Decision '17

[Martin Phillp]

Well, three days since the election was called, and my MP is nowhere to be seen. The one over the border (who's a bloody good constituency MP, and a bit of a rising star in the party) was all over Twitter and Facebook to start banging the drum for her re-election. Mine doesn't even appear to have responded to a request for comment from the local paper.

Mine's pretty good at knocking at my door and not just at election time. Always visible in my part of London as well.

[barcode]

A couple of points its seems the last leg is trying to get people to register to vote: https://twitter.com/TheLastLeg/status/8 ... 2103314432 Maybe there would be better off trying to get the 35% of people who are already on the list to vote this time around. To get a General election with over 70% turnout would be decent.

While in Scotland: look who could get 12 seats... and Angus could lose his: https://twitter.com/ComradeHutch/status ... 6504982528

And now its seem there trying people how to vote to stop the tories.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0

Silly sods, half the lib dem seats are leave, so there have no chance.

[Philip]

Anyone else tried this 8values survey? It's another political compass-esque thing but I always find comparing results interesting.

http://8values.github.io/index.html

my results:

[MetalGearRex]

Anyone else tried this 8values survey? It's another political compass-esque thing but I always find comparing results interesting.

http://8values.github.io/index.html

my results:

Thanks for sharing the resource - looks like my results were almost entirely similar:


As for my thoughts on the election, I echo the responses of others - very surprising, though I'm expecting a landslide victory for the Tories, as Labour are in one of the weakest periods of their history by far.

[Alexia]

Those online surveys are a waste of time. And I'm not just saying that because it found out I was 20% more compatible with the opposition than I was with my party of choice.

[cwathen]

Those online surveys are a waste of time. And I'm not just saying that because it found out I was 20% more compatible with the opposition than I was with my party of choice.

Every time I do them they find I'm apparently so left wing that I would make Corbyn blush.

[Alexia]

Stockholm Syndrome to be renamed Wales Disease.

[JAS84]

What would happen if he did lose his seat but most of Labour party didnt?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/ ... 4.stm#lose

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PRIME MINISTER LOSES HIS SEAT?
His party would offer up a candidate to take over temporarily as a caretaker leader/prime minister. The Queen would then call the potential prime minister to Buckingham Palace to ask him whether he would form a government. The governing party would then hold a leadership election.

Presumably, the leadership election part also applies if the Leader of the Opposition loses his seat.

[WillPS]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... ooks-bleak

This is a pretty bleak analysis, even coming from the position of accepting that Theresa May will win an overall majority (which I have, reluctantly).

[bilky asko]

I think it opens up the possibility that the Lib Dems could lose all their seats. If those figures are largely correct, a bit of Lords reform could strike an even bigger blow.

Perhaps a timely reminder that, in reality, the figures of this election are likely to be the most unpredictable ever, if not the result.

[WillPS]

An extension to the nightmare scenario - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... cy-network