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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: mrs9x
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:02:51 PM PST
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: goldstategop
It’s a preview of next November!
82
posted on
12/12/2019 2:02:51 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(America Cowboy Up)
To: SpeedyInTexas
We’ll have to wait for riding returns shortly.
83
posted on
12/12/2019 2:04:02 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: cowboyusa
Excellent exit poll:
Con 368
Lab 191
SNP 55
LD 13
84
posted on
12/12/2019 2:04:30 PM PST
by
ScaniaBoy
(Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
To: SpeedyInTexas
Brexit party at 0. The Brexit supporters voted Tory.
85
posted on
12/12/2019 2:04:41 PM PST
by
SpeedyInTexas
(Localization, not Globalization)
To: ScaniaBoy
Soros just lost. Epic Victory.
To: SpeedyInTexas
If those numbers hold, that is a landslide in today’s environment.
87
posted on
12/12/2019 2:05:33 PM PST
by
mrs9x
To: goldstategop
I thought riding was a Canadian term. Isn’t it constituancies in the UK?
88
posted on
12/12/2019 2:06:22 PM PST
by
xp38
To: mrs9x
Not until all the votes are counted. LOL
89
posted on
12/12/2019 2:06:27 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: xp38
In both countries constituencies are called ridings.
90
posted on
12/12/2019 2:07:16 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
Right, but if the projections hold, that is a huge majority in today’s political climate. Big if, though.
91
posted on
12/12/2019 2:07:35 PM PST
by
mrs9x
To: TexasGurl24
Snp getting 55+.
This is not good
92
posted on
12/12/2019 2:07:52 PM PST
by
bob_esb
To: xp38
One of the best night of my life watching that needle on the NY Times website moving....moving...moving and watching the shocked horror on the faces as the Fake News was forced to report it.
93
posted on
12/12/2019 2:08:07 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: bob_esb
Its Scottish only. The Tories will sweep the English ridings.
94
posted on
12/12/2019 2:08:48 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: bob_esb
It’s excellent. Let them leave. If Scotland leaves the UK, the left would never win another election in England again.
To: goldstategop
Well, I’ll follow the thread...
But I know nothing.
96
posted on
12/12/2019 2:09:23 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: bob_esb
Why? I think a lot of English would want to let Scottish go.
97
posted on
12/12/2019 2:10:48 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: TexasGurl24
Plaid Cymru will carry Wales and the Unionists will take Northern Ireland.
98
posted on
12/12/2019 2:11:17 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
I guess the British war dead will rest easy tonight. Seems their sacrifices in 2 World Wars may not have been in vain after all.
Europe might not become a German dominated enclave after all
99
posted on
12/12/2019 2:11:29 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: goldstategop
The exit poll predicts a Tory majority of 86 votes.
Compare Mrs Thatcher’s majorities:
1979 - 44 seats
1983 - 144 seats
1987 - 102 seats
A majority of 86 seats is a healthy majority. Now for the real vote counting.
100
posted on
12/12/2019 2:11:32 PM PST
by
ScaniaBoy
(Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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