FWIW - although I don't agree with most of the policies, I'd sooner have Ruth Davies on my team than wet lettuce Kezia. I only hope this result has shut up wee Jimmy Crankie for a while.
Saint posted:Soooo glad Nuttal got a thrashing
Goodbye to your thuggery and hopefully goodbye UKIP
Farage. Not an MP. A member of a party who have no MPs. Just a man in a camel coat holding a pint of beer, ranting. Treat him thus.
Kaffs posted:Yogi19 posted:velvet donkey posted:Salmond out, Nicholson out, Robertson out, Sheik out!
There may have been some cheers from my house when Robertson and then Salmond went.
Oh and here! Brilliant news that. I don't think all the votes for Tories were to spite the SNP, and I know there have always been pockets of support for them in Scotland, but on the whole I think there was a LOT of tactical voting - nobody thought Labour could turn it around the way they did and it was rammed down people's throats by all the 'tactical voting' apps online that only a Tory vote could oust the SNP (maybe if old Kez had shown a bit more faith in Jezza?) and imo if everyone voted with their heart instead of what they thought was their head, there wouldn't have been quite so many blue patches. All in all though, I was very impressed with the showing and have a bit of hope now for the future (once the terrorist sympathising May (be careful what you accuse your opponent of if you're going to cosy up to undesirables yourself) has worked her notice
) - so I guess we're both happy!
PS I may be responsible for SNP keeping their seat in NE Fife. Colleague in the office didn't know who to vote for - never voted Labour in her life, has voted LibDem in every election ever (she's 60) This time, she took me at my word when I said 'go on - if you're not sure give Labour your vote' She did, so did her hubby and her sister. I believe SNP held on to the seat by 2 votes....
Sorry!
Without doubt there was some tactical voting
and I'm very grateful for it, especially if it makes Sturgeon rethink Indyref 2
So it's all your fault SNP held onto their seat in NE Fife!
Kaffs posted:FWIW - although I don't agree with most of the policies, I'd sooner have Ruth Davies on my team than wet lettuce Kezia. I only hope this result has shut up wee Jimmy Crankie for a while.
On that we are in complete agreement.
Actually, I don't dislike Kezia, I just don't think she's strong enough.
one of the rare times I've actually agreed with a tory MP
Senior Tory MP: "We all f***ing hate her. But there is nothing we can do. She has totally f***ed us".
Oh and as for the DUP not wanting to blow people up...they are actively involved in terrorism...fact checked
Dame_Ann_Average posted:one of the rare times I've actually agreed with a tory MP
Senior Tory MP: "We all f***ing hate her. But there is nothing we can do. She has totally f***ed us".
Oh and as for the DUP not wanting to blow people up...they are actively involved in terrorism...fact checked
But as far as I know they've never attempted to bomb mainland Britain ...that was my point
But as far as I know they've never attempted to bomb mainland Britain ...that was my point
Oh well that's ok then. Pretty poor unionists if they did
Kaffs posted:But as far as I know they've never attempted to bomb mainland Britain ...that was my point
Oh well that's ok then.
I said I don't like it ..........but IRA ....Hamas ...anti semitism ..fact...take your pick Anyway , I'm sure we will probably be running this all again in a few months so....
I said I don't like it ......
fingers crossed... it's been such fun 
Baz posted:But as far as I know they've never attempted to bomb mainland Britain ...that was my point
and neither have the IRA since the Good Friday agreement which jeremy Corbyn helped secure Baz
This is Former First Minister Peter Robinson, who was DUP leader and Northern Irelandâs first minister until last year, and was an active member of Ulster Resistance, a terrorist group. he also smuggled arms and rocket launchers...it's completely hypocritical of the Tory party to join with them and there are many Tory voters saying the same as me.
Baz posted:Kaffs posted:But as far as I know they've never attempted to bomb mainland Britain ...that was my point
Oh well that's ok then.
I said I don't like it ......
I darn well hope so
Baz posted:Kaffs posted:I said I don't like it ......
fingers crossed... it's been such fun
Wrong side? You won! Kinda 
Dame_Ann_Average posted:Baz posted:But as far as I know they've never attempted to bomb mainland Britain ...that was my point
and neither have the IRA since the Good Friday agreement which jeremy Corbyn helped secure Baz
This is Former First Minister Peter Robinson, who was DUP leader and Northern Irelandâs first minister until last year, and was an active member of Ulster Resistance, a terrorist group. he also smuggled arms and rocket launchers...it's completely hypocritical of the Tory party to join with them and there are many Tory voters saying the same as me.
Dame , I am NOT saying I am happy with it ....but we aren't going to agree over politics .... I totally detest Corbyn and his cronies ...you love him ....and that's fair enough ...
And I'm so tired I can't even type properly
Kaffs posted:Baz posted:Kaffs posted:I said I don't like it ......
fingers crossed... it's been such fun
Wrong side? You won! Kinda
Well I think it would be fairer to say we didn't lose ....but seriously the amount of abuse has been astounding .
