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The UK Parliamentary campaign is over; voting is tomorrow (Original Post) brooklynite Dec 2019 OP
Bookmakers are leaning towards a hung parliament now Recursion Dec 2019 #1
Boris will not get a majority n/t malaise Dec 2019 #3
If it's another hung parliament Otto Lidenbrock Dec 2019 #4
They still think a Tory majority is far more likely muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #9
Thanks. I'll have BBC on tomorrow and maybe check Mike 03 Dec 2019 #2
If Labour had a different leader they would run away with this election. nycbos Dec 2019 #5
I agree. Maybe the results mark the end of Corbyn. Blue_true Dec 2019 #10
Corbyn is toxic evertonfc Dec 2019 #6
People are just stupid Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #7
The problem is voters trust Corbyn even less than they trust Johnson. Blue_true Dec 2019 #11
Yeah that's stupid that they trust him less Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #12
Corbyn himself is largely responsible for that. He is a horrid leader. nt Blue_true Dec 2019 #13
Johnson will single handedly destroy the country Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #14
If Britons truly strategically vote... roamer65 Dec 2019 #8
How does Labor edhopper Dec 2019 #15

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
1. Bookmakers are leaning towards a hung parliament now
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 04:29 PM
Dec 2019

But we'll see. Boris is out of allies; the DUP considers him poison after his sea border proposal.

Labour + SNP + Lib Dems + Plaid Cymru will be an interesting number to look at.

Otto Lidenbrock

(581 posts)
4. If it's another hung parliament
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 04:48 PM
Dec 2019

The UK needs to do something about their electoral system. That would be three out of the last four elections all inside one decade.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,295 posts)
9. They still think a Tory majority is far more likely
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 08:54 PM
Dec 2019
https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics

Con majority 4/11; no overall majority 5/2. So that's about a 2 in 7 chance of a hung parliament, and 5 in 7 of a Tory majority.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
2. Thanks. I'll have BBC on tomorrow and maybe check
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 04:43 PM
Dec 2019

out Sky News. I'm really anxious about this election and Brexit.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
10. I agree. Maybe the results mark the end of Corbyn.
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 09:40 PM
Dec 2019

It never works to put a tone-deaf and unbending ideologue at the head of a party.

 

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
7. People are just stupid
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 06:30 PM
Dec 2019

They know that the NHS is dead if Johnson wins and brexit goes through. It shouldn't matter if the opposition leader were a box of rotten chocolate, voting for Tories is absurd.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
11. The problem is voters trust Corbyn even less than they trust Johnson.
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 09:44 PM
Dec 2019

Corbyn has to go, hopefully he resigns as head of Labour and allow someone else to rebuild the party. Britain is going to need a strong, focused Labour Party because Brexit is really going to be a disaster.

 

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
14. Johnson will single handedly destroy the country
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 10:13 PM
Dec 2019

A broken tailpipe would be a better option and Brits should know that!

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
8. If Britons truly strategically vote...
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 06:42 PM
Dec 2019

then it will be a Con minority gov’t, primarily English in composition.

I hope Scotland goes all SNP.

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