General Election 2019 - Results Thread.

[Pettytom 1]

Just now, Car Boot said:

 'Get Brexit Done' won the election.

 

Owen Jones on Twitter: 

 

"I’m so, so sorry guys. Just utterly devastating. Brexit just smashed us. Keeping together an electoral coalition of Remainers and Leavers as the country bitterly divided just became impossible."

There we have it. A revolutionary socialist celebrating a far right electoral victory.

 

Utter madness. Rather embarrassing for him, I guess

[lottiecass 17]

3 minutes ago, Baron99 said:

Listening to election special on Radio 5.  Just interviewed a Lab activist who has been doorstepping in the Lab heartlands in the Midlands.  He was telling of visiting life long Lab supporters who weren't happy with Corbyn & also said that their areas had voted to leave the EU but their views have been simply ignored by the Lab Party over the past 3 & a half years. 

Corbyn and the second referendum has cost labour, this election was mainly Brexit. You are spot on baron.

[Baron99 779]

24 minutes ago, Litotes said:

How naive you are...

Believeing more of Boris' lies.

 

The sky might not, but the pound will, the standard of living will, the employment rate will...

 

You have taken us back to the 70s, not Corbyn!

Hate to burst your bubble but the reports are the money markets are loving the predictions.  Sterling has risen 2% against the US Dollar.  Don't know how it's doing against the € but presumably it will be rising against it as well? 

[Longcol 598]

2 minutes ago, Pettytom said:

There we have it. A revolutionary socialist celebrating a far right electoral victory.

 

Utter madness. Rather embarrassing for him, I guess

Give the workers enough austerity and they will undoubtedly rise up and overthrow the running dog bourgousie capitalists - I don't think so.

[Baron99 779]

29 minutes ago, Litotes said:

How naive you are...

Believeing more of Boris' lies.

 

The sky might not, but the pound will, the standard of living will, the employment rate will...

 

You have taken us back to the 70s, not Corbyn!

Here you go re; your Sterling falling fears;

https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/gbp-live-today/12532-pound-to-euro-and-dollar-election-day-2019

 

The markets were always going to react this way as there is now more certainty regarding Brexit. 

 

Had Lab won, Sterling would have gone into free fall due to Brexit uncertainty & Corbyn's proposed massive borrowing programme that would have to have been paid back eventually. 

 

Edited December 12, 2019 by Baron99

[Car Boot 10]

George Galloway on Twitter:

 

"A #Brexit quake has just happened as I consistently warned that it would. They will seek to blame #Corbyn but in truth he is not wholly to blame. Those - McDonnell Starmer Thornberry Abbott et al - who hung the Albatross of the Anti-Brexit mantle around his neck are more culpable"

 

This was a Brexit election. The 17.4 million will not be silenced.

[Pettytom 1]

1 minute ago, Longcol said:

Give the workers enough austerity and they will undoubtedly rise up and overthrow the running dog bourgousie capitalists - I don't think so.

It’s looking like the opposite is true. Give them enough Brexit and they’ll become conformist, supine slaves to their upper class benefactors.

 

If Rother Valley goes Tory tonight, I’ll know that the end times are near.

[Lord Harold 0]

Bit of Tv channel hopping but if you want to see dumbing down of politics  C4 is the place to be

[Pettytom 1]

4 minutes ago, Lord Harold said:

Bit of Tv channel hopping but if you want to see dumbing down of politics  C4 is the place to be

To be fair, we’ve just elected a man who hides in a fridge, as PM.

 

Its tricky to dumb down from there.

[Car Boot 10]

Caroline Flint on Twitter:

 

"We're going to hear the Corbynistas blame it on Brexit and the Labour Uber Remainers blaming Corbyn. Both are to blame for what looks like a terrible night for Labour. Both have taken for granted Labour’s heartlands. Sorry we couldn’t offer you a Labour Party you could trust."

 

The Labour Party's second referendum (with the option to remain) has been completely rejected at the ballot box.

[Lord Harold 0]

5 minutes ago, Pettytom said:

To be fair, we’ve just elected a man who hides in a fridge, as PM.

 

Its tricky to dumb down from there.

That says more about Corbyn  than it does about Johnson

[lottiecass 17]

19 minutes ago, Pettytom said:

There we have it. A revolutionary socialist celebrating a far right electoral victory.

 

Utter madness. Rather embarrassing for him, I guess

Owen is on itv now, culture war is the reason labour failed.