^ Lord Buckethead (ran for MP vs Theresa May in the constituency of Maidenhead. Sadly lost - did get 249 votes though 😃)
https://twitter.com/LordBuckethead : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBgM8Esoy99vDtfbNPC2peA
on the lighter side of politics…
https://twitter.com/LordBuckethead/status/873019060195405824
a shame Mr Buckethead ‘only’ managed 249 votes vs Theresa May in Maidenhead - though he is now free for panto and Dr Who appearances 😉
^ just for clarity - Lord Buckethead is in the black suit, just to the right of the emotionless robot with views from another world in the red suit.
‘Everything you need to know about Lord Buckethead’…
http://io9.gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-lord-buckethead-the-1795957578
point 3 of his manifesto - ‘no 3rd runway at Heathrow Airport - where we’re going we don’t need runways’
https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/873014998179745794
https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/873014998179745794/photo/1
this is really more about getting May out from under that “temporary caretaker government” shadow after Cameron left?
I don’t think she is seen as a “temporary caretaker government” at all, she was the overwhelmingly popular candidate for Party Leader/PM. I think it’s more about shutting up dissenting voices (of all parties) in Parliament of the “Yes we agree you’ve got a mandate for Brexit, Prime Minister… but not this kind of Brexit!” variety. She’s going to ask the country clearly and directly “Do you want a Brexit on my terms?”. The electorate will most probably answer, “Yes please!” emphatically and she can get on with the business of doing just that.
Is my understanding correct that this isn’t really expected to change anything substantive? i.e. the people, parliamentary percentages, policies, etc, aren’t really expected to change much at all
Not really, I think things will change quite a bit because the Labour opposition party will most likely be wiped out due in large part to how deeply unpopular their leader (and cabinet) is, which I’m sad to say is probably for their own good in the medium to long term. Hopefully the Lib-Dem party will get back some seats after they were annihilated at the last election.
I think the general consensus is that the Conservative party will win.
This is possibly a misjudgement. When Gordon Brown the most unpopular PM for aeons finally got around to doing what May is doing here after inheriting a gulf war mess from Blair all the Tories could manage was a coalition. They were expected to lose the last election or have to make another coalition with UKIP or some other party.
The secret ingrediant to their majority was Brexit. UKIPers flipped sides to insure they got the referendum. Scotland evicted Labour for supporting the Conservatives and the Liberals lost their nice guy image propping up the Tories in coalition and breaking their manifesto pledges.
We have now a slightly different world. Brexit has happenend, it can’t unhappen so UKIP doesn’t need to exist anymore. Austerity isn’t working and isn’t popular. The SNP need someone the can do business with in Downing Street and May is not that PM.
Corbyn has always been anti-EU (just like Tony Benn). The old Labour zealots that voted Tory to get Brexit may return to the fold now that Brexit is unavoidable. The people that voted Tory as a protest against Blair and Brown will now vote Green rather than vote for the Tories.
My prediction Corbyn will suprise everyone by narrowly winning with the remainers voting against the Conservatives with the same zeal that the Brexiteers voted for them.
That’s if he stays of the hills and doesn’t have a heart attack.Close but no cigar.
a few seats off a coalition of the left and centrist parties mate - better than most of us thought.
And a clear message sent to the Tories that they’ll have to change if they want as many seats next time, as well being possible to run a decent andeffective anti-austerity campaign by the values of ‘old’ left of Labour.
and not sure a Tory coalition with the DUP will last…
Question for the Brits: what’s deal between Labour and Liberal Democrats? Is there a coalition possibility there?
Very possible, you could also include the SNP (Scottish National Party) in there with them
Please explain the implications of all this to some people here who would rather focus on anyone else’s government right now, but don’t know how to interpret it.
The Conservative Party, under Theresa May, called a snap election (something which she consistently said she wouldn’t do previously) - expecting to romp home and get an even larger majority than the 17 seats she had, basically with a strong mandate to go to Europe and negotiate Brexit…
The Labour Party was supposedly in trouble; lots of infighting and it’s leader Corbyn being unpopular among many other Labour MP’s - but a strong grassroots support and winning 2 leadership elections.
It has been a massive miscalculation by Theresa May. She hasn’t campaigned well at all, whilst Labour - under Corbyn - did, and did it very well.
The Conservatives have lost power - it IS officially a hung Parliament…
The Conservatives are still the largest Party - but WILL need the back-up of the right-wing DUP (from Northern Ireland) to be able to get a majority vs the other combined Parties.
Labour could form a coalition of left/centrist/independent Parties to obstruct near on anything they wished - IF they get a couple of objections from the Tory/DUP - a position no-one thought possible at the start of this election.
The Tories did surprisingly well in Scotland - which is an unexpected bonus for them. However, it does seem a lot of Tory MP’s aren’t happy with Theresa May - even before tonight’s results - a couple have openly asked her to ‘consider her position’. Ironically she campaigned on ‘strong and stable’ leadership!
A few Tory big names lost their seats too - and that big result Theresa May was hoping for when she called this snap election has not materialised - and has only damaged them - despite a very big push from the majority right-wing press for her.
More results to come of course…
One thing is certain - Labour, under Jeremy Corbyn, running on an anti-austerity campaign, have certainly done better than nearly everyone expected. Even winning in Tory strongholds like Canterbury (who have been Tory for 99 years).
For the US users on here Corbyn is a bit more left than Bernie Sanders - something which the Labour Party was once a fair few years ago (socialist-based) - and something many ‘modern’ aspects of the Labour Party fought against - though will now be very likely backing…
Any Party needs 326 seats for a majority (there are 650 MP’s in the House Of Commons):-
All the results have now been announced…
Tories are on 318 seats, losing 13 seats.
Labour are on 262 seats, gaining 30 seats.
