UK general election thread

[Horsemen]

Just hours away from my boy Corbyn becoming PM.

If this happens I will kill myself on livestream

[fightinfrenchman]

Not too late for a lib Dem surge

[n0el]

Not too late for a lib Dem surge

Why do you want Boris to be the PM?

[fightinfrenchman]

Not too late for a lib Dem surge

Why do you want Boris to be the PM?

I don't

[n0el]

Then why are you supporting the equivalent of our third party spoliersh. The Lib Dems won’t coalition with Corbyn to keep Boris out of #10.

[Hazza54321]

Who are people voting for then and why @brits

[fightinfrenchman]

Brexit is bad and should be stopped

[Riotcoke]

My votes going to really swing my constituency.

[thomasgreen6]

Who are people voting for then and why @brits

Jeremy Corbyn and Labour. Many reasons including:
- Green industrial revolution, action on climate change and the environment
- More reliable and easier access public transport
- Funding for public services
- An end to the current economic cycle of needless borrowing -> economic crash -> austerity
- Personal issues such as better mental health provision and support, LGBTQ+ rights, better access to healthcare for LGBTQ+ people etc

Wbu?

[Horsemen]

Who are people voting for then and why @brits

Jeremy Corbyn and Labour. Many reasons including:
- Green industrial revolution, action on climate change and the environment
- More reliable and easier access public transport
- Funding for public services
- An end to the current economic cycle of needless borrowing -> economic crash -> austerity
- Personal issues such as better mental health provision and support, LGBTQ+ rights, better access to healthcare for LGBTQ+ people etc

Wbu?

Jeremy Corbyn is lying to you. He is a populist demagogue who gains votes by making false or impossible promises.

[thomasgreen6]

Who are people voting for then and why @brits

Jeremy Corbyn and Labour. Many reasons including:
- Green industrial revolution, action on climate change and the environment
- More reliable and easier access public transport
- Funding for public services
- An end to the current economic cycle of needless borrowing -> economic crash -> austerity
- Personal issues such as better mental health provision and support, LGBTQ+ rights, better access to healthcare for LGBTQ+ people etc

Wbu?

Jeremy Corbyn is lying to you. He is a populist demagogue who gains votes by making false or impossible promises.

If you say so

[fightinfrenchman]

@Horsemen So is Boris

[jesus3]

The UK elections are weird. Your vote and even the outcome may or may not mean anything in the end since the seat distribution is about clusters of party winners rather than proportional votes as far as I've understood it

Whoever might win in the end, it won't be the UK citizens or even that sweet sweet British democracy every politician riding on the "Brexit means Brexit"-train was eager to point out

[Horsemen]

BIGGEST CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY SINCE 1987

[Mr_Bramboy]

BIGGEST CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY SINCE 1987

Incredible. Just incredible. I wonder if democracy is truly doomed or if there is something else going on.

[Amsel_]

Why is Bloomberg the only American news channel covering the election?

[Riotcoke]

Lads i've come to collect your labour tears.

[Mr_Bramboy]

Why is Bloomberg the only American news channel covering the election?

https://www.foxnews.com/world/british-g ... ve-updates
https://edition.cnn.com/uk/live-news/uk ... index.html

[Mr_Bramboy]

Lads i've come to collect your labour tears.

I'm still looking forward to that SNP landslide any day now.

[Amsel_]

Even BBC America is just playing a Robinhood movie.

Why is Bloomberg the only American news channel covering the election?

https://www.foxnews.com/world/british-g ... ve-updates
https://edition.cnn.com/uk/live-news/uk ... index.html

Their channels are only covering the impeachment debate in the Judiciary Committee.

[Horsemen]

Why is Bloomberg the only American news channel covering the election?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcnews

[Horsemen]

THE UK ECONOMY IS OFFICIALLY TURBOCHARGED

[jesus3]

it's just the exit polls at this moment, or am I wrong?

Also, I don't see the appeal of the tories, but choosing the absolute moron over the other candidate seems to be a common theme in the anglophone world

spoiler

Yes, obviously I know about the carefully crafted image of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson complimented by a sprinkle of Trump look-a-like and campaigning tactics - a recipe that seems to work well these days

[n0el]

Changing his position to be anti Brexit in order to satisfy a bloc of his party appears to have been a huge mistake for Corbyn

[Horsemen]

it's just the exit polls at this moment, or am I wrong?

Also, I don't see the appeal of the tories, but choosing the absolute moron over the other candidate seems to be a common theme in the anglophone world

spoiler

Yes, obviously I know about the carefully crafted image of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson complimented by a sprinkle of Trump look-a-like and campaigning tactics - a recipe that seems to work well these days

Exit polls are generally pretty accurate, and anyway there would have to be a pretty huge error for the conservatives not to have won