The Un-US Politics Discussion Scenario

[Carolina]

If Welsh constituencies are going to to announce the results in Welsh (which is charming) then they should get a fluent speaker. Vale of Clwyd, I'm looking at you.

[angelaudie]

Rumors are flying the results out of the London are pretty bad for the Tories. I guess those Remainders are making their displeasure known. To be a fly in Theresa May's room now...

ETA: Whenever I see a photo of Nigel Farage's smiling face I get very punchy. I'm assuming this is a normal reaction based on British twitter.

[kostgard]

Guys, what's going on? Corbyn might be PM? Is it true? Can we have a snap election in the US?

I'm glad that anyone with Trump stink on them is suffering politically abroad. I wish it would happen here so the GOP would finally be motivated to give him the boot.

[Deleted]

I don't really know, the commentators are saying that they are speaking of the winner las tho they are the loser (May) and the loser as tho they are the winner(Corbyn)
So Tories by a narrow margin but with Labour making the better gains and swing votes going to them rather than Tories, I think....
One Historically Tory held seat lost to Labour by 187 votes (Cantubury,Tory seat since 1918)
Home secretary Amber Rudd is on 3rd/4th recount
Speculation May to step down sooner rather than later or lose vote of confidence..

If all the above is a load of nonsense I'm claiming sleep depravation, I should be in bed.......

[Carolina]

I'm holding out hope for a Labour/SNP/Lib Dem coalition but a Tory minority or Tory/DUP coalition is more likely.

[Deleted]

N Ire MPs prob going to play a sigifigant role I think.






edit4.05 am my time/bedtime...

[Martini Girl]

Could you imagine US election polls closing at 10pm making it easier for folks to vote? I'm on pins and needles. I really hope Labour pulls it out.

Apparently millennials voted this time, and it's making a difference.

God we live in strange times.....

[catfrog]

This election is thrilling! I've been watching all afternoon and it's looking good for Labour. I don't think they can govern, but they've made some huge gains. When Theresa May was giving her acceptance speech for winning her electorate, she looked rattled to sat the least. It was almost like she wanted to throw up. I had know idea that she also wanted to overturn the Fox hunting ban. Absolutely disgusting. It gives me one more reason to hope she loses. On CNN they've been saying that Scotland could bail out the tories, but wouldn't the Scotish be more likely to vote Labour?

Anyway, this election gives me hope for our election here in New Zealand in September. A Labour victory here looks highly unlikely, but maybe it IS possible:)

[Martini Girl]

The Guardian is saying it's 218 to 218 Con/Lab!

Lab gained 29 seats and Con have lost 24 seats.

I hope Drumpf is shitting his pants, but I think he's too much of a narcissist to even notice this election, and too dumb to comprehend what this means.

[Carolina]

It is officially a hung parliament.