'Wings Over TalkHearts' Politics Thread

[Diego Armando Toblerone]

Genuinely don't mind if Corbyn wins.

As has been widely accepted him in no10 is better for the union.

He's a IRA/HAMAS loving plonker, as are his supporter, but it won't really affect me.

Similar to where I'm at.

Corbyn really is coming across so much better than May is just now, she looks like someone who's made a huge decision based on her own hype and ego and is now struggling to get the genie back in the bottle as it spirals out of control.

Going to have to vote tactically to ensure no SNP in my constituency, so may yet have my support.

[Scott the Dick]

Fair enough Floyd but thats a fucking woods from Mags

[shaun.lawson]

A hung parliament would be such a hilarious disaster for the Tories.

Not least because it'd kill Brexit. Except it wouldn't kill Brexit because Labour have accepted it too: meaning another election in the autumn I'd imagine.

If we assume that none of Northern Ireland's seats change hands, YouGov's seat projections would lead to the following outcome:

Tories 311 + DUP 8 + UUP 2 + Sylvia Hermon (?) = 322

Labour 255 + SNP 51 + SDLP 3 + PC 2 + Green 1 + Lib Dems (?) 10 + Claire Wright = 323



Plus four Sinn Fein members not taking up their seats plus Bercow who'd vote with whatever government (if any) is formed.

Problem is, YouGov's projection means the Tories will now go all-in with their "coalition of chaos" mantra. Which worked like a dream for them last time; I still think Cameron got a majority almost by accident, given how many voted Tory because they wanted another coalition with the Lib Dems and to stop a Labour-SNP arrangement - but didn't want the Tories in by themselves.

FPTP eh?  

[shaun.lawson]

Correction to the above: Hermon would be on the Labour side I think? So 321-324 unless the Lib Dems sell out again

[Walter Sobchak]

Lib dems would be destroyed if they went wit the tories.

[shaun.lawson]

[Karl Urbenoit]

They've been gold the past couple of weeks

[Walter Sobchak]

Excruciating to watch. May asked about dodging the debate tonight.

https://www.facebook.com/PeoplesMomentum...734553319/

[Edson Arantes 2Nascimento]

Getting ready for the debate to start like

https://twitter.com/adampacitti/status/8...8533641216

[Konnichiwa You Cunt]

Alright, lads. The political heavyweights are now checking in with the side of the good guys

[Mr A]

Excruciating to watch. May asked about dodging the debate tonight.

https://www.facebook.com/PeoplesMomentum...734553319/

Painful.

Doesn't look in the slightest bit Prime Ministerial. If we were happy to have a go at IRA Jez for dressing like a scaff and not looking the part it's only fair we criticise Mummy for looking equally as woeful.

[shaun.lawson]

Painful.

Doesn't look in the slightest bit Prime Ministerial. If we were happy to have a go at IRA Jez for dressing like a scaff and not looking the part it's only fair we criticise Mummy for looking equally as woeful.

She's a mess. She looks absolutely terrified. That interminable pause before she said "Laura...?" was like the economics teacher in Ferris Bueller.

As Roger noted when she became PM, she is extraordinarily uncomfortable in her own skin. Which begs the question: why does she want to be PM at all?  

She has Type 1 diabetes by the way. I've no idea if that could lead to these sorts of symptoms; but she looks constantly exhausted and like she's going to be sick.

[Sterling Archer]

She has Type 1 diabetes by the way. I've no idea if that could lead to these sorts of symptoms; but she looks constantly exhausted and like she's going to be sick.

GoFund me?

[shaun.lawson]

[Widespread Gang Violence]

FT sort-of endorses the Conservatives.

https://www.ft.com/content/67949e4a-45e2...b4dd6296b8

Yet the alternative to Mrs May is worse. Mr Corbyn is a fringe figure who has spent his entire political career in opposition — to his own Labour leadership. Despite his recent media makeover, he is a pacifist relic of the 1970s, in hock to the trade unions, with no grip on economic issues. It is no accident that the arrival of Mr Corbyn and his hard-left supporters in mainstream politics has coincided with a revival of anti-Semitism and misogyny. Labour's team is unfit for government, let alone the delicate Brexit talks. The Liberal Democrats have failed to make an impact with their pledge of a second EU referendum. All the evidence points to the end of European-style coalition and the return of two-party politics, with the exception of Scotland where the independence movement remains slightly diminished but a potent force.

Faced with such uncertainty at home and abroad, Mrs May is the safer bet.

[PHOODLE-OUt]

Sad to see Nicola not wanting wrecked again. I'd be scared of big JC as well tbh. Fun watching that wee spacker Angus thrown under the bus though :

Amber Rudd

[Edson Arantes 2Nascimento]

Nuttal's top button isn't done up

[shaun.lawson]

Tories sending Amber Rudd just draws attention again and again to her boss' cowardice.

[PHOODLE-OUt]

Nuttel has really put me off Ade Edmondson

[Widespread Gang Violence]

Angus