the snap general election thread

wotsthat

Labour will have to go for it. They'll be bricking it but the silver lining for them is that a big defeat will mean the end of Corbyn.

mayonnaise

Mistermeaner wrote: »

not that you perhaps care but I used to enjoy reading your posts... but youve gone a bit single issue for me now - I think we all get your pro EU; can we have the old mayo back?

I'll do me best, matey.

antrobus

davomcdave wrote: »

I reckon they'll abstain. I can't see turkeys voting for Xmas but they can hardly traipse through the lobbies with the Tories again.

Abstaining has its downsides.

The PM asks the Commons a question; should there be a GE on the 8th June? 'Don't know' isn't much of an answer from a party that aspires to government.:)

antrobus

wotsthat wrote: »

Labour will have to go for it. They'll be bricking it but the silver lining for them is that a big defeat will mean the end of Corbyn.

That's a good point, now that I come to think of it.

Something like two-thirds of the PLP are eager to kiss Corbyn goodbye. They might well back the motion irrespective of what Corbyn decides to do:).

westernpromise

wotsthat wrote: »

Labour will have to go for it. They'll be bricking it but the silver lining for them is that a big defeat will mean the end of Corbyn.

Are you sure about that?

Why would Corbyn resign? Kinnock didn't in 1987.

Conrad

davomcdave wrote: »

I reckon they'll abstain. I can't see turkeys voting for Xmas but they can hardly traipse through the lobbies with the Tories again.

Labour wont abstain, there will be a GE

antrobus

westernpromise wrote: »

No, she just abolishes the FTPA by a simple majority.

That would take time. The GE would not be on 8 June.

Besides, the BBC is now reporting that Jeremy Corbyn has said that "I welcome the Prime Minister's decision to give the British people the chance to vote for a government that will put the interests of the majority first" and that Labour will vote for the motion.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-39628713

GreatApe

westernpromise wrote: »

Are you sure about that?

Why would Corbyn resign? Kinnock didn't in 1987.

He is an old man, if he loses this one which looks likely would he really stay to fight a second election at the age of 73 in the hope of governing until he is 78?

A_Pict_In_A_Past_Life

IMHO the SNP will lose at least some seats in Scotland.
Unless Nic changes tack & fast, they may find themselves losing quite a few.
It's hard to imagine labour abstaining or doing other than accepting the election; back in December Jezza said he would support a vote to dissolve parliament.
Also it is said that May has "already applied pressure on other parties to agree to the poll."
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2017/04/how-can-theresa-may-call-early-election-under-fixed-term-parliaments-act

davomcdave

Conrad wrote: »

Labour wont abstain, there will be a GE

Easier to say once Corbyn comes out in support of an election.

Predicting the past is so much easier than the future.