The Frenchman Returns Posted October 29, 2019 It's official, 12th December, the nation will decide. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikey1874 Posted October 29, 2019 Good stuff. Brexit thread on hold. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikey1874 Posted October 29, 2019 Exciting for any politics watchers. Cold nights in watching it unfold. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jambo_Gaz Posted October 29, 2019 Will be interesting for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cade Posted October 29, 2019 Hard Brexit Lunatic Tories may vote Brexit Party. Remain Tories may vote LibDem or even Labour. Centerist Labour may vote LibDem. Brexit Labour may vote Tory. SNP will clean up in Scotland. Northern Ireland will stay as it is because the sectarian votes never, ever change. Wales will remain irrelevant. Absolutely anything could happen in this one. Probably a hung parliament and a confidence and supply deal, if the arithmetic works. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman Returns Posted October 29, 2019 Will be booking Friday 13th off. Different all-nighter than my younger days Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gashauskis9 Posted October 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Cade said: Hard Brexit Lunatic Tories may vote Brexit Party. Remain Tories may vote LibDem or even Labour. Centerist Labour may vote LibDem. Brexit Labour may vote Tory. SNP will clean up in Scotland. Northern Ireland will stay as it is because the sectarian votes never, ever change. Wales will remain irrelevant. Absolutely anything could happen in this one. Probably a hung parliament and a confidence and supply deal, if the arithmetic works. Good evaluation chief. Actually think Brexit Labour could go Brexit Party or Tory. Only thing that’s certain is that Lib Dem and Brexit Party will do well and Labour will get pummelled. There’s no way that the electorate will entertain the idea of a PM trying to renegotiate a deal even if the carrot is a 2nd referendum. People’s Vote only has mileage if it’s the existing deal that is put to the people. Lib Dem stance is a strong one - vote for us if you want the whole thing revoked, with the plan B bring to support a People’s Vote. That’s where my vote’s going. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cade Posted October 29, 2019 A wee reminder: The Communication Worker's Union has already voted for industrial action in the run-up to xmas. Postal votes may not make it to the count. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glynnlondon Posted October 29, 2019 A hate filled Christmas beckons. No further forward or backward and the turkey ruined. Maybe we can squeeze a border poll and indy ref 2 in and have Scots and N Irish fighting amongst themselves as well while we're at it. Poor baby Jesus what a shite birthday this year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hughesie27 Posted October 29, 2019 Tories to win by a mile. Unfortunately. SNP to lose some seats too. Unfortunately. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gashauskis9 Posted October 29, 2019 1 minute ago, hughesie27 said: Tories to win by a mile. Unfortunately. SNP to lose some seats too. Unfortunately. Can’t see SNP losing seats. Brexit Party will decide whether the Tories have a majority or not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manaliveits105 Posted October 29, 2019 Correct Scottish No Policy party in for a shock from the people of Scotland Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gashauskis9 Posted October 29, 2019 13 minutes ago, Cade said: A wee reminder: The Communication Worker's Union has already voted for industrial action in the run-up to xmas. Postal votes may not make it to the count. Cumming’s dirty work written all over it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kiwidoug Posted October 29, 2019 Great news for me. It all happens in daytime here and although I have been exiled here for many years I still take a real interest. Hope Ian Murray puts Unite in their place and comes in with a stunning majority. That's because ice met him and he is a top bloke and a top Jambo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Costanza Posted October 29, 2019 A hung parliament with the Tories needing a deal with the Brexit Party to claim a majority. A country totally and utterly ****ed. Merry Christmas! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
