General Election June 2017

JC done it.

SF runs on an abstention platform, even when it can help NI they still won't do it. Because it's party / nationalism over all even if the price is extreme.

(Which in fairness is not a sin only SF is guilty of, hai May)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12179367

DUP sites hacked and translated into Irish Gaelic ;)

Ha, that's a good one!

I'll be surprised if the ToryDUPfest endures long enough to get to the first brexit discussion with the EU.

Muted that the Scottish Tory's want to break away
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/09/ruth-davidson-planning-scottish-tory-breakaway-challenges-theresa/

Apparently May has fucked the power-sharing agreement that has been in place since the peace process by aligning the DUP with the Tory party, because now the British Government can't be trusted to be an impartial judge of things over there. Strongly and stablely fucking every fucking thing in sight, it seems.

Yep
https://twitter.com/EL4JC/status/873188501990371330

Jesus fuckin' wept.

It's like a pinball machine of moronificationness: "What [ding] about [ding] this?"; "Or [ding ding ding] this?"...

Are they just trying to fuck as much as possible before they're beamed-up?

May's 'coaltion of chaos'. AKA Pact wth the devil as DUP are toxic...a total abrogation of principle....the 'correct' for her to was for the Tories to run as a minority government and say 'vote us down if you dare'....but that requires principle...something May lacks along with humanity....Hubris pure and simple!

As Nye Bevan said....'the Tory party are lower than vermin'.....Have was right then and nothing has or will change....the 'nasty party' now allied to the "Vile Party'.

Is anyone actually behind this partnership? I'm struggling to find positive articles / comment, for a bit of balance.

There's 19 LBGT Tory MPs apparently. I wonder what they make of being in bed with the DUP.

And, given how Tim Farron was asked incessantly if homosexuality was a sin during the campaign, I think it's only fair that the same question is put to Arlene Foster from now on.

What will it change? I can imagine there's a lot of pissed of young voters right now.

Now what?

Surely this deal with the DUP can't sit right with the vast majority of tory voters (excluding the old racist homophobes of course)? They voted for TM, not a deal with the DUP. My brother voted tory and ignorantly said 'do what you need to survive' to me yesterday. But at what cost? TM's government is less than 24hrs old and is already the least credible assortment of straw clutching fuckwits i've ever seen anywhere near 'power'. She needed to grow a pair and form a minority government, not get into bed with these troglodytes. It will end in a glorious shitstorm, and undoubtedly yet another GE.

Just because you're LGBT, doesn't mean you can't be a selfish asshole. They're probably not bothered by it at all.

Good summary of the situation here.
http://news.sky.com/story/matter-of-time-before-theresa-mays-minority-government-crumbles-10910572

Fair point, they are Tories after all. But hopefully some of them will take a stand.

This thread on the situation May has created for herself is excellent;

https://twitter.com/jackbern23/status/873277922429325314

She's essentially put the entire peace process in Northern Ireland at risk to retain power. Well played, Theresa.

Could she have trumped the Donald? Extraordinary is the only word I have to describe it... Truly amazing...

Yeah, very good thread.

This is a interesting perspective on the 'shift left'

https://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/labour-and-its-left.html

And some of the sideshow that deflects the blame onto the now-infamous Nick and Fiona

A minister was on Radio 4 earlier saying part of the deal with the DUP is to hold a vote on reducing the abortion limit.

Putting aside the retrograde aspect for a moment, I'm delighted to see they are dealing with the major issues we face as a country straight away.

For
FUCKS
SAKE!!!!!!

Last time that happened the BMA went "yeah, but no..." and very late stage abortion are both 1.5% or less of total with 1% due to genetic issues.

And how about demanding cash for a solution for the NI border...that would be something we can actually use here ;(

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