MrCetrizine Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 There are polls and predictions all over the place. The bookies are still backing the Tories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted June 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Correct, although I see the Daily Fail is already predicting the winning margin Only applies to "Broadcast News" afaik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grum87 Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Exit polls look interesting. Pleased to see the SNP taking a hiding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted June 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Exit poll does not look great, long night ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond Villain Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 June is the end of May !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCetrizine Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 I'll wait for the Geordies before I put any stock in the exit poll. My guess is the Tories will just scrape a majority but lose seats and then May will resign and it will be groundhog day for the next two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 June is the end of May !! Well played Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCetrizine Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 2 seats in and the exit poll looks wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond Villain Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 2 seats in and the exit poll looks wrong. Which way? For red or blue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCetrizine Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Conservatives doing better than the poll shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Conservatives doing better than the poll shows Ya think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJC Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Doh ! Now what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted June 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 EU will be laughing their cocks off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Worst high 5 ever?https://mobile.twitter.com/danhewittsky/status/872985973709295617/video/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybrock Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Looking like its all going spectacularly wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Worst high 5 ever?https://mobile.twitter.com/danhewittsky/status/872985973709295617/video/1 Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCetrizine Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Ya think? After 2 seats counted they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond Villain Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Lord bucket head stood for the same seat as May, got 249 votes too. His manifesto is very funny.. http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2017/06/09/all-hail-lord-buckethead-our-new-king/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezmobile Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Angus Robertson & Alex Salmond losing their seats? No doubt Nicola Sturgeon will be calling for another election shortly, as obviously the good people of Scotland havn't a clue what they're doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wsm Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Disasterous campaign by the Tories and a manifesto that had little thought put into it with the assumption that all the UKIP'ers would switch to blue Not helped at all by May not showing up when Corbyn outflanked her on the Live debate Corbyn promised all things to all people and promised to make the nasty big business pay the bill which appealed to the younger voters who are all too young to remember the last time Labour bankrupted the country.To be fair if I was a student and someone basically said they'd save me from paying an average 20 grand I'd have voted for it probably along with my parents Having said that there was only a 2% shift to Labour overall which will never be big enough to win a majority despite all the Labourites whooping this morning like they'd just won a landslide All is not lost and all the Tories need to do is to come up with a serious manifesto basically watering down the austerity theme and financing law and order and social care more.Simply adding a penny to Corporation Tax (rather than the 7p that Labour propose) would cover this and the businesses wouldn't be up in arms as we're still an attractive low tax area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VarmLR Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Disasterous campaign by the Tories and a manifesto that had little thought put into it with the assumption that all the UKIP'ers would switch to blue Not helped at all by May not showing up when Corbyn outflanked her on the Live debate Corbyn promised all things to all people and promised to make the nasty big business pay the bill which appealed to the younger voters who are all too young to remember the last time Labour bankrupted the country.To be fair if I was a student and someone basically said they'd save me from paying an average 20 grand I'd have voted for it probably along with my parents Having said that there was only a 2% shift to Labour overall which will never be big enough to win a majority despite all the Labourites whooping this morning like they'd just won a landslide All is not lost and all the Tories need to do is to come up with a serious manifesto basically watering down the austerity theme and financing law and order and social care more.Simply adding a penny to Corporation Tax (rather than the 7p that Labour propose) would cover this and the businesses wouldn't be up in arms as we're still an attractive low tax area I wish this were true. Alas the Tories have no real bargaining power left in Europe on the one hand, and cannot go hard Brexit on the other as the DUP and Labour will hold them to account (at least the DUP are pro Brexit but they will want concessions for N Ireland in return for support which will add complications to negotiations), so we're in an even bigger and more uncertain mess than we were before the Referendum vote! May's pride and arrogance have cost this country dear. The government will now have to wade through treacle to get anything done. What an unmitigated disaster. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 The sun will still rise in the morning...and i'm going shooting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 The sun will still rise in the morning.... That's pretty much my view on it. This election was the only time in my life I've contemplated not voting, I'd liken the experience to being stood in front of a field full of sh it and being asked to pick my favourite turd. A collection of thoroughly dishonest and unrespectable people right across the spectrum. Whatever, happens, no one will starve, no towns will burn to the ground.....and the sun will, indeed, still rise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 That's pretty much my view on it. This election was the only time in my life I've contemplated not voting, I'd liken the experience to being stood infront of a field full of sh it and being asked to pick my favourite turd. A collection of thoroughly dishonest and unrespectable people right across the spectrum. Whatever, happens, no one will starve, no towns will burn to the ground.....and the sun will, indeed, still rise I chose not to vote for pretty much those reasons and am happy with my decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brillo Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 I'm with Baldie. There is nothing we can do about the result. : All those remainers who still complain about that result... : All those in the US who complain about the Trump victory.... Why do they do it. I'm not going to lose sleeep that the party I voted for shot themselves in the foot with a manifesto that was bound to antagonise even the most staunch Tory and only just got a majority vote. I'm just glad that Corbyn didn't win. I've got a GBFCA league shoot to prepare for. That's something worth caring about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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