UK General Election Live Thread (December 12, 2019)

New York Times ^ | 12/12/2019 | N/A

[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.

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Voting has begun in the British general election, the second since the country’s landmark Brexit referendum.

[MNJohnnie]

Cons are holding seats in London they thought they might lose.

[RightGeek]

Someone’s real sad

Sending love & solidarity to British Muslims. I had the opportunity to tour 5 cities in the UK and met with so many Muslims who were worried this moment may come. I’m sorry. I don’t even know what else to say. #UKElection— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) December 12, 2019

[mrs9x]

Looks like an interesting realignment with old labour stronghold’s outside of London going Conservative for the first time. Kind of like the old rust belt blue wall crumbling in favor of Trump.

[MNJohnnie]

Cons take Eastbourn from Libs

[goldstategop]

That’s augurs well for their majority. Only one seat lost to Labour in Putney.

[MNJohnnie]

Yeah that is what it looks like Looks like a re-alignment where Labor is now going to be the Globalist upper class party like the Dems are here

[goldstategop]

Tories will emerge with a smaller majority according to revised exit poll. They will get 357 to 201 for Labour.

[xp38]

110-87 Tories putting some daylight between them and Labour

[Vaden]

I can tell...

That Sturgeon woman is completely divorced from reality.

[Vaden]

OMG... how exciting.

If I were British I would feel like 2016.

[bob_esb]

Sky calling a con victory of at least of 350.

are the reporters on the BBC crying?

[Vaden]

What a lunatic.

If they chop her head off she won’t be sad anymore.

[mrs9x]

BBC has actually been pretty balanced and tough on Labour representatives on set.

[goldstategop]

BBC now projects a Tory majority of 357.

Liberal Democrat gain in Richmond Park.

[rurgan]

I hope the conservatives deport Muslims.

[MNJohnnie]

They actually have candidates for a party called Raving Loony party LOL

[goldstategop]

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn re-elected in his Islington North riding. Labour hold.

[MNJohnnie]

They put the Jewish Brexit candidate next Corbyn. LOL

[RightGeek]

Latest BBC forecast: Con 357 seats, Lab 201, Lib Dems 13, SNP 55, Plaid 4, Green 1, Brexit 0, Others 19

[bob_esb]

Would love to see labour get below 200.