Shock UK exit poll suggests Britain's May fails to win majority

[oxo1947]

Amber Rudd has lost her seat but has asked for an immediate re-count..(must be taking lessons from another Scots lady)  isn't Amber the one Mrs May threw into the TV debate when she would not go ??....................

[baboon]

1 minute ago, oxo1947 said:

Amber Rudd has lost her seat but has asked for an immediate re-count..(must be taking lessons from another Scots lady)  isn't Amber the one Mrs May threw into the TV debate when she would not go ??....................

Rudd is on recount number 3, according to LBC...

[pegman]

4am? How the hell long does it take to get a ballot count in 2017? In Canada we have 6 time zones and get it done from start to finish quicker.

[Thaiwine]

1 minute ago, oxo1947 said:

Amber Rudd has lost her seat but has asked for an immediate re-count..(must be taking lessons from another Scots lady)  isn't Amber the one Mrs May threw into the TV debate when she would not go ??....................

While I am a Tory voter I'm glad she's gone.

if she has (subject to recount)

[SheungWan]

5 minutes ago, pegman said:

4am? How the hell long does it take to get a ballot count in 2017? In Canada we have 6 time zones and get it done from start to finish quicker.

Life is so exciting in Canada.

[Thaiwine]

7 minutes ago, pegman said:

4am? How the hell long does it take to get a ballot count in 2017? In Canada we have 6 time zones and get it done from start to finish quicker.

We count by hand, can't trust them ruskies.

[oxo1947]

7 minutes ago, Thaiwine said:

I'm glad she's gone.

if she has (subject to recount)

Subject to 5 more recounts---or until the counters collapse......

 

Labour up 25 new seats with 7 more predicted at 85% sure----biggest losers ..... "See You Jimmy"....

[baboon]

14 minutes ago, pegman said:

4am? How the hell long does it take to get a ballot count in 2017? In Canada we have 6 time zones and get it done from start to finish quicker.

Yes, but only about 6 people live there...?

[baboon]

Alex Salmond is out...

[pegman]

11 minutes ago, Thaiwine said:

We count by hand, can't trust them ruskies.

Well try using toes too to speed it up.

[geriatrickid]

5 hours ago, AlexRich said:

Looks like Theresa May has miscalculated ... should have attended TV debates and not been so arrogant by introducing a very unpopular dementia tax. 

Yes she miscalculated, but she was honest because she was upfront about the tax situation.

There was no dementia tax. It was simply an attempt to get the users of services to pay a little  bit more for  the expensive services provided. It is unfair to burden young people with a tax load that the older people should have contributed towards.

 

The USA voted for Trump, and many in the UK voted for a Corbyn who is more daft and far more dangerous than Trump.

 

The Tories actually increased their vote. It's the SNP which has seen a bit of a collapse.

 

[oxo1947]

Former housing minister Gavin Barwell has lost Croydon Central to Labour.

He  was well known for the book he once wrote called  "How to Win a Marginal Seat".-------

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Who said the election would be a big Yawn..........

[steven100]

For all those watching.    The GBP tumbled earlier today ......  News: The British pound crashed earlier today on speculation of a May exit.

[oxo1947]

2 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

The Tories actually increased their vote

Can you give us a link for that---especially as their still counting.......

Edited June 9, 2017 by oxo1947

[geriatrickid]

28 minutes ago, pegman said:

4am? How the hell long does it take to get a ballot count in 2017? In Canada we have 6 time zones and get it done from start to finish quicker.

They don't stuff the ballot boxes as fast as they do in Canadian rural ridings.  Are you aware that the UK has a higher voting participation which means more ridings and more votes to count and verify, d-uh.

[NanLaew]

12 minutes ago, baboon said:

Alex Salmond is out...

!!!!Result!!!!

[NanLaew]

5 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

It is unfair to burden young people with a tax load that the older people should have contributed towards.

