2019 General Election - Match Thread

cabbles said:

Been out all night with my mates at our Xmas drink get together.  I can’t stand the Tories, they represent everything I stand against from a moral and values perspective, think they will be bad news for the country, but imagine this is similar to when Blair swept to power in 97 and held on in 2001, a clear rejection of Corbyn’s in ideological viewpoints in the same way we saw the last of the Thatcher/Major era.  I think Corbyn means well deep down, but what’s he catastrophically failed to do is realise that anyone who doesn’t hold the same viewpoint as him isn’t racist, a bigot, right wing or is out for themselves, and as been too caught up with his own self righteous, moralistic pedal stall, which ultimately as come across as condescending and to some arrogant.

I can’t reconcile with the Tories because so many of their flag bearers exhibit everything I hate and I associate them with the antithesis of what I stand for, but have to remember that’s not how to generalise people who voted Tory, however hard that may be.

social media makes it worse, because it’s increases tribalism and partisanship, you dig in and become more defensive about your beliefs, but I just hope for some sort of togetherness moving forward and pragmatic thinking as a race, because it seems to me that the older I get the more divisive things are becoming and that’s not a world we should be striving to build

here is a great example.  We’re all part of a club that is something you belong too because of family or your upbringing, as you certainly don’t seek to support us based on glory hunting or glamour, and I like to think I could sit down with any member of this forum and have a drink, despite our different views on race, religion or politics.  And ultimately, I think that’s important because the more engagement I have on Twitter I see some people I follow who are Charlton fans post some stuff that is the complete opposite to my political leanings and outlook, but as an individual I have to try and hold back from just deciding they aren’t as ethically good as me or their opinion is any less righteous.

i hope that despite the result this country can rebuild and repair and understand that we all share the same planet and move forward as a race that do what we can to think of the collective rather than the individual

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golfaddick said:

Wow. Exit poll suggest a massive Tory majority of 86.

Ha ha ha ha

Glad you find it funny. You're alright Jack.

It’s not funny as in funny, but you’ve got to admit it’s bizarre. I reckon about 90-95% of the noise on Facebook, Twitter and forums such as this is ‘anti Tory’, manipulating the backdrop with exaggerated guilting and shaming imo.

Yet every time it comes to people casting a vote, it turns out most people actually vote Tory. It’s bizarre. 

I think that's the issue, on here it may be mostly red, but go on other forums, particularly that are more national and it's a different story. Same as Facebook & Twitter, what percentage of people are actually on those platforms?

C_A_F_C said:

Conservatives got exactly the same number of votes in Peterborough as they got in 2017, 22,343.

Callumcafc said:

Westminster result:

Con 17k
LD 13k
Lab 11k

What a mess

seth plum said:

Lewisham East is a Labour hold. London is becoming an enclave.