British PM Johnson to win a majority of 86: exit poll

[XLance]

20 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Congratulations to the Tories and the Brexit bunch. But please don't let it go to your heads. It seems to me this was much more about what people don't want (Corbyn) than what they do want. 

My feeling as well, and a vote to make sure that Brexit happens quickly. I assume a lot of people who voted Remain have enough by now and an hypothetical 2nd referendum probably would not have helped. Scotland has third option with a independence referendum, so results don't surprise too much there.

 

It's 'fun' to watch the mess you are in for the past few years, but I would assume that Europeans probably are not that upset by this result either.

[Thingamabob]

5 hours ago, GalaxyMan said:

The toilet has been flushed and there goes the UK. Scotland will be saying bye-bye and the world will be laughing.

 

Love the photo of Boris with his favorite sex toy. ????

Unpleasant.

[nauseus]

2 hours ago, pedro01 said:

My only shock in this thread is than no-one has mentioned the Diane of Abbot yet.

 

If anything highlighted Corbyns abysmal poor judgement it was his choice of her as potential Home Secretary. It was quite clear she's not all there and completely out of her depth & the fact she's his ex-girlfriend is bad optics. One can only marvel at what she must have on him to have maintained that role.

 

All we are going to here now is:

- the media were against Labour

- the Russians did it

- people that voted Con are stupid/racist

 

One thing we probably won't hear is a good analysis on what went wrong with the opposition and what can be done (if anything) to repair it. I am glad Boris won but I also think there needs to be a viable and rational opposition.

Don't be shocked. She's not in the forefront of the minds of most, unless they visit the joke page.

[englishoak]

26 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

There you go:

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/union-has-cost-scotland-pound64bn-over-30-years-j7fvpblm367

 

Would love to read, can see link headline but no article, i get this

 

Sorry, we can't find the page you are looking for (error 404)

 

update final call .. Tories 365 Labour 203.... Libdem leader got kicked out of her seat and the party went backwards overall by 1 ending up on 11.. DUP leader kicked out of his seat... SNP will end up with 50... Brexit party got 0 but gave Labour the kicking of thier lives anyway.. 

 

Truly an EPIC election of  landslide proportions and historical to boot.. Corbyn will go down in history as the biggest Labour loser.. as is fitting.

 

Brexit is now certain to happen and unassailable by remonors> for at least 5 years... we the people have spoken even louder than before and this time no one is going to stop us leaving... NO ONE....

 

 

 

[stevenl]

53 minutes ago, JAG said:

I am prepared to help them face reality, only fair given the amount of time and band width which they have expended on pointing out to us how wrong we have been.

So this means brexit was a good decision?

[Thingamabob]

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

And will plummet when Scotland will leave the union.

On the contrary. The pound will get even stronger if Scotland leaves. 

[newatthis]

6 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So this means brexit was a good decision?

Maybe, maybe not, but it was THE DECISION and sadly the losers wouldn't accept that they lost twice and now thrice.

[JHolmesJr]

44 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Congratulations to the Tories and the Brexit bunch. But please don't let it go to your heads. It seems to me this was much more about what people don't want (Corbyn) than what they do want. 

 

some cunning linguistics at play here...watch and learn, kids.

[roquefort]

2 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said:

 

some cunning linguistics at play here...watch and learn, kids.

Cunning linguistics..........plenty of that going on here too!

[roquefort]

I have to admit to feeling the tiniest bit sorry for McDonnell. Just watched his BBC interview with Andrew Neill, he (McDonnell) looked like he'd been hit by a 10 ton truck. He seems like a reasonable man, totally misguided opinions of course, and made the mistake of hitching his horse to the wrong cart.

[rott]

3 minutes ago, roquefort said:

I have to admit to feeling the tiniest bit sorry for McDonnell. Just watched his BBC interview with Andrew Neill, he (McDonnell) looked like he'd been hit by a 10 ton truck. He seems like a reasonable man, totally misguided opinions of course, and made the mistake of hitching his horse to the wrong cart.

He is more of an IRA lover than Corbyn.

[vogie]

So all of Boris Johnsons critics who called Boris a Buffoon have been proved wrong, I'm sure they won't admit though. You cannot underestimate the scale of his achievement, the Tories were in 4th place when Boris took over the leader of the Tory Party, they were in dire straights with a possiblity of being wiped out for good. What a complete turnaround, the guys a genius and deserves all the credit he surely deserves, tonights result will go down in history, well done Boris and the left can go back to Supergluing themselves to trains and the like.

[nauseus]

1 hour ago, edwinchester said:

Yeah, only needs to soar another 25% and it will be up to the same level at the time of the Brexit' referendum.

A common error, often seen on here, is to ignore the strengthening of the Baht over the same period.

[englishoak]

14 minutes ago, roquefort said:

I have to admit to feeling the tiniest bit sorry for McDonnell. Just watched his BBC interview with Andrew Neill, he (McDonnell) looked like he'd been hit by a 10 ton truck. He seems like a reasonable man, totally misguided opinions of course, and made the mistake of hitching his horse to the wrong cart.

I have sympathy for Corbyn, hes a leaver really just no spine whereas McDonald is a snake, a self confessed and proud radical Marxist, you should go have a look what hes said and what he wanted to do with people if he got power.. The UK is not in the habit of electing communists and he just thought the people would be stupid enough to swallow the free BS line with his momento communist pals... we arnt, hes out and good riddance to a real far left radical nutter. 

 

Final turnout btw was  67% of voters made it to the polls...a very good turnout for a December and another media guesstimate that turned sour... 

