Well, would you look at that...

[elisi]

General election ends in a hung Parliament

The Tories had a 17 point lead at the start of April! They expected a landslide...



ETA: Context for those haven't been following (and why would you?). The PM decided to call a snap election (even though she'd said she wouldn't) in order to increase her mandate before the Brexit talks.

Result: She lost the mandate.

The Tories are still the largest party, but they don't have a majority and might form a coalition with the DUP (The Democratic Unionist Party - Northern Ireland). Giving them a majority of... two?

ETA: Things you may have missed... . F.ex. Theresa May stood (amongst others) against a bloke called Lord Buckethead. Sometimes I love British politics. :)

Comments

[elisi]

Thought you'd appreciate that...

Also, turns out Northern Ireland is going to be very important!!

[owlboy]

Yeah the [fucking] DUP is offering an unholy alliance in exchange for a soft border. Good luck lads

edit// even if they manage to form a working coalition with the DUP [lol], the DUP won't be able to do shit for them -- the ''English votes for English laws'' legislation, that the Tories themselves enacted, and that nobody wanted except them -- kneecaps everyone else in the Union.

For 'tis the sport to have the engineer
hoist by his own petard

[elisi]

DUP won't be able to do shit for them -- the ''English votes for English laws'' legislation, that the Tories themselves enacted, and that nobody wanted except them -- kneecaps everyone else in the Union.
I did not know that. (Or at least, I can't remember knowing it.) Well damn.

[owlboy]

Also, a toast to our fallen comrades in the SNP 🍺

[elisi]

Too much focus on another referendum... And the Scottish Tory leader is very popular.

[kerkevik_2014]

Before the last election the SNP had 11 seats.

If not for the last election both the SNP and the Tories would have had a triumph north of the border. I think the SNP are pretty much where they expected to bein seat terms; just think they didn't expect to lose them where they have - all but wiped out in what were their heartland territories; now reclaimed by the Tories they took them from.

Except here (who knew that voting could really make a difference?)

[elisi]

Except here (who knew that voting could really make a difference?)
The miracle of democracy! :D