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I had thought that Theresa May was the best leader the Tories could muster. But if she is deposed in the coming days, all the alternative leaders (especially deceitful Boris) would be even worse.
Early prediction: Labour will do well in Remain areas (especially London) and university towns. But whatever their vote, it'll be great to finally see political engagement from young people.
If the TV broadcasters are compelled to be neutral on election day, how come the Murdoch/Dacre newspapers are allowed to publish such poisonous and misleading diatribes? Just wondering.
It's going to be a long and interesting night!
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We've just had a very dignified speech from a visibly dejected Nick Clegg - all props for moderating coalition policies, but sadly they suffered from abandoning core policies.
I'm still not sure that Jeremy Corbyn makes a good leader, but his heart is definitely in the right place.
Sadly, we're in a right mess now as a nation negotiating with the EU.
Sinn Féin are gaining, which lowers the bar for a de facto majority, and the DUP are gaining to the point that Con+DUP would easily cross that bar.
Perhaps it's not real: have I been watching Saturday Night Live by mistake?
Amazing how far behind the BBC News ticker is with the total number of seats.
Seems anything could happen. Who will be the next Tory leader? Will Boris's plotting finally succeed? Or will he be pipped to the post by an outsider such as Ruth Davidson? It certainly seems to be her night.
Interesting times ahead.
I posted that the Tory landslide wouldn't happen - but still expected a 30-40 seat majority.
Canterbury voted Labour.
In spite of all the baggage that Jeremy carries, the Tories couldn't get a majority - I reckon that many voters were so fed up with their lives, that they need cheering up, not more austerity.
Perhaps the Tories thought that with Jeremy as Labour leader they didn't need to work that hard - in the same way that invading Russia looked straightforward, so no need to prepare for winter.
And oh how the Beeb have changed their tune with regards to Corbyn now!
I see Zac snuck back in by the skin of his teeth.
The night flew by, but I fear the day will drag!
The referendum gave a clear choice that wasn't really about party politics - it was about immigration and the wish for Britain to be able to decide it's own future. A clear, easy choice for people.
The general election has taken us back into a tangle of conflicting policies and conflicting personalities. A lot of people 'just don't understand' and don't vote.
Another way of looking at it is that Theresa May lost her lead through bad tactics, in the same way that Hilary Clinton lost the American presidential election through bad tactics.
Actually, cable is down, though Cable is up.
@TLZ
or that people do understand and don't vote. Turnout was similar to 2015 and the increase perhaps could be attributed to Momentum supporters.
@DG 0530
The best time to sleep was obviously 1500-2200 yesterday. That's when Dimbleby and friends were sleeping.
But how long will May survive? And perhaps we will get another general election later this year...
And we'll get to do it all again so soon, just with a different egotistically megalomaniac in the blue corner.
I worry about how this shambolic outcome affects our mid-to-long-term future, and our ability to negotiate with the EU.
Having narrowly lost a brilliant MP to a millionaire playboy, does not make me feel any better.
A £25 Premium Bond win this morning, is a small compensation!
Mathematically the ideal coalition would be Con/Lab, but luckily Corbyn is too left to allow that to happen. (You can bet an opportunist like May would jump at the chance though!)
So she's definitely going to stay, like Cameron was definitely going to stay.
Based on past events, we can assume that the Home Secretary Amber Rudd will be the next undemocratically elected Conservative Party Leader, and thus PM. God save us all.
At least she would be unlikely to call another election, nursing a majority in Hastings of just 346.
@Rosemary T
"Having narrowly lost a brilliant MP to a millionaire playboy, does not make me feel any better. "
don't worry - doubtless he'll throw another hissy fit before long and resign, thereby forcing another byelection. At least being "of independent means" he can afford not to toe the party line.
I think you may be right. The lack of majority will mean they all have to turn up and vote a lot more often than before. He could well get fed up and bail.
I just don't want have to talk volunteers into another 120 hours of standing on Polling Stations any time soon!
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