grubby little hands on power by aligning with a terrorist organisation that is homophobic, fascist and with that terrifying and disgusting fundamental christian dogma. The christian version of Sharia. Strong and stable my arse!

May will be gone very soon, they can see she has destroyed the tiny amount of credibility she had by her own hubris. It is brilliant watching her twitch and scramble to align with the very type of people they vilified Mr Corbyn for meeting just to keep them in power. Mr Corbyn met Sinn Fein as part of the successful peace process, saving countless lives as a result. Any comment on Douglas Hurd meeting with active members of the Provisional IRA SEVEN Years before Mr Corbyn?

The only hope for the tens of millions of working class, working poor, disenfranchised and outcasts, like the majority of the autistic 'community' (85% unemployment rate, benefits cut, NHS care stripped away to feather the nest of tax dodging millionaires like that turd Branson) is Mr Corbyn.

Politics has changed for the better due to his influence and the Labour Party with 800,000 members is the largest political party in Europe - "few leftie rebels"

"We would have carried on shafting the country and destroying the future if it hadn't been for those pesky kids!"

A massive kick in the nuts for politics of hatred and negativity.

And now we face being led by a coalition of chaos propped up by terrorist sympathisers.

No one in the country thinks she will be PM for long. I give it until the end of the year, and that is generous.

Wouldn't it be more pragmatic and sensible for Madame TM to seek an alliance / coalition with the Lib Dems?

The Lib Dems have been in coalition before and would surely be more acceptable to the general UK public as a partner? They could keep TM on her toes.

(I speak as a non-Brit with one of my interests being elections and politics, while avoiding the dirty and controversial side of it...)