milky_26 Posted October 29, 2019 14 minutes ago, hughesie27 said: Tories to win by a mile. Unfortunately. SNP to lose some seats too. Unfortunately. i have a feeling that will happen with labour taking a hammering especially in areas that voted to leave, unless their candidate goes against their party (that assumes they put a referendum or something similar in their manifesto) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gashauskis9 Posted October 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Costanza said: A hung parliament with the Tories needing a deal with the Brexit Party to claim a majority. A country totally and utterly ****ed. Merry Christmas! Correct. Johnson, Farage and Trump = The Tripart of Terror. Friday the 13th in more ways than one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikey1874 Posted October 29, 2019 28 minutes ago, Cade said: Hard Brexit Lunatic Tories may vote Brexit Party. Remain Tories may vote LibDem or even Labour. Centerist Labour may vote LibDem. Brexit Labour may vote Tory. SNP will clean up in Scotland. Northern Ireland will stay as it is because the sectarian votes never, ever change. Wales will remain irrelevant. Absolutely anything could happen in this one. Probably a hung parliament and a confidence and supply deal, if the arithmetic works. DUP and Ulster Unionists pact not to compete has broken down. Due to DUP pro Brexit stance. Opens door to at least one DUP seat being lost to Sinn Fein. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman Returns Posted October 29, 2019 Edinburgh West 2017 Liberal Democrat Christine Jardine 18,108 Scottish National Party Toni Giugliano 15,120 Conservative Sandy Batho 11,559 Labour Mandy Telford 7,876 and Scotland's Independence Referendum Party Mark Whittet 132 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zlatanable Posted October 29, 2019 37 minutes ago, Cade said: Hard Brexit Lunatic Tories may vote Brexit Party. Remain Tories may vote LibDem or even Labour. Centerist Labour may vote LibDem. Brexit Labour may vote Tory. SNP will clean up in Scotland. Northern Ireland will stay as it is because the sectarian votes never, ever change. Wales will remain irrelevant. Absolutely anything could happen in this one. Probably a hung parliament and a confidence and supply deal, if the arithmetic works. anti-nationalists might vote Tory Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikey1874 Posted October 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, Costanza said: A hung parliament with the Tories needing a deal with the Brexit Party to claim a majority. A country totally and utterly ****ed. Merry Christmas! Find it hard to find any Brexit Party MPs. We don't have proportional representation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonesy Posted October 29, 2019 11 minutes ago, Kiwidoug said: Great news for me. It all happens in daytime here and although I have been exiled here for many years I still take a real interest. Hope Ian Murray puts Unite in their place and comes in with a stunning majority. That's because ice met him and he is a top bloke and a top Jambo. Yep, does great work for the constituency and its constituents! His support in a dealing I had with the Foreign Office probably changed my life forever (for the better, that is!). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Maroonblood Posted October 29, 2019 18 minutes ago, manaliveits105 said: Correct Scottish No Policy party in for a shock from the people of Scotland Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman Returns Posted October 29, 2019 Edinburgh South 2017 Labour Ian Murray 26,269 Scottish National Party Jim Eadie 10,755 Conservative Stephanie Smith 9,428 Liberal Democrat Alan Beal 1,388 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cade Posted October 29, 2019 Expect some eggheads to produce spreadsheets of target seats and diddy majorities overnight. I cannae be ersed to do it myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman Returns Posted October 29, 2019 Edinburgh East 2017 Scottish National Party Tommy Sheppard 18,509 Labour Patsy King 15,084 Conservative Katie Mackie 8,081 Liberal Democrat Tristan Gray 1,849 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3fingersreid Posted October 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, The Frenchman Returns said: Edinburgh West 2017 Liberal Democrat Christine Jardine 18,108 Scottish National Party Toni Giugliano 15,120 Conservative Sandy Batho 11,559 Labour Mandy Telford 7,876 and Scotland's Independence Referendum Party Mark Whittet 132 That mark whittet fella looks like a 1970’s German prom star . Hopefully the country will look at other policies rather than just Brexit given it’s a general election . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Gin Posted October 29, 2019 'Mon the SNP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newton51 Posted October 29, 2019 Bye Scottish tories 😆 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman Returns Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) Edinburgh North and Leith 2017 Scottish National Party Deidre Brock 19,243 Labour Gordon Munro 17,618 Conservative Iain McGill 15,385 Liberal Democrat Martin Veart 2,579 Green Party Lorna Slater 1,727 Edited October 29, 2019 by The Frenchman Returns Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cade Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Cade said: Expect some eggheads to produce spreadsheets of target seats and diddy majorities overnight. I cannae be ersed to do it myself. Turns out I could be ersed Tons of seats up for grabs 52 seats across the UK with three-figure majorities. 