By the same token, it could be seen as unfair to burden older people with the tax load needed to fund free university tuition for the youngsters

[pegman]

The BBC election night host seems lost half the time. Checked Wiki and the bloke is 78 bloody years old. Is it a lifetime position like the House of Lords? If not it seems past time he got put out to pasture.

[geriatrickid]

13 minutes ago, oxo1947 said:

Can you give us a link for that---especial as their still counting.......

Go to the BBC home page. It's based upon 561 of 650 seats and makes sense.

UK vote share change since 2015

Labour  +9.5%

Conservative  +5.9%

Liberal Democrat  -0.6%

Scottish National Party  -1.8%

Green Party  -2.1%

UKIP -10.9%

 

Small shifts in key ridings combined with an erosion of the  SNP and UKIP  block.

What's interesting  is that Cons & Labour split the UKIP voters who switched.

The results are a reflection of the  many voters fed up with UKIP and SNP and who returned to their natural political homes.

 

That small shift in  voters in Scotland is responsible for some impressive  seat  gains for both Labour and Conservatives.

 

Edited June 9, 2017 by geriatrickid
added Scottish vote comment

[Orac]

Anna Soubry calling for May to step down now - has anyone seen anything of Boris?


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[geriatrickid]

4 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

By the same token, it could be seen as unfair to burden older people with the tax load needed to fund free university tuition for the youngsters

They older people per se  are not. Rather it is the middle class and wealthy demographics who shoulder the burden of paying for the fun time of the students. Tuition fees should indeed increase and move to at least 50% which would allow the universities to invest in  new facilities. .

[geriatrickid]

1 minute ago, Orac said:

Anna Soubry calling for May to step down now - has anyone seen anything of Boris?
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His dad was on earlier, denying any interest in the boy running for the  expected opening.

[Bluespunk]

May was a coward who ran from head to head debates. 

 

She deserves all the shit flying her way. 

 

Weak and now irrelevent. 

[SheungWan]

4 minutes ago, pegman said:

The BBC election night host seems lost half the time. Checked Wiki and the bloke is 78 bloody years old. Is it a lifetime position like the House of Lords? If not it seems past time he got put out to pasture.

TV Royalty. Canadians prefer someone more Maple Syrup style?

[Bluespunk]

5 hours ago, Prbkk said:

The exit polls are WRONG. Have another look in 3 hours and May will be vindicated. And the £ will roar back.

Have to disagree this time. 

 

It's a debacle for her and the tories. 

[dick dasterdly]

Have to (sort of) laugh at exchange rates though.

 

Sterling crashed after the brexit referendum result.

 

Increased somewhat when a large tory majority was expected (even though May stood on a 'better no deal than bad deal' platform - whereas the other parties promised 'any deal is better than no deal').

 

 Have fallen again now that it looks as if the tory party may have a far smaller majority making a soft brexit (or possibly no brexit) far more likely!

 

[geriatrickid]

Just now, SheungWan said:

TV Royalty. Canadians prefer someone more Maple Syrup style?

That chap does not represent  Canada. His political views and biased opinions suggest someone more at home in Bolivia or Zimbabwe.

[champers]

That's a 400 page thread up the swannee. "May prepares for tough Brexit negotiations".

Only 3 dead certs from this: Corbyn stays on and goodbyes to May and Sturgeon.

[geriatrickid]

2 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Have to disagree this time. 

 

It's a debacle for her and the tories. 

If one was expecting the landslide, yes. However, the  increases in voter share by both Labour and Conservative in Scotland point to a revival of the parties. yes, she was an opportunistic twit for calling the election, but  she genuinely thought she needed her own mandate.

[pegman]

12 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

They don't stuff the ballot boxes as fast as they do in Canadian rural ridings.  Are you aware that the UK has a higher voting participation which means more ridings and more votes to count and verify, d-uh.

Spicoli, what are you smoking? Higher participation means more riding? A tiny country with a concentrated population should result in a faster count. Each poll gets counted as they close here. Not sure what they do there where it takes this long.