UK Parliamentary General Election 8th June 2017

[Tamas]

Prime Minister Corbyn. Has a ring to it

Countries always want to compete with the US, but in this case I think it's best if they realize they've lost.  We have the worst leader, get over it.

Yeah, only Erdogan, Duarte and Assad are still in the running.

At least Erdogan was initially helping the economy, before compensating for his penis size overwritten all other priorities.  Orban is like him except he has been bad for the economy all the time.

[celedhring]

Prime Minister Corbyn. Has a ring to it

Countries always want to compete with the US, but in this case I think it's best if they realize they've lost.  We have the worst leader, get over it.

Yeah, only Erdogan, Duarte and Assad are still in the running.

At least Erdogan was initially helping the economy, before compensating for his penis size overwritten all other priorities.  Orban is like him except he has been bad for the economy all the time.

You Hungarians don't have a bad track record with the Corbyns running the shop, do you?

[Tamas]

Prime Minister Corbyn. Has a ring to it

Countries always want to compete with the US, but in this case I think it's best if they realize they've lost.  We have the worst leader, get over it.

Yeah, only Erdogan, Duarte and Assad are still in the running.

At least Erdogan was initially helping the economy, before compensating for his penis size overwritten all other priorities.  Orban is like him except he has been bad for the economy all the time.

You Hungarians don't have a bad track record with the Corbyns running the shop, do you?

Don't get me started.

[celedhring]

UKIP candidates fully unleashing the loon after being bereft of their original platform (which was already loony).

[mongers]

UKIP candidates fully unleashing the loon after being bereft of their original platform (which was already loony).

Didn't know Tim's cousin lived in the UK.

[Tamas]

He is right about mining the asteroid belt.

[Josquius]

Looking at my postal ballot properly....
The Tory candidate lives in London. I didn't even though you could do that, thought you had to be living local

[FunkMonk]

Supposedly the White House wants to send Donald to London in a show of "solidarity" with the UK.

I think that may be the last thing May wants this week. Imagine the chaos 

[celedhring]

Yeah, because Donald totally wouldn't hijack the situation to push his travel ban and other shit. So awkward. 

[Josquius]

Please make it so.

[garbon]

I think some of my sympathy for Diane Abbott has bled off. Her mystery illness was that she had type 2 diabetes and despite knowing about it for 2 years, thought it was a good idea to skip meals?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/13/diane-abbott-reveals-illness-and-hits-out-at-vicious-tory-campaign

Diane Abbott reveals illness and hits out at 'vicious' Tory campaign

Diane Abbott has accused the Conservative party of unleashing the most vicious and negative general election campaign in her memory, expressing her disappointment that a female prime minister had singled her out as a national target.

And in her first interview since stepping aside because of illness at the end of the campaign, the Labour frontbencher also revealed for the first time that she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two years ago, and said that was why she had taken a break.

As the Conservative party angrily dismissed her criticisms of their campaign, Abbott insisted that she was managing her condition and felt ready to return to work. But she admitted that it had affected her performance in broadcast interviews branded a "car crash" in the midst of the gruelling seven-week campaign.

"During the election campaign, everything went crazy – and the diabetes was out of control, the blood sugar was out of control," she told the Guardian, saying that she was badly affected after facing six or seven interviews in a row without eating enough food.

She said her brother had watched and listened to interviews, including when she stumbled over figures on a key policy on police funding when being grilled by LBC's Nick Ferrari, and got in touch with her.

"He said 'that is not Diane', because ever since I've been a child I've had a great memory for figures, and he said he knew it was my blood sugar and gave me a lecture about eating and having glucose tablets," she said, highlighting her years of broadcast experience as a pundit on This Week.

Abbott added: "It is a condition you can manage. I am doing that now and I feel ready to get back to work."

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[mongers]

I don't see it as a big issue one way or the other, I think the flak she took didn't significantly effect the Labour party's campaign and success.

She didn't perform well, so doesn't deserve a major shadow cabinet post, maybe relegate her and allow her to quietly slip back onto the back benches. Though give her credit for having been in parliament for 30 years, long stretch for anyone.

[Tamas]

She is awful

[Tamas]

So, The Deal to Bring Stability and Unite the Nation has been made: DUP will support to the Tories in exchange of 1 billion extra pound spent on Northern Ireland.

A tail wagging the dog situation if I have ever seen one.

[celedhring]

So, The Deal to Bring Stability and Unite the Nation has been made: DUP will support to the Tories in exchange of 1 billion extra pound spent on Northern Ireland.

A tail wagging the dog situation if I have ever seen one.

Over two years, apparently. I pictured it would be something like across the entire 5 years of the current term, but 500 million pounds every year is around 1% of Northern Ireland's GNP