SNP (Scottish National Party) are on 35 seats, losing 21 seats.
Liberal Democrats are on 12 seats, gaining 4 seats.
DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) are on 10 seats, gaining 2 seats.
Sinn Fein are on 7 seats, gaining 3 seats.
Plaid Cymru (Wales) are on 4 seats, gaining 1 seat.
Green Party have 1 seat.
Others (independent) are on 1 seat, losing 2 seats.
UKIP lost their only seat - so now have 0 seats.
Social Democratic & Labour Party lost 3 seats - and now have 0 seats.
Ulster Unionist Party lost 2 seats - and now have 0 seats.
Sinn Fein now have 7 MP’s - though they do not sit in Parliament as they oppose Westminster’s jurisdiction in Northern Ireland and its oath to the Queen - so its MPs abstain from sitting in parliament.
Labour doing well in the UK elections - looking like a minority/hung Govt - so far…
Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, is looking like she will lose her seat too (she’s demanded 3 recounts) 😃
Education Secretary Justine Greening held her seat - but the majority dropped from 10,000 to 1500
Tory minister Jane Ellison loses in Battersea to Labour.
Tories have won in Angus - some say they may do ok in Scotland - and parts of Wales…
Labour have taken 4 seats from the Tories so far (very early days though)
The whole world today…
A Message for Donald Trump from Former Mexican President Vicente Fox…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZKrn7Bbl8
😄
I thought it was brilliant - and quite funny too
That was the most savage burn since what PS4 did to XBoxOne…
😃
an handy guide for election result announcements in the UK - and what time they will (or should be) be announced…
(UK times obviously 😉)
Edge is pretty meh, but it’s leaps and bounds better than the most recent IE, so kudos to Microsoft for modernizing (or trying to).
😃
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UQK-UcRezE
50 years on and still a beautiful song mate - like so many of theirs are - seemingly timeless 😃
one from Paul, from 1970… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U
Yes, it’s a great song from Paul.
Here’s a fun song from Ringo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-BdGchS0yk
Ringo certainly has that Scouse humour in him still 😃
one song by George - performed by others in tribute to him - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y
PBS live stream of the Hearings…
‘Watch Live: House hearing on Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election’:-
A Message for Donald Trump from Former Mexican President Vicente Fox…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZKrn7Bbl8
😄
I thought it was brilliant - and quite funny too
^ cracking work mate -really like your image selection for the chapter inserts & leaflets 😃
Very interested - and thank you and welcome to the forum JoMaSanRa 😃
I’m in the UK (would prefer a Digipak option, but am happy to go with what the majority decide) - yours is a great idea re shipping to help cut postage costs.
^ Elizabeth Montgomery, of Bewitched fame.
Donald Trump blocking accounts on Twitter ‘violates US Constitution’…
(‘The President has repeatedly sought to avoid criticism by banning people from his account’)
‘James Clapper says Watergate ‘pales’ in comparison with Trump Russia scandal’…
I don’t really keep up on UK politics since I’m an ignorant American, but this is just absurd in it’s brazenness.
Usually politicians aren’t so up front with their ‘security over freedom/rights’ agenda, they just quietly pass bills that advance that agenda; but May’s coming right out and saying that human rights are something that can be revoked if need be. Sheesh.
Mate, there are many ignorant people in the UK too 😃
You’re spot on with this - it’s something that the Tories have promised before - replacing the European Convention On Human Rights with a vague and undetailed ‘British Bill Of Rights’.
Picard summed up it very well with this…
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us? (Python-themed video in link)
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfmAY6M6aA
However, this time it is to deflect away from her appalling record as Prime Minister and Home Secretary where Police and domestic intelligence services have been cut - to the point where she accused them of scaremongering over them when they pointed out the consequences of these cuts some years ago.
‘Keir Starmer: UK human rights law does not prevent capture of terrorists’…
‘How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business’…
‘The Associated Press just destroyed Donald Trump in 19 words’
^McCartneyism
^ Lennonism!
‘Donald Trump vows to impose travel ban ‘in any event’ despite pending Supreme Court judgement’…
I hope he tries, it might be grounds for impeachment.
I think it’s just bluster from him to be honest mate - his followers and supporters seem to lap up his continuing empty promises and temperamental rants up on twitter - it probably seems to them that he’s getting stuff done.
If it is possible grounds for impeachment though, then 😃
SRW Iron - a chromium based browser (basically the same functions as Chrome - but without so much of the data/info collecting & snooping done by Google).
Have used it for a few years - impressed with what it does (and doesn’t), very reliable - as well as benefiting from near on ever add-on from the chrome web store working on it too 😃
https://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php - also has a useful multi-language forum for users to ask any questions and report any faults/errors or just give feedback etc.
It’s also available for Mac, Linux, and Android, as well as Windows.
‘US Embassy in London distances itself from Donald Trump by praising Sadiq Khan’…
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871725780535062528
Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his “no reason to be alarmed” statement. MSM is working hard to sell it!
crazy isn’t it? - Trump gets caught out by his own lack of empathy and then tweets using the London Bridge attacks to further his muslim ban, (before offering sympathy for the victims) - and tries to deflect attention away of it to Khan and the media…
…when in fact Khan hasn’t said anything other than his original statement.
A spokesman for Khan did say in reply to Trump’s first tweet re Khan - 'He (Khan) has more important things to do than respond to Donald Drumpf’s ill-informed tweet that deliberately takes out of context his remarks urging Londoners not to be alarmed when they saw more police — including armed officers — on the streets,”
and nothing since…
Sheryl Crow was sexier as a brunette.
She looks quite sexy as a blonde too…
Though did prefer her darker-hair days… hmmn… one of the bigger questions of our time - Sheryl looked pretty good as a red-head too - more research is required on this…
