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[witty title hijacked by reality]

Jun 08, 2017 12:48

And now... for our main..event: ANOTHER GENERAL ELECTION!

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party post, conservative: not just truffles and swan, jeremy corbyn has a beige suit, labour: a shadow, plaid cymru: too welsh for crows, ukip: up yours delors, tim farron has milk, theresa may's clothes hurt my eyes, politicians slashing themselves, lib dem: keeping the flame alive, green green party of home, ed balls: dancing number's man, special relationship, snp: freeeeddoooommmmm, elections, george 'gideon' osborne

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lincolnimp June 8 2017, 10:57:06 UTC

while we wait

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kitty_616 June 8 2017, 17:39:15 UTC

I vote we have an entire thread of Trudeau on hot dates with cute world leaders, just to keep our spirits up.

lincolnimp June 8 2017, 20:35:08 UTC

Good idea!
Or a general "look at these world leaders being adorable with each othre for a change" thread?

softfruit June 8 2017, 23:05:57 UTC

Thread 8

lincolnimp June 8 2017, 11:51:00 UTC

A cameraman and a photographer saw red while waiting to film Lib Dem leader Tim Farron leave a polling station in Cumbria. pic.twitter.com/idp9WfFnFX
- Mirel (@okymirel) June 8, 2017

grapefruitzzz June 8 2017, 22:21:46 UTC

lolfight

lincolnimp June 8 2017, 12:10:18 UTC

Ruth Davidson has a dog and Tom Blenkinsop launches a new Labour uniform - camouflage

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Out on the #labourdoorstep for @annaturley in #SouthBank #VoteLabour pic.twitter.com/Ufxtycj67Y
- Tom Blenkinsop (@TomBlenkinsop) June 8, 2017

Team Davidson voting in Edinburgh this morning. Wilson's #dogsatpollingstations debut... pic.twitter.com/QdM4cAmMMj
- Ruth Davidson (@RuthDavidsonMSP) June 8, 2017

kitty_616 June 8 2017, 17:43:19 UTC

Here is a list of when constituencies are roughly expected to declare. I’ve got to say I admire Washington and Sunderland West who have bucked the on the hour or half hour trend and seem to be aiming to declare at 00:01 exactly. As usual, we’re looking at almost all seats declaring between 23:00 and 07:00, and it will become pretty clear what’s going on at some point between 04:30 and 06:00.

Leader’s seats to watch:

02:30 - Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North). Super safe Labour seat.
03:00 - Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) - Likely Lib Dem, with Conservative competition.
04:30 - Theresa May (Maidenhead). Super safe Conservative seat.
05:00 - Paul Nuttall (Boston and Skegness). Most Brexity constituency. Still a safe Conservative seat. UKIP is floundering in third place according to YouGov.
06:00 - Caroline Lucas (Brighton Pavilion). Safe Green seat.

kitty_616 June 8 2017, 17:46:40 UTC

I'm also interested in Sheffield Hallam (4:30) and Cambridge (5:00) for Lib Demmy reasons. Cleggy has been relegated to second in the YouGov polling intentions data (which I'm finding interesting in its own right because it's a completely different polling methodology - largest sample size, but participants are chosen less stringently).

booey_875 June 8 2017, 20:57:58 UTC

I challenge your sad! Nick picture with my happy! picture...

According to this betting forecast I saw, their outlook looks better?

Although I wonder if he's dismissing the Tories too much there - the Tory vote was suppressed last time due to a coalition and by DCam telling them to leave his partner alone .

This is no doubt the one I will stay up late for -- though of course not as interesting or nailbiting as it was in 2015.

lincolnimp June 8 2017, 17:53:53 UTC

Thanks, that's very helpful!

Thread 5

thread for prompts? lincolnimp June 8 2017, 17:56:01 UTC

Because I just saw this and... maybe it's time for a new Tom/James fic...

pic.twitter.com/DU8RzG7iq6
- Tom Watson (@tom_watson) June 8, 2017