UK General Election, 2017 - Election Day and Results Thread

[bullmoose88]

Ha, newly re-elected Labour MP Bridget Phillipson in Houghton and Sunderland South declines to endorse Jeremy Corbyn for Prime Minister.

Re-form the SDP?

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

When is the next declaration expected?

[Silent Hunter]

What we really need to see are the Lab-Con marginals...

[DavidB.]

I never felt that it was going to be 350+. Always felt that was wishful thinking after May moved so far to the right (or showed her true colors).

[jaichind]

Ha, newly re-elected Labour MP Bridget Phillipson in Houghton and Sunderland South declines to endorse Jeremy Corbyn for Prime Minister on Sky when asked explicitly. "I support the Labour Party."

What ?  Even if the exit polls are wrong Corbyn poll off a major political coup with a result like this.

[Kamala]

What constituency is predicted to be next?

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Wait so on a scale from 1 to Jeb Bush, how f--ked is May

[Chief Justice Keef]

Labour is outperforming YouGov's model in both Sunderland and Newcastle by 3%.

[CMB222]

What constituency is predicted to be next?

Sunderland West I believe

[Tintrlvr]

Ha, newly re-elected Labour MP Bridget Phillipson in Houghton and Sunderland South declines to endorse Jeremy Corbyn for Prime Minister on Sky when asked explicitly. "I support the Labour Party."

What ?  Even if the exit polls are wrong Corbyn poll off a major political coup with a result like this.

They asked her if she would support Jeremy Corbyn for Prime Minister in a vote, and she basically refused to respond to the question and said she supports the Labour Party. The opposition to Corbyn within the parliamentary Labour Party has always been more about internal structure and ideology than about his performance. I got the impression it was more of her attempt not to take sides in the internal conflict than anything else; she's a nobody backbencher.

[Klartext89]

I never felt that it was going to be 350+. Always felt that was wishful thinking after May moved so far to the right (or showed her true colors).

LOL she moved to the Left and didn't talk about immigration...

350 was the minimum...

[Baki]

BBC now saying that if the difference between the exit poll and the real results holds up countrywide, Torys might still have a shot at a huge majority.

[Dutch Conservative]

I never felt that it was going to be 350+. Always felt that was wishful thinking after May moved so far to the right (or showed her true colors).

I still think it can go to 340+. I really don't buy this exit poll and the swing in the first 2 reported seats indicate a pretty large swing to Tories. I know: very early, but I wouldn't rule out a large tory victory yet.

[jaichind]

Sporting Index markets moves more toward CON

CON    337
LAB     240
SNP      38
LIB       13.5

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

So hung parliament with Prime Minister Priti Patel.

[Kamala]

Well, there's a definite silver lining: at least UKIP is basically dead.

[Silent Hunter]

Yes, they will lose major party status now and a lot of coverage.

[Klartext89]

Crikey! BBC now saying if exit poll as wrong in rest of vote as it was in first two seats called then Cons could have 80 seat majority.

[Silent Hunter]

Labour is outperforming YouGov's model in both Sunderland and Newcastle by 3%.

What about the Tories, though?

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Sporting Index markets moves more toward CON

CON    337
LAB     240
SNP      38
LIB       13.5

Political betting markets are a glorified version of getting predictive information from Atlas - fools who think they know politics making their collective opinions known.

[Tintrlvr]

So hung parliament with Prime Minister Priti Patel.

Again, which non-Tory party is going to support Priti Patel and a further move to the right in a hung parliament? Beyond the DUP and UUP, certainly not any of the potential suitors for the Tories, such as the SNP, LDs, Plaid, etc.

[DavidB.]

I never felt that it was going to be 350+. Always felt that was wishful thinking after May moved so far to the right (or showed her true colors).

LOL she moved to the Left and didn't talk about immigration...

She moved to the right on the economy, which made many swing voters and potential Conservative voters think "the nasty party" was back and that May was simply another business conservative instead of someone who's there for ordinary people too. She blew it with the "dementia tax" and fox hunting nonsense.

[TheSaint250]

Anything from Nuttall's constituency yet? I just want to see if he is doing not poorly or worse than normal?

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Labour VERY optimistic about Hastings, Tories not so much.

[TheSaint250]

i still cant get my mind of the fact the tories are losing in England but gaining in Wales and Scotland...

How much is the gain in wales and Scotland?