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[Audioboxer]

I think the SNP will be fine if they keep above 40 at least, if they get above 45, then definitely shouldn't be a big deal. 2015 was always the insane exception, was never going to be the norm.

I'm fascinated to see the swings, there has to be some really big ones. Like the 2015 swings. Then it'll be where do they end up? Is it Labour getting the seats, or do 2015 SNP voters let Tories in (by voting for Labour or switching to Conservative themselves).

 

[Plum]

UK politics are just as crazy as the US now.

Now? We were doing crazy last-minute surprises months before you yanks pulled a US-Office and voted in Trump.

 

[Dopus]

I just had a friend of mine who works in the NHS tell me she decided not to vote...

I... I...

It's disappointing. The Junior Doctors group on facebook actually had a few people voting for the Tories. I just don't understand the logic.

 

[Par Score]

Ok, so, digging into the detail, it looks like ~50 seats are practically toss-ups in the Exit Poll.

No reason to think they'll all fall one way or the other, so you sensibly average it out, but it makes the prediction very susceptible to small variations.

 

[Wet Bloodfart]

Can someone sum up for me what that exit poll means? I'm a dumb American. Is Corbyn PM?

 

[TestOfTide]

It goes to show how utterly insane the claims of Jeremy Corbyn being "weak" are. Strong and stable leadership from the Conservatives? Two disgraced leaders in a year says otherwise. On the other side, Jeremy Corbyn has endured two leadership challenges and the most sustained media smear campaigns in recent memory and is stronger than ever.

As an American who was shitting on Corbyn, I will happily eat crow and admit I was wrong. Corbyn seems to have proven himself.

Assuming he becomes PM through a minority majority I wish him the best of luck and hopefully he can teach the UK that the Tories have been the problem.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

I have champagne and beer at home so I guess at least I'm ready for both outcomes.

 

[whyamihere]

@britainelects
Sunderland South turnout up 5pts on 2015 to 61%.

Here we go.

 

[twofoldd]

Is the Corbyn is completely unelectable view dead now?

There's arguments to be made that a more competent leader would have won against May instead of merely forcing a hung parliament (assuming the exit polls are correct).

 

[SugarDave]

Spoiler

I won't let myself get too excited.

 

[Carl]

Finally we have John Curtice!!

 

[EmiPrime]

I regret not stocking up on pizza and drink for this.

 

[Darkstorne]

This is an awful result, our currency is going to crash and there will be no workable government

Serves May right for thinking the UK public was "coming together over Brexit" and campaigned heavily on a hard Brexit. We're still divided down the middle on Brexit, and very opinionated about it.

Personally, I'll gladly take a hung parliament over a hard Brexit and getting chummy with Trump.

 

[hohoXD123]

He's a long way from a majority tbf

Gaining seats isn't a bad result from an unelectable leader. A majority is well within the realm of possibility in the next election (if it's a few years from now) as long as the PLP get behind him.

 

[War Peaceman]

On the Roytheone FUCKEDITUP meter (tm), between Canada on one side and America on the other, where are we about right now?

We hit the Trump end with Brexit. This isn't above this. If the poll is correct - big if - it reflects better on the country but probably ends up disrupting it.

May deserves this for triggering an election during article 50's time sensitive negotiations.

 

[LiK]

Now? We were doing crazy last-minute surprises months before ya'll yanks pulled a US-Office and voted in Trump.

Haha, I await our midterms next year. Gotta step it up.

 

[Screaming Meat]

I think we're in for some nasty surprises. I don't dare hope.

 

[Randomizer]

If the exit polls are correct. It's a clear message that Scots don't want IndyRef2.

Half them at least. But we already knew that from last time. Depending on how Brexit turns out, they may still have the mandate for it.

 

[MrMysterio]

Oh boy oh boy. Scottish Conservatives saving Tories? Complete tragedy if that happens...

 

[Bergerac]

Wankworthy.

 

[moggio]

This is an awful result, our currency is going to crash and there will be no workable government

Chaos is better than a Tory majority, mate!

Cheer up.

 

[RedShift]

Can someone sum up for me what that exit poll means? I'm a dumb American. Is Corbyn PM?

Probably not, but May's position isn't really tenable.