2017 majorities.xlsx Edited October 29, 2019 by Cade Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman Returns Posted October 29, 2019 Edinburgh South West 2017 Scottish National Party Joanna Cherry 17,575 Conservative Miles Briggs 16,478 Labour Foysol Choudhury 13,213 Liberal Democrat Aisha Mir 2,124 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman Returns Posted October 29, 2019 East Lothian 2017 Labour Martin Whitfield 20,158 Scottish National Party George Kerevan 17,075 Conservative Sheila Low 16,540 Liberal Democrat Elisabeth Wilson 1,738 Independent Mike Allan 367 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Victorian Posted October 29, 2019 I'm in Cherry's constituency. Filth a close second. Cherry it is. ATAB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman Returns Posted October 29, 2019 Livingston 2017 Scottish National Party Hannah Bardell 21,036 Labour Rhea Wolfson 17,158 Conservative Damian Timson 12,799 Liberal Democrat Charles Dundas 1,512 others available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cade Posted October 29, 2019 Home Secretary Priti Patel's chief of staff has been thrown out of a Parliamentary bar by armed police after losing his heid during an argument. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jap Jambo Posted October 29, 2019 looks like my geeky kind of thread. If you haven't discovered this yet you may enjoy - it's never 100% accurate but it helps give context to what folks are looking at... https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/homepage.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dobmisterdobster Posted October 29, 2019 I will be voting for Boris. Not because he is the most compelling but because everyone else is that much less compelling. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zlatanable Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) I hope this General Election result takes the wind out of the Nationalists' sails. The nationalists have been taking the people of Scotland for granted, and they have got too comfortable doing so. A lot of voters in Scotland don't care for them and their shtick. Edited October 29, 2019 by Zlatanable Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Murray Posted October 29, 2019 This is already doing the rounds by pro unionist's, on how to tactically vote out the SNP. A few very close calls from the last GE It's going to be a very bitter run up to Christmas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boof Posted October 29, 2019 10 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I will be voting for Boris. Not because he is the most compelling but because everyone else is that much less compelling. Has he decided yet in which constituency he intends to stand? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Maroonblood Posted October 29, 2019 15 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I will be voting for Boris. Not because he is the most compelling but because everyone else is that much less compelling. He might be dead in a ditch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Costanza Posted October 29, 2019 51 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said: Find it hard to find any Brexit Party MPs. We don't have proportional representation. Possibly but unlike UKIP, I can see a number of Leave voters coalescing around the Brexit Party in certain seats, especially any where the Tory MP is seen as a remainer. This election is going to see a lot of voters focus on what local candidate is best placed to deliver a Remain or Leave vote, rather than necessarily vote for their traditional party. Which is why in my view, a general election is a terrible way to resolve Brexit. A referendum and then a general election would be the best way in my view but won't happen as the polls suggest Leave will lose and that isn't good for those backing Johnson and Farage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Costanza Posted October 29, 2019 20 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I will be voting for Boris. Not because he is the most compelling but because everyone else is that much less compelling. The most compelling liar? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pans Jambo Posted October 29, 2019 Is that red puss’d tory Carlaw car salesman running their show up here fu time now the tank commander has quit the hotseat? He should clean up eh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonesy Posted October 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: He might be dead in a ditch. He'd probably arse that up, too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
North Berwick Jambo Posted October 29, 2019 I am looking forward to the next day when they reveal that lovely yellow coloured map covering almost all of Scotland with not a singe blue spot on it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zlatanable Posted October 29, 2019 Just now, Pans Jambo said: Is that red puss’d tory Carlaw car salesman running their show up here fu time now the tank commander has quit the hotseat? He should clean up eh not long before you find out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
