the snap general election thread

Ballard

If the exit polls are reasonably close to being correct then the fault for the Tories lies squarely on Theresa May's shoulders. She had an unbelievably dreadful campaign. One thing's for certain - she won't be leading them into the next general election.

wotsthat

Sterling down by 2% - a great bet on if you think the exit poll is wrong.

kinger101

GreatApe wrote: »

If exit poll is right isn't a minority conservative government most likely ?

Yes, but they can't even get to a majority with DUP. Assuming Sinn Fein get 4, the magic number is 323. Based on exit poll, I can't see anything stable led by either Conservatives of Labour.

ThinkingOutLoud_2

Looks like UKIPpers have gone back to Labour perhaps?

bobbymotors

Ballard wrote: »

If the exit polls are reasonably close to being correct then the fault for the Tories lies squarely on Theresa May's shoulders. She had an unbelievably dreadful campaign. One thing's for certain - she won't be leading them into the next general election.

yes a poor campaign....i mean !!!!!! why put fox hunting in there? who cares?

however as you say the cons are ruthless and will dump her quite quickly.

lets see, it will be an interesting night

masterwilde

conservative minority would be interesting, as they wont go with LD as they want the eu deal given to the people. they wont get the Welsh, and without a guarantee of Scottish referendum no SNP. that leaves the Irish, and the campaign of strong brexit equates to hard border and that isnt liked!

so it will be interesting to say the least

Joe_Horner

bobbymotors wrote: »

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

lets see what happens.

If it's anything like the exit poll suggests then it's a game changing result for Labour.

Going into the campaign between 24 and 28 points behind and pulling it back to this despite the tabloids' continued attacks puts the whole "unelectable Corbyn" myth right out the window.

Given that an awful lot of the support Labour lost was on that basis, we can expect an even better result in the probably inevitable re-run in the autumn.

ThinkingOutLoud_2

Also fascinating and ironic if despite such dismal campaigning overall has lead to a greater turnout as has been suggested. Democracy at work..

masterwilde

reality is, 76 seats are too close to call and therefore conservative could hold 390 seats

bobbymotors

Joe_Horner wrote: »

If it's anything like the exit poll suggests then it's a game changing result for Labour.

Going into the campaign between 24 and 28 points behind and pulling it back to this despite the tabloids' continued attacks puts the whole "unelectable Corbyn" myth right out the window.

Given that an awful lot of the support Labour lost was on that basis, we can expect an even better result in the probably inevitable re-run in the autumn.

one thing is for sure....the conservatives will put lynton crosby in full charge of the next campaign, and it will be a better campaign (it could hardly be worse)