The General Political Thread

[Conway]

Anybody know what the consequences would be if this turned out to be true? A hefty fine?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-41048608

Probably another resignation and election. Mind you Labour still wouldn't win.

[Toffee]

Well last time I checked Jeremy Corbyn was ahead in the polls so I wouldn't be so sure

[William]

If the communists win then there will be hell to pay in the U.K.

[Edwin]

Corbyn's catching a ride off of May's incompetence. Hopefully yet another scandal to add to the many others will make her at least *consider* stepping down.

Wouldn't bet on it, though.

[Toffee]

If the communists win then there will be hell to pay in the U.K.

I really hope you're trolling because if you think Jeremy Corbyn is a communist then you don't know what communism is.

And, as much as I love Corbyn and agree with him, I agree with you Gordo. I guess that's kinda how a political opinion shift occurs though. The government fucks up someone steps in to take their place.

[Theodin]

Corbyn's catching a ride off of May's incompetence. Hopefully yet another scandal to add to the many others will make her at least *consider* stepping down.

Wouldn't bet on it, though.

Theresa May won't step down until after Brexit happens at least. There is no way the party wants to replace her before that

[Toffee]

It's funny since all we see is high profile tories criticizing her to make themselves known for a potential leadership bid 

[Conway]

Well last time I checked Jeremy Corbyn was ahead in the polls so I wouldn't be so sure

If you think opinion polls matter in a first past the post system you don't know very much.
Labour has most of the major population centers. But there are far more rural counties. She could lose 50 seats and still be Prime Minister.

[Edwin]

Spoiler

[close]

Isn't his fanbase a little young to be getting the red pill... oh well

[Toffee]

Well last time I checked Jeremy Corbyn was ahead in the polls so I wouldn't be so sure

If you think opinion polls matter in a first past the post system you don't know very much.
Labour has most of the major population centers. But there are far more rural counties. She could lose 50 seats and still be Prime Minister.

Of course polls matter because they indicate general public opinion. If they didn't matter then nobody would do them. Remember the exit poll successfully predicted a loss of the Tory majority. And Conway no she couldn't. The tories only have a slim majority. If they lost a further fifty seats then they wouldn't be in government for sure.

[MrTiki]

Conway who do you think would want to partner with them? The DUP are essentially Tories, they just wanted more money for NI. If they had to partner with 2 or more other parties there'd be too many compromises and they'd never be able to trust anything or get anything done. Even the current one that they bought for 100k per seat is literally only budget and votes of no confidence.

[StevenChilton]

Conway who do you think would want to partner with them? The DUP are essentially Tories

Damn that's a massive insult to the DUP, who are actual proper conservatives rather than Tories.

[Conway]

Conway who do you think would want to partner with them? The DUP are essentially Tories, they just wanted more money for NI. If they had to partner with 2 or more other parties there'd be too many compromises and they'd never be able to trust anything or get anything done. Even the current one that they bought for 100k per seat is literally only budget and votes of no confidence.

A hung parliament doesn't mean there isn't a prime minister. I'm saying that even if her opinion polls are low its still very likely the Tories would stay in power. Even if he government wouldn't be very effective.

[Toffee]

It's not likely at all. You know if they lost like a single seat they wouldn't have a majority even with the DUP? This would mean that other parties would have the opportunity to form a majority government in a coalition. If she lost fifty seats like you said then we would almost certainly have a Labour majority government.

[Conway]

Oh fuck, my bad, forgot about coalition governments. They're not very common here