UK General Election

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May has called for a general election, if she gets the votes it will be in June.

At the end of this year many of us will be able to reminisce about when there used to be something called "an opposition".
 
Jings, crivens, and very possibly help ma boab as we say in Scotia.
 
Darat said:
May has called for a general election, if she gets the votes it will be in June.

At the end of this year many of us will be able to reminisce about when there used to be something called "an opposition".
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Remember all those times I said the Traitor would have to fight Brexit tooth and nail, even if defeat was inevitable and the law was going to pass anyway?

Well, that.

He outmaneuvered himself.

It would be hygienic if the election was called before the A50 was triggered though.

McHrozni
 
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McHrozni said:
Remember all those times I said the Traitor would have to fight Brexit tooth and nail, even if defeat was inevitable and the law was going to pass anyway?

Well, that.

He outmaneuvered himself.

It would be hygienic if the election was called before the A50 was triggered though.

McHrozni
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It would have been hygienic. Horse has bolted now of course.

Which pretty much shows that May is being dishonest and cynical in her bid for an election now.
 
Can't believe she didn't wait till 2020 to give guaranteed Tory rule till 2025. Maybe she was worried Corbyn wouldn't last as Labour leader that long?
 
since I had a (very mild) migraine this morning I'm a bit foggy thanks to the painkiller, and also pretty hungry as I haven't been able to eat yet...and I'm struggling to form an opinion on this other than 'wtf'

Is this an attempt to finally crush labour? I can't believe it is a genuine 'this is best for the country'. and I can't even begin to predict how the voting will go (other than a pretty much guaranteed conservative win)
 
Just what we need, another major democratic process to muddy the waters. I'm not incredibly sad that May (and Corbyn) will have to face an election as leader, but the political landscape feels to have enough turmoil at the minute.
 
I thought 'now wasn't the time' for major uncertainty and important decisions like this?

It could of course backfire wonderfully if she, like her predecessor, grossly overestimates the likelihood of an easy win in a vote.

I don't see how a Tory GE win changes anything with respect to the Brexit negotiations to be honest, its simply an act of opportunism. June is a ridiculous timeline.
 
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I don't see how a Tory GE win changes anything with respect to the Brexit negotiations to be honest, its simply an act of opportunism. June is a ridiculous timeline.
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Oh, lots. It allows the party to prune Bremainers from the candidate lists and leave it with a solid Brexitard majority.

McHrozni
 
May has played this very cleverly, IMO. Corbyn couldn't lead a party to win a jam competition, and the LibDems are still tainted by their broken promises in coalition. With the Tories at 42% in the polls, she gets to take a massive majority to European negotiations.

As a country, we're utterly **********.
 
McHrozni said:
Oh, lots. It allows the party to prune Bremainers from the candidate lists and leave it with a solid Brexitard majority.

McHrozni
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Not in the kind of timelines we are talking about for a June 8th election I don't think. Unless of course this was the plan all along but that's requiring a rather high opinion of the forward planning abilities of the Tories on this one I think.
 
I am still furious with this government for putting back my retirement age by three years.

Their determination to have a Brexit without parliamentary input was disgraceful and well done those Supreme Court judges who blocked the idea.

I regret paying £25 to join Labour as they have done nothing to stop Brexit.

I am now going to join Lib-Dem, but can see no hope of them getting a majority vote let alone win seats. Green are dead in the water, although I voted for them in the last two elections.

May might be confident she will win the election. However, look what happened to Winston Churchill immediately after WWII.
 
Just listened to Corbyns statement om Radio2. Not much I can say about it, it's hardly inspiring.
 
Archie Gemmill Goal said:
Not in the kind of timelines we are talking about for a June 8th election I don't think. Unless of course this was the plan all along but that's requiring a rather high opinion of the forward planning abilities of the Tories on this one I think.
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It requires the Tories to list the most vocal opponents of Brexit from their own ranks and have a list of appropriate Yes men for candidates. Their quality doesn't matter with the polls and opposition the way they are. They also don't need to prune every doubter and place a puppet on every seat, just remove the most vocal and strongest Bremainers and replace them with a combination of Brexitards and Yes men, they're both equally good for this task.

It's something maybe 10 people with the adequate knowledge of MPs can do well enough in two or three days, tops. Forward planning or three days hard work both work fine. Tories are capable of either, this isn't something complicated.

McHrozni
 
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Apparently she needs a 2/3 vote in the house to bring it forward from May 2020 which means getting support from Labour.

They'd have to be insane to agree but some of them may see it as a way to get rid of Corbyn earlier - assuming a non-Trumpian election result.
 
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