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The General Election - June 8th 2017

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  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,917
    Boris to become leader and another election within a year is my prediction...
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,953

    Sunderland should have this in the bag

    They've voted for Sam Allardyce.
  • IA
    IA Posts: 6,103
    WSS said:

    Newcastle win!

    Congratulations Newcastle
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    Go on the Geordies!!!
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765
    Newcastle

    LD 1812
    CON 9134
    UKIP 1482
    LAB 24071
    GRN 595
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,866
    Labour up 5,000
    CON up 3,000

    In Newcastle Central
  • IA
    IA Posts: 6,103
    That was close. Only 15,000 in it.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,335
    SDAddick said:

    Humor me here:
    Lab/SNP/Lib Dem coalition gets you to 314 IF Exit Polls hold true (and I can't imagine there won't be at least a 5 seat margin of error). Add Green seat and you get 315. Is there a way for them to form a Government with the 22 others? Apologies for my nativity.

    Yes, but...

    Sinn Fein have ruled out working with Labour. So, on the numbers they're projecting at the moment, there's no way Labour will be part of a ruling coalition. But that doesn't mean they can't govern as a minority coalition.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765
    edited June 2017
    Labour vote share to 65%. Up 10%.

    Worse for Labour than exit poll said.

    Exit poll predicted 75/15, result was 65/25.
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,595
    First result in, exit poll was way out........ not such a large Labour majority as they expected.
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  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866

    Armed police!

    Was pretty surprised by that myself. Not entirely sure why Sky felt the need to focus on them for so long though.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459

    May thought Corbyn was so unelectable that she called an election.
    So did I to be fair.
    Over the last few weeks Corbyn has absolutely proved her wrong.
    She is history

    I don't think Corbyn has had to do much at all. If Labour could have found a charasmatic leading candidate they would have strolled this
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    Just because you don't get it doesn't mean he doesn't have Charisma. The Labour Party membership voted overwhlemingly for him... twice... and now, despite all the smears, despite almost no support from withing his party, and despite being written off as a beardy political no-mark, he's won large numbers of people over in the last few weeks

    This surge in support isn't despite him, it because of him and the vision of the country he is selling.
    Best he puts them in his cabinet then!
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,918

    Boris to become leader and another election within a year is my prediction...

    Which he'll lose to Corbyn
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    edited June 2017
    Absolutely no way of dismissing the popularity on the ground for Corbyn (nor the ineffectiveness of May / Tory campaign).

    Do generally wonder if a lot of those people voting for Corbyn don't really have a clue what they are actually voting for because a socialist labour government (with a top table governance of Corbyn, McDonnell and Abbott) doesn't feel very 2017 to me.

    And a hung parliament is a disaster for everyone imo
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765
    edited June 2017
    Sunderland

    GRN 725
    LD 908
    CON 12324
    UKIP 2379
    LAB 24665
    IND 479
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,595

    Labour vote share to 65%. Up 10%.

    Worse for Labour than exit poll said.

    Exit poll predicted 75/15, result was 65/25.

    Newcastle safe labour but again down on the exit poll for Labour.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,446
    Exit poll is wrong but it won't be enough to save Theresa May.

    Conservative majority but smaller than it was.
  • Hung parliament would be disaster for Brexit negotiations - politicians keep calling it wrong.
    May and Cameron have both taken a huge gamble in respect of the election and Brexit referendum.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,717
    Who gives a shit Sunderland. You lost to Newcastle.
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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    Result was declared by a dalek!!!
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,015
    BBC seems to have lost the Sunderland result!
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,052
    Can't see Labour throwing away a 2-0 lead
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,917
    edited June 2017
    Both of these safe Labour seats have been worse for Labour and better for the Tories than the exit poll.
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866

    Exit poll is wrong but it won't be enough to save Theresa May.

    Conservative majority but smaller than it was.

    I'd take that to be quite honest.

    Who the fuck puts fox hunting in the manifesto in 2017? Someone with their head up their ass, and expecting a stroll in the park - that's who.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    Exit poll producer to resign in the morning.

    3/1 Betfair
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Rob7Lee said:

    First result in, exit poll was way out........ not such a large Labour majority as they expected.

    You're desperate to not believe the exit poll. Did you put your fingers in your ears when they explained the reason behind the Newcastle forecast?
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,717
    Only 30,000 gets asked for that exit poll? It leaves a huge scope for error
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765
    Labour vote up 4%. Con vote up 11%.

    UKIP down 16%.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,446
    LuckyReds said:

    Exit poll is wrong but it won't be enough to save Theresa May.

    Conservative majority but smaller than it was.

    I'd take that to be quite honest.

    Who the fuck puts fox hunting in the manifesto in 2017? Someone with their head up their ass, and expecting a stroll in the park - that's who.
    If the 'UKIP vote going to the Conservatives' holds up, it's going to be a very bad night.

    Hopefully the country is more like Newcastle than Sunderland.
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