Poll: Exit Poll: UK General Election 2017 - Results discussion and OcUK Exit Poll - Closing 8th July

[jimjamuk]

God, not this again. It was quite clearly made in jest.

Incorrect - Tory governments borrow more, increase debt more and pay back less than labour governments.

You keep posting this stuff but if the Tories have to pick up every time from a Labour spending spree then they clearly are left with having to reduce the deficit which itself causes debt to increase until its back under control just in time or the tables to turn and Labour get back in

 

[jimjamuk]

Someone will be along shortly to provide evidence that Conservative governments always inherit a burning platform lit by Labour.

Im here

 

[dalehitchy1]

Can we get the DUP to handle Brexit negotiations? They've done a fantastic job of getting the best deal for Northern Ireland.

It's be funny if it wasn't true.

 

[StriderX]

There'll be no review in two years - there'll be another election before, once the Brexit negotiations are done or have an inexorable direction and outcome, Corbyn euphoria has waned and a new Tory leader has emerged and the Lib Dems remain rooted in exactly the same position.

Everything will depend on what happens with Brexit, because no matter how the Tories spin, it the UK will lose jobs, lose influence, lose face and people will lose patience with the status quo because it stopped benefiting them.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Someone will be along shortly to provide evidence that Conservative governments always inherit a burning platform lit by Labour.

Well there is always some gullible fool who believes the lies the Tories tell them.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Im here

Oh hi!

 

[stewski]

Yup, that wasn't helpful, essentially saying that he'd bend over to get any deal (then again there was an aspect of his campaign simple deliberately avoiding giving even less detail re: Brexit than the tories). Though from the other perspective the implied threats from the conservatives could have been toned down a bit too.

Ya think?

 

[dowie]

Ya think?

I'm not interested stewski, you're a bit of a time waster tbh..

 

[mmj_uk]

Can we get the DUP to handle Brexit negotiations? They've done a fantastic job of getting the best deal for Northern Ireland.

It's reported that the DUP did Gordon Brown out of £1.2billion as well just so that he could push through 42 day detention, at least May gets 2 years of backing for the money rather than a single vote.

If we're struggling to raise the cash we could always sell our gold reserves now that the prices have shot up, oh no wait... Gordon Brown sold it for peanuts and cost us about another £10bn.

 

[Cern]

It's reported that the DUP did Gordon Brown out of £1.2billion as well just so that he could push through 42 day detention, at least May gets 2 years of backing for the money rather than a single vote.

Only 2 years? Not going for the full term again? Still, I guess 2 years is optimistic, 2 months is more realistic. In which case £1bn looks less like a bung and more like pure extortion.

 

[Mr Badger]

What happened to 'no deal is better than a bad deal'?

Probably went the way of Strong and Stable...

 

[KNiVES]

Surprisingly, losing your majority means you can't just do or say whatever you want willy-nilly!

 

[Deleted member 68110]

Someone will be along shortly to provide evidence that Conservative governments always inherit a burning platform lit by Labour.

You keep posting this stuff but if the Tories have to pick up every time from a Labour spending spree then they clearly are left with having to reduce the deficit which itself causes debt to increase until its back under control just in time or the tables to turn and Labour get back in

Im here

Lol at the Brexiteer understanding of what constitutes "evidence" .

 

[Greebo]

It's reported that the DUP did Gordon Brown out of £1.2billion as well just so that he could push through 42 day detention, at least May gets 2 years of backing for the money rather than a single vote.

If we're struggling to raise the cash we could always sell our gold reserves now that the prices have shot up, oh no wait... Gordon Brown sold it for peanuts and cost us about another £10bn.

It's only for four votes. The queens speech, the budget (twice) and the Brexit deal. Every other vote the DUP will look at it on its own merits. So it's not full support over two years. The DUP was always ping to vote in support of most of those things anyway.

 

[antijoke]

Lol so IDS is saying it's not actually a billion going to NI and it's half that because that money was going there anyway..

 

[Tunney]

You keep posting this stuff but if the Tories have to pick up every time from a Labour spending spree then they clearly are left with having to reduce the deficit which itself causes debt to increase until its back under control just in time or the tables to turn and Labour get back in

The Conservatives have been in power for 7 years now. The previous Conservative government was in power for 18 years. At some point they have to take responsibility for their own mess.

 

[C.R.A.Z.Y]

Love or loathe him what you can't deny is George is pretty well informed on a lot of politics:

 

[antijoke]

The Conservatives have been in power for 7 years now. The previous Conservative government was in power for 18 years. At some point they have to take responsibility for their own mess.

That will never happen.

 

[Freakbro]

You keep posting this stuff but if the Tories have to pick up every time from a Labour spending spree then they clearly are left with having to reduce the deficit which itself causes debt to increase until its back under control just in time or the tables to turn and Labour get back in

And why do Labour have to go on a spending spree everytime they get in? because the previous Tory Govt cuts public services until they are on their knees and Labour have to build them back up.

See, we can all play the silly merry go round of idealogical soundbite blame.

Or actually look at the empirical evidence and see they are both as bad as each other when it comes to economic mismanagement. It just differs to who they spend it on.

 

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After talks with DUP leader Arlene Foster at Number 10, the prime minister said the two parties "share many values" and the agreement was "a very good one".