The Politics Thread 3.0

[Mini E]

General Election announced!

[Tineash]

Does anyone really want to go back to the polls in June?

Is there really any point? May won't lose, Labour will probably lose a fair few seats and Lib Dems might recover some ground. I guess the only benefit to the Tories is that it puts some distance between the point of Brexit and the next election which might give them time to paper over the cracks.

Uh.. it will also turn a narrow majority into a colossal one.

[Moggy]

The only positive to a GE is that Corbyn would be gone on 9th June.

That's exactly what I thought. The Tories would win in 2020 so it would be great to get that over with early and hope that Labour can get an effective leader in place to combat them over the next 5 years.

[Meep]

On the down side, large Tory majority.
On the up side, Corbyn will have to resign,

[JediDragon05]

Wow.

[Rex Kramer]

Does anyone really want to go back to the polls in June?

Is there really any point? May won't lose, Labour will probably lose a fair few seats and Lib Dems might recover some ground. I guess the only benefit to the Tories is that it puts some distance between the point of Brexit and the next election which might give them time to paper over the cracks.

Uh.. it will also turn a narrow majority into a colossal one.

I guess but Corbyn has hardly been hammering home that particular advantage, he's pretty much waved through everything she's wanted to do.

[Hexx]

Definitely an election from speech

"The country is coming together, but Westminster is not".

What country

[Lagamorph]

I won't be remotely surprised if Corbyn doesn't resign, not right away at least, and clings on for as long as he possibly can.

[Moggy]

I won't be remotely surprised if Corbyn doesn't resign, not right away at least, and clings on for as long as he possibly can.

Depends. If it's a narrow defeat then he might hold on. If he gets destroyed (and he almost certainly will) then he'll have to go.

[Errkal]

I won't be remotely surprised if Corbyn doesn't resign, not right away at least, and clings on for as long as he possibly can.

Depends. If it's a narrow defeat then he might hold on. If he gets destroyed (and he almost certainly will) then he'll have to go.

You say that, but will he. It will be his choice, he will argue that his support is higher tahn ever, that it was an election no one was prepared for and Momentum will ensure "accidents" happen to anyone that says otherwise.

[Moggy]

Did anything Cameron do turn out well? Even his fixed term parliament act only lasted for one election.

[Lagamorph]

Did anything Cameron do turn out well? Even his fixed term parliament act only lasted for one election.

Gay marriage?

[Grumpy David]

But he didn't allow straight civil partnerships.

[Errkal]

Did anything Cameron do turn out well? Even his fixed term parliament act only lasted for one election.

I heard he did good crackling.

[Moggy]

Did anything Cameron do turn out well? Even his fixed term parliament act only lasted for one election.

Gay marriage?

I'll let him have that one.

Anything else?

[KK]

Have I Got News For You is back on Friday, just in time for the election!

[lex-man]

Have I Got News For You is back on Friday, just in time for the election!

Isn't satire banned around an election.

[KK]

The 2nd June episode might get bumped, but it'll be fine after that. It has been taped on a Friday and aired later that same night in the past on election weeks so it's bang up to date.

[Karl]

Is it only in the week before the election that broadcasting regulations are tightened up, KK?

[Alvin Flummux]

Maybe they could get around that by not being too funny.