UK General Discussion Thread: mayy lmao

[Mr. Morden]

Oh, and a couple questions.  Suppose that Scotland does hold a second independence referendum and it passes.  Does Labour have any realistic shot at retaking the Commons in the next decade without Scotland?

I don't see why not.  In all of the Blair victories, for example, Labour won a majority by a margin larger than the total number of seats in Scotland.  Why couldn't they (eventually) rebound back to that level of support?

[Mr. Morden]

So what is the actual procedure by which someone can call for a new leadership election for Labour?

[Mr. Morden]

Given Labour's defeat is very likely, I really hope they will finally toss Corbyn overboard after.

Betfair's currently giving a better than 50/50 chance of Corbyn being out by the end of 2017.

Probability to be the next Labour leader after Corbyn:

Yvette Cooper 18.6
Keir Starmer 17.4
Lisa Nandy 8.4
Clive Lewis 7.8
Chuka Umunna 7.5

[Mr. Morden]

Forgive me if there's a really obvious example that I'm blanking on, but has any country in the world that has a parliamentary system ever had a female prime minister and female leader of the opposition at the same time?

[Mr. Morden]

One poll shows a drop in support for Scottish independence:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/25/poll-blow-nicola-sturgeon-scottish-independence-support-drops/