Poll: Poll: UK General Election 2017 - Mk II

Who will you vote for?

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Gigabit said:
Tories and SNP will never happen. They hate each other.

If the Tories don't get a majority they're toast IMHO. It will be a Labour minority with SNP support if Labour have too few seats or a Labour-SNP coalition if the two have enough seats together.
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I agree.
 
McGray said:
When was this?
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There's a video where he says "supporting ISIS is in itself not a crime" which to be fair is true, but it's not what I'd call a hardline attitude by any means. It should be made a crime. He makes a few other points as well and seems pretty soft on the whole matter.
 
Robbo said:
There's a video where he says "supporting ISIS is in itself not a crime" which to be fair is true, but it's not what I'd call a hardline attitude by any means. It should be made a crime. He makes a few other points as well and seems pretty soft on the whole matter.
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So never then.
 
scorza said:
Reports that the Manchester bomber had been reported turned out to be not true. The only reason GMP knew about him was because of his record of petty crime.
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Where are you getting your fake news from nowadays, as you never seem to post up sources anymore,

The Home Sec admitted he was known by the Intelligence/Security Services - even if GMP didn't know themselves he was a potential terrorist threat

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...es-missed-five-opportunities-stop-manchester/
 
mrbios said:
So, what happens if Labour and SNP don't have enough seats between them as well? As based on the current yougov polls, that's quite a distinct possibility. Presumably the NI unionists would team up with the cons if they had <18 seats required though?
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It will be some kind of supply and demand arrangement then. Lib Dems will support them presumably.

Regarding the NI Unionists, it's a good question: do they like the Tories?
 
mrbios said:
Opinions aside, what actually happens on friday if the results come in with a hung parliment? Lets sat for example the tories win, but with less than 308 seats. Who do they form a coalition with? Is that the only potential outcome in that scenario? Would they have to team up with the SNP? If SNP turned around and said no, what then? (I assume they would be the only ones with enough seats to tip the balance into a majority?)
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The DUP normally back the Conservatives in Parliament, however they only have 8 seats in Parliament currently so they would need to be very tight for them to make the difference. Difficult to see who else would go into coalition with them. They wouldn't need to form a coalition though - if enough MPs back them they could form a minority government where they will rely on support from those MP's parties to get legislation through the Commons.

If the largest party (Conservatives in this example) cannot form a government i.e. get a coalition of 308+ seats, or get enough support for a minority government, then the second largest party gets the chance to form a government. This is a realistic scenario given the polls and how we would end up with Jeremy Corbyn as PM and Diane Abbot as Home Secretary (Corbyn has already confirmed he won't be sacking her if he wins).

Edit: just to add, was reading yesterday about Sinn Fein IRA discussing the possibility of taking their seats at Westminster for the first time if it helps Jeremy Corbyn.
 
Freakbro said:
Where are you getting your fake news from nowadays, as you never seem to post up sources anymore,

The Home Sec admitted he was known by the Intelligence/Security Services - even if GMP didn't know themselves he was a potential terrorist threat

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...es-missed-five-opportunities-stop-manchester/
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To be fair, there is contradictory information about whether he was known to the Prevent scheme .. I would say we needed to wait for clarification either way :- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40093926
 
mrbios said:
So, what happens if Labour and SNP don't have enough seats between them as well? As based on the current yougov polls, that's quite a distinct possibility. Presumably the NI unionists would team up with the cons if they had <18 seats required though?
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You have a government leading with a minority and then have another GE within a year.
 
b0redj0rd said:
To be fair, there is contradictory information about whether he was known to the Prevent scheme .. I would say we needed to wait for clarification either way :- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40093926
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Prevent is just 1 part of the 4 strategies to combat terrorism in local areas isn't it? the others being Prepare, Protect and Pursue

So yes, the local GMP are saying he wasn't known to them and their Prevent strategy, but the national intelligence service and MI5 did know him
 
scorza said:
we would end up with Jeremy Corbyn as PM and Diane Abbot as Home Secretary (Corbyn has already confirmed he won't be sacking her if he wins).
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There is a big difference between "won't be sacking" and moving people around in a cabinet reshuffle.

I'd be amazed if she retains her shadow cabinet position.
 
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