Baz posted:Dame_Ann_Average posted:there are many Tory voters saying the same as me.Dame , I am NOT saying I am happy with it ....but we aren't going to agree over politics .... I totally detest Corbyn and his cronies ...you love him ....and that's fair enough ...
that is where you are completely wrong Baz, I care not a jot who leads the Labour party as long as it's policies are based on Socialism... any left leading politician taking us away from neoliberalism would do.
Democracy prevails. Hoorar!
velvet donkey posted:May got what she deserved.
I have never seen such arrogance in a manifesto/campaign. If Boris takes over it's curtains.
that's the fly in the ointment for me - beggars belief how such a lying fool can be in the position he's in and sure he's already picking curtains for No 10
She's just said the top five are keeping their places
if DUP are drafted into coalition to prop the tories up..wont sinn fein start up against it? cos im sure it must go against the GFA..surely you cant support one side?
i hope that silly daft may isnt about to reignite a war just because of her determination to stay in power
So May has whored herself out to the bigoted,racist,homophobic DUP.what price integrity .
The final election result has just been declared:
Labour has just taken Kensington by 20 votes. KENSINGTON! 
Really does seem to sum up the whole election, doesn't it?
Kaffs posted:But as far as I know they've never attempted to bomb mainland Britain ...that was my point
Oh well that's ok then.
That's slightly photo-shopped to be fair. The DUP logo and woman bottom right aren't on the original.
The original: 
kimota posted:The original:
My bad - that'll teach me to be so trusting. I think Dame's picture's much more effective anyway - I assume that's real?
Jeremy Corbyn was just 2,227 votes away from becoming Prime Minister outright
Seeing as Theresa May is now in bed with the hard-line DUP, she's no doubt considering more appropriate alternatives to her ÂĢ995 leather trousers. May I therefore suggest the following for the 12th of July?
Eugene's Lair posted:The final election result has just been declared:
Labour has just taken Kensington by 20 votes. KENSINGTON!
Really does seem to sum up the whole election, doesn't it?
WOW !
One does get the feeling that there is a turning of the political landscape towards Labour.
The next 12 months will be interesting indeed.
One Paper's Headline: 'MAY CLINGS ON TO SAVE EU EXIT'
So she still thinks she's the only one who can negotiate a worthwhile deal for Britain! 
I don't agree with the DUP on anything, except their pro union stance.
However, I find it strange that some Corbyn supporters are more than willing to sweep under the carpet, his historic links/friendship with a terrorist group like the IRA (not forgetting his "friends in Hezzbulah") and paint him as some sort of saviour - while castigating May for making an agreement with the DUP which is a political party.
BTW Pirate, it's not a formal coalition.
Kaffs posted:My bad - that'll teach me to be so trusting. I think Dame's picture's much more effective anyway - I assume that's real?
Yes it was Peter Robinson in that picture Kaffs let's just cross our fingers and hope that the GFA survives 
whoever typed this.. I hope they dropped the mic afterwards 
Dear Theresa, it's not the number of MPs that counts it's how you use them. You have to do more with less that's all 
pirate1111 posted:Jeremy Corbyn was just 2,227 votes away from becoming Prime Minister outright
Correct Pirate
Southampton Itchen (majority 31); Preseli Pembrokeshire (majority 314); Thurrock (345 majority); Hastings and Rye (majority 346); Chipping Barnet (majority 353); Pudsey (majority 331); and Norwich North (majority 507)."
There were some close run seats in Scotland too. Feed them into the equation and it might even be less than 2227!
For instance, Labour only needed 361 more votes to take my area. 
I had to laugh nicked from a friend
If I didn't think it was so bloody serious I'd swear this government was MAYDUP
Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I had to laugh
If I didn't think it was so bloody serious I'd swear this government was MAYDUP
I'm going to nick that
Both her aides have just resigned
Dame_Ann_Average posted:pirate1111 posted:Jeremy Corbyn was just 2,227 votes away from becoming Prime Minister outright
Correct Pirate
Southampton Itchen (majority 31); Preseli Pembrokeshire (majority 314); Thurrock (345 majority); Hastings and Rye (majority 346); Chipping Barnet (majority 353); Pudsey (majority 331); and Norwich North (majority 507)."
Oh , that's what you were trying to do .....my apologies Pirate
So, after a good nights sleep ....a whole 7 hours ...it's unheard of ....my carefully considered points are these :
1. No matter how you cut it Labour lost their third election in a row....some 50 plus seats behind the Conservatives.....and quite frankly if they couldn't win after the truly disastrous Tory campaign ....promising everyone the earth.....and , as I keep being told .....7 years of dire austerity .....then quite frankly they don't deserve to be in power .
2. With regards to the DUP ....last time I looked NI was still part of the United Kingdom....their MPs were properly elected and .....as do Sin Fein ( although they choose not to) ....they have the right to sit in our parliament . So, TM is perfectly morally and legitimately allowed to canvas them for support .
3. Before anyone jumps on me about her hypocrisy in dealing with terrorists after all the jibes about Corbyn and the IRA....I would point out that there is a world of difference between talking to duly elected MPs since the peace process and actively being seen to be hob knobbing with them in the wake of bombings and while the militant wing of their party was still effectively calling for our demise !!
4. We aren't in a formal coalition with them ....any more than we are with any other of the various parties in parliament !