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[CTLance]

Realistically this means another election in 6 months unless the 76 marginals which are too tight all end up Tory....

Ain't it great that May has already triggered Art50? I bet people in the secret EU crisis room are going absolutely bonkers. Especially if UK hides behind the purdah period again.

 

[Meadows]

You're all celebrating but this is bad news for Labour

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Labour increasing their majorities in both Newcastle and Sunderland then.

 

[J4g3r]

YOU FUCKIN' GO SUNDERLAND!

 

[TheCrackInTime]

Now the result from Skaro South.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

Those BBC production values.

 

[Human_me]

You're all celebrating but this is bad news for Labour

How?

 

[Faddy]

Looks like Labour haven't done as well as the exit poll in Sunderland either...

Ermm.. are we getting screwed by exit poll hope again?

 

[Shiggy]

EXTERMINATE

lol

 

[Juicy Bob]

Oh this is going to be fucking nervy isn't it

 

[gondwana]

hot new merzbow track

 

[SomedayTheFire]

The SNP losses in Scotland are scaring me. Someone reassure me.

 

[Carl2291]

UKIP vote essentially went Tory.

 

[SlipperyFishes]

Now the result from Skaro South.

Fuck man you got me. Tweeting it

 

[Dazzler]

all the UKIP candidates look like Taxi men

 

[PowderedToast]

How?

lower swing than the exit poll suggested

 

[broz0rs]

For us today it means three things.

1. Theresa may called this election thinking that she would GROW the Conservative majority and thought it would be a good way to silence critics. Loosing seats and not even getting a majority kinda puts a hole i that idea, and at most she will be really fucking embarrased.

2. Conservatives being generally the most right wing, forming a coalition would mean softening the blow of her policies.

3. It shows that there is a definate anti tory voice in this country.

Thanks for this detailed post!

One question I'd like to ask is why would May need to resign? Won't she retain her seat in parliament or does she not have one? If she resigns, she will have no role in government whatsoever?

 

[Chinner]

Looks like Labour haven't done as well as the exit poll in Sunderland either...

Ermm.. are we getting screwed by exit poll hope again?

Possible. Even if it's out 20 seats it's quite embarrassing for the Tories.

 

[Bergerac]

hot new merzbow track

LMAO

 

[Dougald]

So the Tories look to be picking up half the UKIP votes?

 

[liquidtmd]

You're all celebrating but this is bad news for Labour

When the election was called, they were predicted to lose by upto 100 seats

 

[Kiever Sher]

This one is just sloppy. Chelsea didn't win the league cos of that slip, Man City did. So Corbyn being Chelsea doean't make sense.

(spot the LFC fan)

But Ba got the ball! the ball is number ten, the PM post. The league doesn't even come into it!

Eh, it's pretty sloppy.

 

[Meadows]

How?

Labour should be doing better than this given the Tory performance

 

[weekev]

So Tories are cannibalising UKIP as expected. Labour not doing as well as exit poll suggests, however as stated earlier these are safe Labour seats.

 

[CarlisleDavid1979]

Toryberg activating spin mode.

 

[Real Hero]

Shiiiiit exit poll may be wrong

 

[His Majesty]

lol at emo kid candidate for LibDems in Sunderland

 

[Oriel]

Uh oh. Labour not doing as well as exit poll predicted. Crikey!

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

BAH GOD, MAY MAY NOT EVEN MAKE IT TO SUMMERSLAM

 

[gngf123]

UKIP vote essentially went Tory.

This'll be a very common trend.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

Fuck, the exit poll is off again, shy Tories strike again...

 

[Stead Fast]

if Leeds United is up to Real Madrid and gets behind 0:4 in the first leg but somehow manages to get a draw thats a huge win for Leeds United dont you think?

It's more like Leeds going down 2-0 in this, the first leg, but getting 2 or 3 Madrid stars sent off (thus losing out on the second leg), and Madrid also pick up some injuries. The second leg is the next GE unfortunately.

 

[Podge293]

I've a vague knowledge of UK politics but how does the Northern Irish Parliment fit in? Sky mentioned something but then said nada

 

[fantomena]

Why are people not believing the exit poll? Im not from UK so I don't understand.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

The SNP losses in Scotland are scaring me. Someone reassure me.

;_;

 

[KimonoNoNo]

I'm laughing my head off that the Tory press threw so much shit Corbyn's way that it back-fired spectacularly in their faces.

 

[whyamihere]

2015:

Houghton and Sunderland South

Labour: 55.1
UKIP: 21.5
Tory: 18.5

17:

Labour: 60.1
Tory: 30.0
UKIP: 5.8

 

[Little Old Man]

George Osborne is so incredibly smug on ITV it's brilliant lol

 

[Charles Brandon]

BAH GOD, MAY MAY NOT EVEN MAKE IT TO SUMMERSLAM

it was an awful campaign. Going in hard on OAPs, assuming it was a foregone conclusion was such hubris in hindsight.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Constituencies don't see uniform swings. Comparing the exit poll to non-marginal seats is silly. The Conservatives still have reasonable odds to get a majority, but this is not evidence of that.

 

[Fernando Fernandez]

Toryberg activating spin mode.

Hahaha

 

[J4g3r]

Uh oh. Labour not doing as well as exit poll predicted. Crikey!

Huh?

They're doing better.

 

[JonathanEx]

So with the talk of exit poll being a bit off - but it can't be considerably more off than it was last time on current trends can it? Which isn't good news for the Tories in having many more than now.

 

[TM94]

People saying this is bad for labour, but are you not underestimating how the UKIP vote has folded into Tory?

There was always going to be gains in that respect?

 

[Dazzler]

I've a vague knowledge of UK politics but how does the Northern Irish Parliment fit in? Sky mentioned something but then said nada

Sinn Fein MPs have never taken their seats in Parliament as they don't want to pledge their allegiance to the Queen

 

[Ethelwulf]

Not a Brit so no clue about this. Con wining means faster brexit? Or I have it all wrong? Sorry.

 

[Coriolanus]

For the foreigners that want to make sense of the election, the hbomberguy video is a somewhat oversimplified (and evidently biased), but decent attempt at telling people how we got to this point.

shouldnt have left corbo's numbers with the genpop back during the coup attempt out, tho.

 

[Real Hero]

Huh?

They're doing better.

According to the exit poll

 

[kmag]

So the Tories look to be picking up half the UKIP votes?

The polls had them about going 75% to the Tories.

 

[kharma45]

I've a vague knowledge of UK politics but how does the Northern Irish Parliment fit in? Sky mentioned something but then said nada

DUP could form an unofficial coalition with the Tories if they'd enough MPs. They'd basically agree to vote along their lines and support a minority government.

Sinn Fein MPs have never taken their seats in Parliament as they don't want to pledge their allegiance to the Queen

Nor will they ever.