 

[Empty]

This is an awful result, our currency is going to crash and there will be no workable government

short term currency loss better than the long term catastrophe of may crashing out with no deal while cutting immigration to tens of thousands.

now she has to negotiate with the most pro-european party or call another election from an extreme position of weakness.

 

[Lo-Volt]

CURTICE, SPEAK!

He does: she failed.

 

[Xando]

Here we go.

Lots of young people i hope

 

[Goldfishking]

Lol, sunderland poll count is delayed due to an unexpectedly high number of people voting.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

ooh john curtice

 

[cyberheater]

Can someone sum up for me what that exit poll means? I'm a dumb American. Is Corbyn PM?

No. He will never be PM.

Still a small majority for Conservative. A slim possibility of a hung government but I think the exit polls are wrong.
Basically Conservatives in with a small majority.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

Finally we have John Curtice!!

That uneven haircut is a national treasure.

 

[Kiever Sher]

 

[BadHand]

This is an awful result, our currency is going to crash and there will be no workable government

Better than a conservative super majority?

 

[Stead Fast]

I say it every time, but Vine deserves his own virtual reality mini-series.

 

[Audioboxer]

I think we're in for some nasty surprises. I don't dare hope.

Exit poll right for Scotland, 22 Tory seat gains and exit poll wrong for the rUK and Conservatives come out way on top?

Twin peaks "Call for help".

 

[offshore]

No news about North Shropshire... so I guess Owen Paterson is getting returned then.

Fucking hell I hate this county. lol.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Why is polling in the UK and the US so hard? In Germany we have projections as soon as the polling closes and they're usually pretty accurate.

We like lying

 

[And_Gignac]

There's arguments to be made that a more competent leader would have won against May instead of merely forcing a hung parliament (assuming the exit polls are correct).

Theres not a single argument for that.

 

[affleck1981]

Man, the Beeb loves the graphics.

 

[Cirion]

The view that the left shouldnt go all the way is dead now. I hope liberals learn from this./QUOTE]

Especially if going all the way = doing ANY leftwing policies at all

The rewriting and movement of the political axis to the right by liberals and conservatives was really successful in painting run of the mill social democratic positions as somehow "radical" and "unelectable". See Bernie and Corbyn policies compared to for example FDR, who today would most likely be painted as some godless communist hellspawn.

 

[Ravensmash]

No. He will never be PM.

Still a small majority for Conservative. A slim possibility of a hung government but I think the exit polls are wrong.
Basically Conservatives in with a small majority.

The exit poll is predicting them short of a majority.

Edit: Sorry, misread your post!

 

[Mimosa97]

In British election nights, you don't arrive at a party, you make one!

In all honesty outside of social media this is very much a tedious affair.

I expected more excitement but that british phlegm is a hard habit to kick.

 

[clockpunk]

Blimey, this is all rather unexpected. Mind you, I said that the last few elections, so... I think Joker may just have had a point.

 

[JonathanEx]

That uneven haircut is a national treasure.

A king amongst politics coverage.

 

[avaya]

So many marginals are 50-50's. Fuck it, I don't believe in it. The cunts will still be in power.

 

[noshten]

Some places are reporting 5% rise in turnout

Sunderland South turnout up 5pts on 2015 to 61%.
@britainelects

 

[Huw_Dawson]

Coalition of chaos!

 

[CarlisleDavid1979]

Takeaway time.

Extra Large mixed kebab.

Just because.

 

[empyrean]

Will be hilarious if tories banging on about the snp and labour and then for them to have to turn to the dup 😂

 

[ANuclearError]

ooh john curtice

Woo Strathclyde!

 

[hohoXD123]

No. He will never be PM.

Still a small majority for Conservative. A slim possibility of a hung government but I think the exit polls are wrong.
Basically Conservatives in with a small majority.

The exit poll is more accurate than any of the polls we have had until now lol a hung government is far from a slim possibility.

 

[Red Arremer]

Can someone sum up for me what that exit poll means? I'm a dumb American. Is Corbyn PM?

Exit poll is just a poll like any other. The difference is that instead of asking people on the street or via phone what they are likely going to vote for, they're asking people coming out of the polling station what they actually voted for.
Of course people may lie, but they've been mostly quite accurate.

Corbyn is not PM, neither is May, though, especially if the Tories lose enough seats so that they do not have the majority anymore.