 

The fun is watching all the media luvvies having to put a brave face on.. its fun to watch, no excuses and no spin to make. The BBC lot are so po faced its hilarious... Andrew Marr is especially sourpuss about the whole thing LOL

[thaibeachlovers]

3 hours ago, transam said:

I am English, but tell me what "LITTLE ENGLAND' means in the context of your post...

I understood what he meant, but it wasn't complimentary.

[thaibeachlovers]

Boris kept his seat with an increased majority. He gambled and won big time. So much for the moaners demanding another referendum. However, I doubt this will shut them up. It'll be like the US with a constant moan moan moan, and doing everything they can to sabotage him.

[thaibeachlovers]

According to google chart, even if the next three parties united, they wouldn't outvote Boris.

I remember the scorn from many on here when Boris became PM. I guess they ain't laughing now.

[roquefort]

6 minutes ago, englishoak said:

I have sympathy for Corbyn, hes a leaver really just no spine whereas McDonald is a snake, a self confessed and proud radical Marxist, you should go have a look what hes said and what he wanted to do with people if he got power.. The UK is not in the habit of electing communists and he just thought the people would be stupid enough to swallow the free BS line with his momento communist pals... we arnt, hes out and good riddance to a real far left radical nutter. 

I did say his opinions are totally misguided, but I always thought he was more dangerous than Corbyn. Appears quite credible even while spouting his Marxist rubbish........whereas Corbyn just comes across as a raving loony.

[GalaxyMan]

46 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Unpleasant.

I'm sure that the dog thinks so, too. ????

[nauseus]

20 minutes ago, nauseus said:

A common error, often seen on here, is to ignore the strengthening of the Baht over the same period.

Against the USD, the GBP is now down only 7% from the pre referendum level.

[sawadee1947]

8 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

On Feb 1st, I want my dark blue passport back, please!!!!

....a 3rd class passport? 

[Orton Rd]

Says it all, picture paints a thousand words, and it's blue

 

[stevenl]

32 minutes ago, nauseus said:

A common error, often seen on here, is to ignore the strengthening of the Baht over the same period.

I simply compare it to guilder/euro, from 12/6 to 1 after WWII to almost 1 to 1.

And there is no reason at all why this trend would change structurally now.

[sawadee1947]

8 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

That negotiation will go well; I can just imagine all the goodwill waiting to be tapped...

 

Then, I guess, all those other negotiations for all those other trade deals just waiting to be had. Hmm.. I wonder how people are going to feel seeing Johnson going cap in hand to Trump for a deal, assuming that Trump is still President.

 

Congrats to those who wanted to leave the EU; it seems that you are going get your wish. 

 

That said, I can't shake the feeling that Brits, or what is left of the UK in 5 years, are going to look back at this day with great sadness. I suspect it'll be known as the day when it all really fell apart.

 

For the sake of my British friends, I sincerely hope that I am wrong, but...

 

 

 

 

You see, not many here on TV will agree with you. That is because those here are the old men. They got their past but don't have a future, meaning they are not young with a full life coming. Education, job, family, children. 

They don't care about British young people.

Sure the time will come in latest a decade that people will join the strong community EU. 

At present I got the picture that Brits didn't know what they were voting for. Nobody gave real information, only fake news. 

Not to supply British people with true facts is also a mistake of EU parliament.

[Orton Rd]

Still complaining we did not know what we voted for- we did we voted to LEAVE the oppressive, dictatorial and anti democratic EU

[sawadee1947]

43 minutes ago, vogie said:

So all of Boris Johnsons critics who called Boris a Buffoon have been proved wrong, I'm sure they won't admit though. You cannot underestimate the scale of his achievement, the Tories were in 4th place when Boris took over the leader of the Tory Party, they were in dire straights with a possiblity of being wiped out for good. What a complete turnaround, the guys a genius and deserves all the credit he surely deserves, tonights result will go down in history, well done Boris and the left can go back to Supergluing themselves to trains and the like.

I like your sarcasm.....! ????

[nauseus]

9 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

You see, not many here on TV will agree with you. That is because those here are the old men. They got their past but don't have a future, meaning they are not young with a full life coming. Education, job, family, children. 

They don't care about British young people.

Sure the time will come in latest a decade that people will join the strong community EU. 

At present I got the picture that Brits didn't know what they were voting for. Nobody gave real information, only fake news. 

Not to supply British people with true facts is also a mistake of EU parliament.

All your assertions and predictions are wrong and the EU Parliament is not allowed to supply anything except 'yes' votes. 

[sawadee1947]

13 minutes ago, nauseus said:

All your assertions and predictions are wrong and the EU Parliament is not allowed to supply anything except 'yes' votes. 

I admire your wisdom.... 555

[JAG]

41 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

You see, not many here on TV will agree with you. That is because those here are the old men. They got their past but don't have a future, meaning they are not young with a full life coming. Education, job, family, children. 

They don't care about British young people.

Sure the time will come in latest a decade that people will join the strong community EU. 

At present I got the picture that Brits didn't know what they were voting for. Nobody gave real information, only fake news. 

Not to supply British people with true facts is also a mistake of EU parliament.

You cannot, and will not, accept that the electorate of the United Kingdom have emphatically rejected remaining in the EU ( four times now if you count the referendum, EU election and the last two General Elections). Parliament chose to ignore the first ballots, this election is the result.

 

 An unequivocal result. They ( the electorate ) have also emphatically  rejected the entire neo-Marxist construct which has just been offered by the Labour Party. You can spin it however you like but " the people  have spoken". Your assertion about the age and opinions of this forums members is both irrelevant and unfounded.

 

" The people have spoken - the bastards!"

[RuamRudy]

50 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

Says it all, picture paints a thousand words, and it's blue

 

Have you ever been tested for colour blindness?