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UK General Election Live Thread (December 12, 2019)
New York Times ^
| 12/12/2019
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Posted on 12/12/2019 2:18:28 AM PST by goldstategop
Live Updates: U.K. Votes in General Election
Britain’s voters head to the polls to choose their next government on Thursday in a deeply divided moment for the country that has left the outcome unpredictable.
RIGHT NOW
Voting has begun in the British general election, the second since the country’s landmark Brexit referendum.
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To: FewsOrange
If the projections hold, it would be the lowest percentage of the vote by Labour since 1935. Wow.
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:52:56 PM PST
by
mrs9x
To: FewsOrange
(UK) Sky News has an app on ROKU that has live reporting.Fire TV as well.
You can watch it live on YouTube too, which most smart TVs have.
To: FewsOrange
163
posted on
12/12/2019 2:53:58 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Col Frank Slade
164
posted on
12/12/2019 2:55:21 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: newfreep
I don’t put my faith in pols. That’s not pessimism. That’s living in Realville.
But if Boris delivers, I’ll go back to the UK for a visit. And spend some money.
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:56:15 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
166
posted on
12/12/2019 2:56:45 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: BigEdLB
Sky news folks even look as though most have been sucking on lemons....LOL Now I have that Radiohead song stuck in my head.
167
posted on
12/12/2019 2:58:05 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Blyth Valley. Labour riding since 1950.
168
posted on
12/12/2019 3:00:25 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: mrsmith
On Sky some jerk was just quoted as saying he feels sorry for the voters....
Wow.
169
posted on
12/12/2019 3:02:47 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: mewzilla
Because English voters apparently want Brexit over and done with? Wow, indeed.
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posted on
12/12/2019 3:04:22 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: mewzilla
Good grief....lighten up, dude!
This is a great night for freedom in the UK...and the beginning of real hope of Making Britain Great Again!
171
posted on
12/12/2019 3:04:54 PM PST
by
newfreep
("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
To: goldstategop
I’m not surprised the sod feels that way, just amazed he was dumb enough to say it in public.
172
posted on
12/12/2019 3:05:39 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: mewzilla
When the mass media start attacking the voters—you _know_ it is a _great_ night!
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posted on
12/12/2019 3:06:06 PM PST
by
cgbg
(The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
To: newfreep
Boris Johnson has a mandate. Something the hapless Theresa May never got.
174
posted on
12/12/2019 3:06:29 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: mewzilla
That was the shadow chancellor. What a shmuck
175
posted on
12/12/2019 3:07:38 PM PST
by
bob_esb
To: goldstategop
Worst result for Labour since 1935!
176
posted on
12/12/2019 3:08:12 PM PST
by
lodi90
To: bob_esb
Also looking at the Halifax riding.
177
posted on
12/12/2019 3:08:23 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: lodi90
Labour ridings that went for Brexit are changing hands.
178
posted on
12/12/2019 3:09:50 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: lodi90
UK will now leave the EU on January 31. After five years, it’s finally happening.
179
posted on
12/12/2019 3:14:38 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
Conservative Party is represented by the color blue and the red Labour by red. As it should be.
180
posted on
12/12/2019 3:21:05 PM PST
by
lodi90
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