the snap general election thread

bobbymotors

yep. and it looks like i was wrong. it happens.

masterwilde

polls are often wrong, but the exit poll by sky/bbc/itv i would say is an absolute shock to the conservative voters on here

antrobus

Chrysalis wrote: »

graph needs to be GDP % as showing in £ doesnt take into account inflation.

e.g. 10 billion of borrowing in 2010 is less than 10 billion in 1990

Yes, but £153.5 bn in 2009-10 is still a lot more than slightly less than zero in 1989-90. You don't need to index link anything to work that one out.:)

wotsthat

Chrysalis wrote: »

graph needs to be GDP % as showing in £ doesnt take into account inflation.

e.g. 10 billion of borrowing in 2010 is less than 10 billion in 1990

Here you go. Spot a correlation between interest rates and debt other than an inverse one?

kinger101

Lib Dems have made some gains, maybe in Scotland. I know the bits with only sheep and midges used to vote that way.

antrobus

masterwilde wrote: »

polls are often wrong, but the exit poll by sky/bbc/itv i would say is an absolute shock to the conservative voters on here

It appears to be predicting;

CON 314
LAB 266
SNP 34
LD 14
PC 3
GRN 1
Other 18

That SNP number looks a bit down on 56?

Moby

Where's Western Promise lurking?

wotsthat

Hammond might be in post longer than May. I bet he didn't think that was likely a few weeks ago.

bobbymotors

Moby wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

well you may be rofl.....but its hardly a labour landslide is it?

lets see what happens.

Moby

bobbymotors wrote: »

well you may be rofl.....but its hardly a labour landslide is it?

lets see what happens.

I'd have been happy with a 50 seat tory overall majority! You are so rinsed!:money: