General Election June 2017

We shouldn't forget that there are many in the Tory party who oppose Brexit, and many who are very pro Brexit. Those schisms will soon open, especially with a leader who is a lame duck. Then their wafer thin majority will become apparent.

And there's the delicious irony of this whole affair.

Cameron called the referendum to quell Euro-unrest in his own party, instead of which he lit the blue touchpaper (and ran away) to the bomb that has just blown them apart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJRmrlkYdsQ

Tories have written off Kensington apparently so looks like a Labour win

So where are we on Brexit? If ConDUP is a minority government, not a coalition, does that make a difference? I presume it's too much to hope that this means we have a cross party negotiation team that will work for a soft Brexit.

So did I!

Especially the Blairite bit.

If you ask me, May's cleats were a bit worn.

It's also not fair for Paul Nuttall to just walk away. He can always get another FTSE 100 CEO job, but his party?

is he still unelectable?

He always is and he always will be. I mean, he's not even a human UK citizen standing for election in the UK.

Tories have written off Kensington apparently so looks like a Labour win

BBC just announced it as a win for Labour.

May on her way back from the Palace and is about to speak...

That does not bring up mental images I'm happy with, Oli. shudder

... and if you go carrying pictures of Chairman May, you ain't gonna make it with anyone any ... er ... way ...

What the fuck was that speech?!!?!? Maybot has been reset, batteries fully charged, memory deleted

Don't settle for less, go look up the actual images.

Just watched her live on the steps of no.10... As if nothing had happened... Amazing...

Denial and complete lack of substance.

She's shitting it.

FAKE NEWS!!!

Amazing. Almost as if the last 24 hours hadn't happened. Maybe the Queen was so furious that she whacked May over the head with a giant mace, and as a result she completely forgot about the election.

Such hubris...

Anyone got a link to the May speech?

It wasn't his ass that came to mind!

jesus. I wish I had powers of denial and the ability to avoid reality that strong. i might have been PM or something.

It's fucking mindboggling...

The first step is claiming that you do have those powers.

Let her play act. It'll come to pass with time. She's got a divided Conservative party (over her position, and Brexit) propped up by a indefensible ally. She's only going to prolong her own misery.

Surely by being stubborn now, not stepping aside, and trying to engineer a lame duck minority government, May risks damaging the Tories' long-term electoral prospects even further?

If you look back at that Jon Snow interview in which she simply repeats her mantra, which is not something you can do with a journalist like Jon Snow, I think it's inevitable that things will play out approximately like that.

'Why doesn't anyone just take my message on board if I just keep repeating it?'