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

Exit poll: Who did you vote for?

  • Conservatives

    Votes: 302 27.5%

  • Labour

    Votes: 577 52.6%

  • Liberal Democrats

    Votes: 104 9.5%

  • Green

    Votes: 13 1.2%

  • UKIP

    Votes: 19 1.7%

  • Scottish National Party

    Votes: 30 2.7%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 6 0.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 46 4.2%
  • Total voters
    1,097
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If in 5 years time, it seems likely that a hung parliament will be the outcome, you say that that the fixed term parliament act should decide; so we would have an election regardless. You're in favour of wasting £150m in this instance.

Yet you also say that we shouldn't have another election now because it would be a waste of £150m to end up in a hung parliament.

You sound a bit confused.
 
n111ck said:
Read the thread - my comment was specifically in a response to a post about an election in 5 years causing a hung parliament.
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Yes, but it was you who said we shouldn't have one for 5 years no-one else, then cited the fixed term parliament act as the reason for that....when it's just been blatantly shown that's an ineffectual piece of legislation.

So it comes back to why you think we should only have another election in 5 years time because "the most popular party" are in power
 
Even with a working majority of 14 in place for specific votes, its not enough for a government with no care for the national interest. If there was an appetite within the conservative party for more cross parliament co-operation then I could imagine it might last but they don't. I will eat the internet if its 5 years before we have an election. I would surprised if we aren't back to the polls within 12 months.
 
LOAM said:
Even with a working majority of 14 in place for specific votes, its not enough for a government with no care for the national interest. If there was an appetite within the conservative party for more cross parliament co-operation then I could imagine it might last but they don't. I will eat the internet if its 5 years before we have an election. I would surprised if we aren't back to the polls within 12 months.
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I'm not sure, the initial panic reaction by the Tories was to start getting the knives out, et tu Brutes style, but they calmed down and the daggers look to have been sheathed for now.

So if she survives the summer recess she'll last a while longer.
 
Freakbro said:
I'm not sure, the initial panic reaction by the Tories was to start getting the knives out, et tu Brutes style, but they calmed down and the daggers look to have been sheathed for now.

So if she survives the summer recess she'll last a while longer.
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Sheathed because for now none of them want to upset the cart before the Queens speech vote and sheathed for amendments only because they know the perceived impact of losing a vote. Just look at today's announcement from Justine Greening regarding NHS access to abortion services for NI women in the UK. It was known that 40+ Tory MP's would vote against their own party, they knew they would lose that so backed down.
 
LOAM said:
Sheathed because for now none of them want to upset the cart before the Queens speech vote and sheathed for amendments only because they know the perceived impact of losing a vote. Just look at today's announcement from Justine Greening regarding NHS access to abortion services for NI women in the UK. It was known that 40+ Tory MP's would vote against their own party, they knew they would lose that so backed down.
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Now all we need is a push for equal marriage in NI....
 
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