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[Descan]

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So what the fuck happens now?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Theresa May probably resigns, a hung parliament convenes, and either Tory-DUP happens or it doesn't.

If it does, they stagger forth trying to reconcile their coalition in an arguably conservative manner.

If it doesn't, minority government ensues and every single issue on tap becomes a drag out fight of deadlock and dissident courting.

[NJW2000]

Yeah, whether the Tories form a majority is down to the land of saints and scholars... good new for Ireland, bad news for the Tories. But that's a three seat majority, and given at least three Tory backbenchers are probably pissed off with their own party at any one time, it'll be bloody difficult for the Tories to push their agenda even if the DUP are compliant.

[ChairmanPoo]

A mysterious man with the left side of his face burned off, arrives to deliver a box with a button inside. He tells you that, if the button is pushed, he will give you a tax free payment of $1 million in cash. However, some Tory MP you don't know will lose his seat. Do you still push it?

[Arx]

Hmm...it's good, but not quite an unprecedented landslide. I might hold a poll on if Laor should get "b" or "u" back.

Judgement will be passed on the state of "Tory" once all seats are in.

I have a request that if they lose a letter, it's the R.

I want to talk about how the Toys are faring in parliament.

It ought to be the 'o'. They tried so hard, and got so far...

[MetalSlimeHunt]

A mysterious man with the left side of his face burned off, arrives to deliver a box with a button inside. He tells you that, if the button is pushed, he will give you a tax free payment of $1 million in cash. However, some Tory MP you don't know will lose his seat. Do you still push it?

If I push the button more times than there are Tory MPs, what happens?

Actually, nevermind, I'll just do this the scientific way. Time to cash out!

[Necrothurge]

Tory-DUP is worse than just Tories! DUP are very anti-EU! This is very bad. I think people should've just voted Tory now.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth May The Wise?

No?

I thought not. It’s not a story the Laour would tell you. It’s an Ory legend. Darth May was a Prime Minister of the Ories, so powerful and so wise she could use Parliament to influence the voters to create elections… She had such a knowledge of the right wing, she could even call an election whenever it suited her.

She could actually...save representatives from the electoral cycle?

The right wing of politics is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be...unnatural.

What happened to her?

She became so powerful… the only thing she was afraid of was losing her power, which eventually, of course, she did. Unfortunately, she called an election when it seemed to be certain victory, and a powerful socialist struck her down. Ironic. She could save them from bad elections, but not a good one.

Is it possible to learn this power?

Not from a leftist.

[Descan]

If only you'd gone with Laur originally, you could have taken the O from the Tories to get Laour and the Tries.

[Starver]

Seems like most of England is named like a map for a shitty D&D campaign. 

Naw..  It's that even Tolkien couldn't out-Fantasy some of the actual Shire names, thus hamstringing the derivative works...

(Good morning, all.)

ETA:

More Jórvík than Northumbria. Northumbria extended further north to Hadrian's Wall.

Also, as being "North of the Humber", it excludes significant parts of Yorkshire, including The Peoples Republic Of South Yorkshire (as previously ruled by King Arthur. Scargill, that is).

[Necrothurge]

Breakdown of the DUP Manifesto

Arlene Foster, 46, is the leader of the staunchly pro-union and pro-Brexit party and declared it was a “good night for the Union”.

According to a DUP source anything is possible in Westminster talks except a coalition with Jeremy Corbyn.

The DUP has opposed the introduction of same sex marriage in Northern Ireland, as well as lifting the ban on abortion.

In their manifesto they said they supported the nuclear deterrent putting them at odds with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Basically, everything is over.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It's more likely that the DUP will just fail to maintain the coalition than the Ories turning around and adopting everything they believe in.

The results in NI are rather interesting, though. The elimination of UUP and SDLP in favor of DUP and Sinn Fein seems to me to be a polarization outcome.

[Loud Whispers]

Tl;dr is that "not campaigning" is a bold campaign strategy unlikely to pay off in the long run. Comrade Corbyn managed to reunite Labour with the orbs of direction under his command. Theresa May's only hope is to tear open a portal to fling the foolish socialist comrade into the far future, where her policy is law

*EDIT

Clegg has fallen.

This is one hell of a night.

F

A mysterious man with the left side of his face burned off, arrives to deliver a box with a button inside. He tells you that, if the button is pushed, he will give you a tax free payment of $1 million in cash. However, some Tory MP you don't know will lose his seat. Do you still push it?

Gordon? Is that you?

Loud Whispers must be feeling pretty unhappy at the result, his favourite seemingly Thatcher-like persona just got wrecked, and wrecked pretty hard, given the expectations. Folded horribly on her campaign, very unlike the Iron Lady.

I like Thatcher's decisive wartime leadership but that's about it, not least of all for her being one of the chief architects behind the UK's entry into the European Union, or the most significant proponent of neoliberalism the UK's seen besides Blair. Wouldn't say May's Thatcherite either, in policy they are opposites and in style they are opposites. The former is neoliberal, confrontational and famously the iron lady, the latter is conservative, elusive and famously camera-shy. I would've voted for Libdems this time round on the basis that they didn't want to regulate the internet if it were not for their pro-EU stance, especially given my local Tory MP being scarcely local. If I've cause to be unhappy, I've got little, but I do have cause to be anxious - naturally, this outcome opens up many possibilities which hither now were impossible, not least of which is the possibility of not leaving all of the EU.

[Sheb]

Yeah, the best news for Corbyn is that his position as leader (and his brand of leftist) in now entrenched. I'm sure there were a lot of Laor MPs who would have like for Laor to take a beating everywhere except their constituency to habe an excuse to oust Corbyn.

[Grim Portent]

Yeah, the best news for Corbyn is that his position as leader (and his brand of leftist) in now entrenched. I'm sure there were a lot of Laor MPs who would have like for Laor to take a beating everywhere except their constituency to habe an excuse to oust Corbyn.

Heh, up here in Scotland Labor was telling people to vote Conservative in more than a few constituencies.