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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: MNJohnnie
It took Labour a decade to reverse its 1983 wipeout. Party needs to rebuild from scratch.
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posted on
12/12/2019 6:20:59 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: MNJohnnie
Leave areas are turning Blue. Remain regions are staying with Labour.
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posted on
12/12/2019 6:24:44 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
Conservatives take the lead for the first time tonight.
243
posted on
12/12/2019 6:27:08 PM PST
by
xp38
To: goldstategop
How many seats does Scotland have in the parliament?
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posted on
12/12/2019 6:29:16 PM PST
by
Vaden
(First they came for the Confederates... Next they came for Washington... Then they came...)
To: goldstategop
And the Labor bots are every bit as brain dead as the Dems in the US. Absolutely incapable of answering a question with making an attack on Johnson
Con hold NE London.
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posted on
12/12/2019 6:29:45 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: Vaden
246
posted on
12/12/2019 6:30:46 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
Looks like the Labor party is becoming the limousine liberal party. Working Class is waking up their paternalistic political masters are not their friends
247
posted on
12/12/2019 6:35:24 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: MNJohnnie
5 years of Johnson means that Tony Blair was the only Labour PM to win a majority in 50 years. Wow.
248
posted on
12/12/2019 6:38:47 PM PST
by
mrs9x
To: mrs9x
Shy News made the point Labour is doing well in University towns. It seems the Education establishment brainwashing is working world wide
249
posted on
12/12/2019 6:40:54 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: ScaniaBoy
250
posted on
12/12/2019 6:42:20 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: goldstategop
Wexham flipped to the Conservatives for the 1st time since the 1800s!
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posted on
12/12/2019 6:43:04 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: goldstategop
New York Times election meter shows 8 seats for SNP. Just yesterday I read that support for Scottish independence had plummeted. Sure doesn’t look like tonight... Guess they care more about the EU than the UK.
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posted on
12/12/2019 6:43:16 PM PST
by
Vaden
(First they came for the Confederates... Next they came for Washington... Then they came...)
To: MNJohnnie
Wolverhampton NE just flipped Blue!
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posted on
12/12/2019 6:43:53 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Vaden
Labour might not have seats in Wales for the 1st time ever.
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posted on
12/12/2019 6:44:11 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: Vaden
SNP make AOC look like Trump. Real nutters.
255
posted on
12/12/2019 6:45:46 PM PST
by
lodi90
To: goldstategop
West Bromich West flips to Tory biggly
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posted on
12/12/2019 6:47:14 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: MNJohnnie
Labor is being massacred in Labor strong holds, Cons are winning by significant majorities. It not even close in most these seats
257
posted on
12/12/2019 6:51:07 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: lodi90
Bishop Auckland - another Blue flip.
258
posted on
12/12/2019 6:52:55 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: MNJohnnie
Tories elected or leading in 77 seats; Labor elected or leading in 61.
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posted on
12/12/2019 6:56:04 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
12/12/2019 6:57:06 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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