UK General Election, June 8th 2017

[Barnes]

Debate on the motion "That there be an early general election" will start just after PMQs at 12:30 with a 90 minute debate and a division at around 2:00.

Also, IMC held a snap poll (hehe) today showing 55% of voters agree with May calling an election and 15% disagree.

[jaichind]

In theory this poll (ICM/The Guardian) was done after May made the announcement

https://www.icmunlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017_guardian_campaign_poll1_april18.pdf

CON   46
LAB   25
LIB    11
UKIP   8
SNP    4
Green 4

Seems like 55% approve of May's decision to go for an election

[Filuwaúrdjan]

There's pretty much no way that a credible poll could be produced and processed within the space of a couple of hours fwiw...

[Klartext89]

May will not participate in TV debates. Wise decision. She would have to destroy Corbyn  in everything to even just meet expectations though that's the thing, difficult one!

[Barnes]

Here's the working timetable to the election:

Wednesday 19 April: Debate on the dissolution motion in the House of Commons

Tuesday 3 May: Last possible sitting of the House and the Lords

Wednesday 4 May: Parliament is dissolved at one minute past midnight

Thursday 11 May (4 pm): Deadline for nominations

Monday 22 May: Deadline for registering to vote

Thursday 8 June: polling day

[Barnes]

There's pretty much no way that a credible poll could be produced and processed within the space of a couple of hours fwiw...

The Guardian canteen seems to be in favor of the election I guess!

[Babeuf]

They should empty chair May if she refuses to debate.

[parochial boy]

By the sounds of it, Corbyn's campaign strategy will be to studiously ignore Brexit. That'll work

[mgop]

so they do polls with 1000 people from 650 constituencies? whats that like 1,5 person per constituency lol

[jaichind]

so they do polls with 1000 people from 650 constituencies? whats that like 1,5 person per constituency lol

Well, most polls done in the UK are around 1.5K-2K anyway

[mgop]

so they do polls with 1000 people from 650 constituencies? whats that like 1,5 person per constituency lol

Well, most polls done in the UK are around 1.5K-2K anyway

thats why they predicted brexit wrong

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[Barnes]

Because "politics is not a game!"

[Filuwaúrdjan]

https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/854371831196913664

This is not an encouraging rumour.

[Barnes]

https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/854371831196913664

This is not an encouraging rumour.

Jesus, Jeeza...

[Pandaguineapig]

Is there any reason to Think that Corbyn would resign his leadership if labour loses badly? He already survived a vote of no confidence and his supporters are more likely to blame new labour for a massive loss than Corbyn himself

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https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/854371831196913664

This is not an encouraging rumour.

Dear PLP,

We've had our differences, I know; but now is the time to move forwards and unite for the sake of our party and our movement. I want to see a strong united Labour Party in government!

Yours
Jeremy

P.S. You're all fired

[Barnes]

By the way, the magic number for the dissolution motion to pass is 434; the Tories and Labour combined have 560 seats at the moment, so only a rebellion of truly biblical proportions could sink this.

Mike Gapes (Labour MP) is going to vote against the motion to stick it to Corbyn one more time before he retires. Lol  

[parochial boy]

Is there any reason to Think that Corbyn would resign his leadership if labour loses badly? He already survived a vote of no confidence and his supporters are more likely to blame new labour for a massive loss than Corbyn himself

I think this too, "convention" doesn't really apply where Corbyn is concerned

[Former President tack50]

https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/854371831196913664

This is not an encouraging rumour.

Any chance Corbyn is not allowed to contest the election as an MP because of that and Labour has to contest the election without a leader?

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If May is successful and easily wins the election, Chancellor Kern might try the same and blow up the SPÖVP coalition before or after the summer recess, with snap elections in the fall.

big if true

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Whenever I hear about a snap election, I always think of Robert Muldoon of NZ calling an early election in 1984 while drunk.

Reporter: "Have we got a date, Prime Minister?"

Muldoon: "We're going to make the fourteenth of July which we've worked out in the government house as being the appropriate date."

Reporter: "That doesn't give much time to run up to an election, Prime Minister."

Muldoon: "Doesn't give my opponents much time to run up to an election, does it?"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZLDve40cxlk

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Vince Cable will stand again in Twickenham.  I'm going to go ahead and say that seat Leans (or even Likely) Lib Dem.

[Phony Moderate]

Vince Cable will stand again in Twickenham.  I'm going to go ahead and say that seat Leans (or even Likely) Lib Dem.

A lot of the Lib Dem 'big names' have announced that they're standing again - Hughes, Davey plus loads of lesser known names who lost their seats in 2015.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Running with an undefined stance on Brexit will be a great strategy for Labour! The best! What could possibly go wrong?!