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Mongrel wrote:Looks like Britain's headed for a minority government and a hung parliament.
And - ooops - the news just broke that Labour is now more likely to be the winner than the Conservatives. Expect there to be a lot of votecount arguing!
So the Tories are now 2 for 2 on calling votes and shooting themselves in the foot face.
Two PMs call votes that go against the way they wanted. Political elite decides letting people vote is a bad idea.
Given it's the Tories...

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Mongrel wrote:Mongrel wrote:Looks like Britain's headed for a minority government and a hung parliament.
And - ooops - the news just broke that Labour is now more likely to be the winner than the Conservatives. Expect there to be a lot of votecount arguing!
Can't say I'm seeing that; forecast I'm seeing at the moment is 322 for the Tories and 261 for Labour. Majority is 326, but then there's... Ireland!
* Sinn Fein MPs never take their seats, so if they hold their four current seats, effective majority reduced to 324
* DUP and UUP have 10 seats between them in the previous parliament and already often quietly work with the Conservatives, making them potential kingmakers, which would then inevitably have a follow-on effect on NI politics
Meanwhile, Nick Clegg just lost his seat. Remember when Nick Clegg had political influence? It seems so long ago now.
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Votes are still being tallied. Exit polls are showing anything from a very slim majority for the Tories to a very slim majority for Labour. It looks like at this point the Conservatives' best-case scenario is that they wind up looking like fools and enter Brexit negotiations from a severely weakened bargaining position.
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Mazian wrote:Meanwhile, Nick Clegg just lost his seat. Remember when Nick Clegg had political influence? It seems so long ago now.
As I recall that was mostly Nick Clegg's own fault, so I can't say I have much sympathy there.
