UK General Election, June 8th 2017

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@GoodwinMJ
Remainers going Lib Dem
March 20%
April 21%
Early May 18%
Last week 15%
Farron's strategy has been a disaster.

It's not clear what his strategy is, which is surely part of the problem. The number one goal for the Lib Dems at this point (when the press is no longer obligated to treat them as a serious option to form government, as they were in the 2005 and 2010 elections) has to be getting press of pretty much any sort, and Farron has not done so during the campaign as far as I can tell.

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Any thoughts on Northern Ireland?

Seems like the Alliance should be favored to re-gain Belfast East from the DUP, given that the DUP-UUP alliance there has broken down and the UUP is standing a candidate again. I would hazard a guess that SF will re-gain Fermanagh and South Tyrone from the UUP as well, though less certain as DUP still stood aside there (but presumably SDLP will be squeezed even harder there this time). Belfast South also seems very unpredictable; could stay SDLP or go DUP or possibly even Alliance. Finally, could see the DUP re-gaining South Antrim from the UUP.

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I for one am fully expecting a Sinn Fein majority government.

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Diane Abbott Car Crash: Clueless About Terror Report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq8Dd5Sa7fI

I don't understand why labour HQ keep letting her go on air...


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This is a fake letter being sent around East Dunbartonshire by the Lib dems..

Is it fake? Smithson is known to be a Lib Dem (at least among the people who know who he is) and does tend to talk up the Lib Dems' chances a bit sometimes, so I wouldn't be shocked if he specifically endorsed some candidates.