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The key local elections battlegrounds that will decide Theresa May's fate
businessinsider.de ^ | May 2, 2018 | Adam Payne

Posted on 05/02/2018 11:23:53 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

On Thursday British voters will go the polls in councils and regions across the country to vote in the latest round of UK local elections, in what will be a major test of Theresa May's leadership.

Polls will open from 07:00 to 22:00 in 150 English councils, with all of London's 32 boroughs also up for grabs. A total of 4,500 seats will be contested across the country.

The prime minister has had a difficult six months, losing four members of her cabinet and suffering a growing number of parliamentary defeats.

As a result some commentators predict May's Conservative party could suffer a wipeout in the capital, while others suggest Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party could fail to make the gains it needs to be on course to form a government.

The results, which will start to come in in the early hours of Friday morning, will be a huge test of May's authority with some Conservative MPs telling Business Insider that there could be an immediate reckoning for the PM.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.de ...


TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit; europeanunion; jeremycorbyn; labour; london; nato; theresamay; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 05/02/2018 11:23:53 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The Conservative Party of Great Britain is an oxymoron.


2 posted on 05/02/2018 11:25:35 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Theresa May can retire to the Falklands and raise turnips for all I care. After the betrayal of British and Christian values in the Alfie case, I wouldn’t task her with taking out the garbage.


3 posted on 05/02/2018 11:26:12 AM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: Theodore R.

It is a no-win situation - the Tories win, you Theresa May. If Labour wins, you get a commie.

The only thing that could go right for the UK would be the UKIP winning.


4 posted on 05/02/2018 11:27:29 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: Theodore R.

“Theresa May’s leadership” is an oxymoron.


5 posted on 05/02/2018 11:28:27 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
IOW, it's working out to plan -- she'll be blamed, and it will be said to be a referendum of Brexit, because she's supposedly been working to usher the UK right out of the EU, something she has clearly NOT been doing. Thanks Berlin_Freeper.

6 posted on 05/02/2018 11:34:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Theodore R.

The Brits have a uniparty problem, too.


7 posted on 05/02/2018 11:35:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Go Liverpool!


8 posted on 05/02/2018 11:39:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Little Ray

Exactly.


9 posted on 05/02/2018 11:46:39 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: dfwgator

LOL! You watching that match, too?

L I V, E R P, double O L, Liverpool FC!


10 posted on 05/02/2018 11:48:54 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I don’t understand how she can be a Conservative. It was also Theresa May, when Home Secretary, banned Michael Savage from entering the UK due to his hate speech.


11 posted on 05/02/2018 11:49:13 AM PDT by MGunny
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The people who complain about our “arcane” Electoral College system for electing our President, seem to forget that the British don’t get to vote for Prime Minister at all—even indirectly. They get to vote for their MP. The MPs are the ones who vote for the PM. As in our system, which party gets the most votes is irrelevant; it’s which party wins the most seats.


12 posted on 05/02/2018 11:51:30 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Yes, although, I’m an Everton fan.


13 posted on 05/02/2018 11:51:31 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: hanamizu

“The MPs are the ones who vote for the PM. As in our system, which party gets the most votes is irrelevant; it’s which party wins the most seats.”

I see a Muslim PM in Britanistan’s future.


14 posted on 05/02/2018 11:56:14 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: dfwgator

My hubby and son are glued to the telly. They both dislike Man U (for whatever reason). I’m a college ball fan, myself.


15 posted on 05/02/2018 11:59:56 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: dfwgator

Milner og. again.


16 posted on 05/02/2018 12:02:39 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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To: dfwgator

https://www.clippituser.tv/c/kawbwa


17 posted on 05/02/2018 12:05:07 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
It's beginning to look like the Forces of Darkness will be able to defy the clearly expressed will of the people by keeping Britain a slave of those multi millionaire Marxists in Brussels.

I'll be buying a new car soon and was expecting to buy a German car...as I've been doing for a while now.But if these dark forces succeed I'll be buying Japanese or American.

18 posted on 05/02/2018 12:07:42 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: mewzilla
The Brits have a uniparty problem, too.

Just wait for the Muzzies to gain more political traction. London is just the start.

19 posted on 05/02/2018 12:20:19 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If, as May says, the life of a child should only be determined by “experts”, then how does she tolerate elections by mere proles? I imagine she’s working on that problem.


20 posted on 05/02/2018 12:22:36 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (We)
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