Posted on 12/12/2019 2:05:27 PM PST by outpostinmass2
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Can’t wait to see Trump’s congratulatory phone call....
It would be just like Trump to ask BoJo for a favor to look into the Steele Dossier just to tweak the Democrats here.
Isles of Scilly, tourism dependent. Votes sent by boat, delayed by wind.
Over there they count every vote before giving the result. And while this one is late (again) none of them ever take weeks like here. Smaller seats than ours of course but still, makes us look lame.
DON’T GIVE HITS TO CNN.
Numbers changed a bit. More for Labour, less for Conservative:
https://ig.ft.com/uk-general-election-2019-results/
Change since last election, per FT.com
Conservative +49
Labour (-60)
VERY
This post wasn't directed to me, but I'm one of the people who said Boris Johnson's government wouldn't last long and he'd be clueless trying to lead a national election, so I'll own up to being wrong.
Of course that doesn't change the fact I was RIGHT about CINO (Conservative In Name Only) Theresa May being a disaster from the moment her Prime Ministership was announced, and I was anti-Thersea May long BEFORE it was cool on FR. (a bunch of other FReepers were saying her PERSONAL opposition to Brexit didn't mean anything because "she has promised to respect the wishes of the people" and blah blah blah. Makes as much sense as hiring a hardcore "I will NEVER eat chicken!" vegan to run KFC and then acted shocked when profits are down) :-)
Also, I stand by predictions that FReepers will have buyers remorse with Johnson and that ideologically he's much closer to Mitt Romney than Donald Trump.
Oh,and those FReepers predicting a "huge win" for Netanyahu and Likud in Israel in the last election have yet to admit how THEY were wrong.
Last Chance For Brexit (Pat Condell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ajM-jcmnU
He makes a comment about Boris.
Conservatives 365 +47 (from the last election)
Labour 203 -59 (Labour figures due not include the Speaker, who was Labour, Speakers run as "The Speaker" and major parties stand down against them, Tory gain if he wasn't the Speaker, probably. Wikipedia is currently wrong, subtracting the Speaker twice. Fewest Labour Seats since 1935)
SNP 48 +13
Lib Dems 11 -1 LOL
DUP 8 -2 (lost 2 Belfast seats, there are now more Irish nationalists seats than Unionists)
PC 4 +0 (Welsh Nationalists/commies)
IRA Terrorists 7 +0 (Don't take their seats)
SDLP 2 +2 (N Irish Labour types, wiped out last time)
Green 1 +0
Alliance 1 +1 (N Irish Lib dem types)
Speaker 1
Brexit 0
Exit Poll was
Con 368
Lab 291
SNP 55
LD 13
Very Close
Popular Vote
Con 43.6% +1.2 (Highest for either party since Thatcher 1979 which was 43.9%)
Labour 32.1% −7.9 (Actually higher than what they got in 2015, thanks to non-Whites, only 3 points lower than what Blair won a majority with in 2005)
Lib Dem 11.6% +4.2 (but lost a seat, lol)
SNP 3.9%
Green 2.7% +1.1
Brexit 2.0%
Heh. So its just vacant for 4-5 years whenever they win an election? I'd put a placard with their name by the seat anyway. I wonder if they make public announcements about how they WOULD vote on so-and-so bill IF they participated in the British parliament.
On the other hand, the "principled" Brexit Party DOES take their seats in the EU anyway. That's weird that the crazy socialist terrorist loons actually practice what they preach more than the "patriotic, conservative" party does.
You have to take an oath to the Queen, they refuse. They might still not want their seats even if that requirement was removed. People voting for them know that they stand for not participating in the UK parliament. It’s a good thing in that effectively lowers the number of seats needed for a majority. With 7 of them Johnson only needed 323 seats rather than 326. So IRA > SDLP
They took a seat off of the DUP in Belfast but lost one of their own seats to the SDLP, who also took a seat off the DUP in Belfast. IRA stood down in the seat the SDLP gained, but it was a big swing away from the DUP anyway (last time they won it with 30%). IRA beat the DUP’s Westminster Leader in a pretty close race (SDLP stood down in that one).
DUP just held on (VS the Alliance) in their remaining Belfast seat, IRA and SDLP stood down, UUP did not.
But the Alliance beat the DUP for the Unionist Seat of Retiring Indy (Former UUP) bitch who voted with Labour most the time Sylvia Hermon. IRA and SDLP stood down, UUP did not.
Not good at all but the DUP has been a pain in the ass on Brexit so I don’t feel that bad for them.
Another very close race between the UUP and IRA in one of the seats (DUP has stood down the last 4 times). 57 vote win the IRA this time, last time was 875, before that UUP win by 530, before that IRA win by FOUR VOTES.
NI is a problem.
I’d have to favor the Traditional Unionist Voice Party because of their stance against the ridiculous “power sharing” arrangement to form a NI Government (their assembly is suspended anyway). IE a majority of both unionist members and nationalist members is needed.
This provision was put in solely to force the inclusion of the IRA which is more popular than the SDLP and therefore forms the majority of nationalists. TUV stood down at this election so as not to split the vote and never got more than a few votes.
Imma dumbass who can’t add and wiki is right,
203 does include the Speaker
So technically there are 202 Labour
I hate how that works. In Canada the Speaker also acts neurally but still has to win his seat for real and keeps his party affiliation.
“I was RIGHT about CINO (Conservative In Name Only) Theresa May being a disaster from the moment her Prime Ministership was announced”
I think everyone knew that.
And I thought they were sure that Johnson was going to lose.
Wasn’t Boris Johnson one of the people laughing while Justin Trudeau was talking about PDJT’s press conference at the recent NATO summit?
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