the snap general election thread

Moby

Remember N Ireland voted to remain, but they'll get more resources than the English and Welsh regions that voted brexit purely due to the political expediency of the tory party.

masterwilde

i believe so, but that will create uproar this side of the waters when the media report on it

Zero_Gravitas

Moby wrote: »

So basically the tories have got to give lots of shiny new hospitals and roads to a bunch of homophobic anti abortionists to stay in power.....but of course it's for the good of the country:rotfl:

Actually homophobic anti-abortionists with strong alledged links to Unionist terror groups...

kabayiri

Moby wrote: »

So basically the tories have got to give lots of shiny new hospitals and roads to a bunch of homophobic anti abortionists to stay in power.....but of course it's for the good of the country:rotfl:

It's probably cheaper than £50bn per annum to buy off a few Unions and some students.

This is a bit like playing Top Trumps, Bribes edition

setmefree2

mrginge wrote: »

Can't say I disagree tbh.

There is little chance that a cobbled together govt is lasting more than a few months, and there is sod all chance of it achieving anything of substance.
The only practical solution is for the tories to find another leader, build a proper manifesto and have another election in three months or so.

We cannot continue to have indecisive patched up govt. I would rather have had a labour victory than this. I still think that May was right to call the election and right on the brexit strategy, but the complete mess of this campaign is a true horror show.

All true.

But they also need some time to start chucking some money at health, schools and social care. If they need to put up taxes they should - but on everyone - not the few.

setmefree2

Moby wrote: »

Remember N Ireland voted to remain, but they'll get more resources than the English and Welsh regions that voted brexit purely due to the political expediency of the tory party.

Tbf you don't know that. The DUP pretty much always vote with the tories anyways.

Rinoa

The Guardian has confirmed that a deal has indeed been agreed with the Northern Irish party. Notably, while their record of having “worked well with May” is cited by DUP sources as the basis for the agreement, they also point out the degree to which Jeremy Corbyn’s past associations with the IRA are a motivating factor. One source told the paper: “For as long as Corbyn leads Labour, we will ensure there’s a Tory PM.”

Who knows. If JC hadn't backed the terrorists he may well have been PM.

mrginge

setmefree2 wrote: »

All true.

But they also need some time to start chucking some money at health, schools and social care. If they need to put up taxes they should - but on everyone - not the few.

They won't get tax rises like that past their own backbenchers.

CKhalvashi

Rinoa wrote: »

Who knows. If JC hadn't backed the terrorists he may well have been PM.

Now May is backing terrorists, hopefully she won't remain PM much longer.

I pledge to make the Conservatives lives as difficult as possible. They don't have a majority of votes, nor do they have a majority of seats, and with the backing they have, they're not a credible government.

kabayiri

This summer's cinematic blockbuster :

The (Os)Borne Legacy

A disgruntled ex-government agent, recently fallen from grace, plots a sinister revenge against his former paymasters, armed only with a copy of a London newspaper and the smuggest of grins.

Rating : PG (Politically Gullible)

Warning : May contain some scenes of rank stupidity, and a poor ending (due to the budget running out, thus scrapping the amazing fight scene in the caverns beneath No 10)