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Friday, 9 June 2017

Why Parliament is so well hung

This is a nice, detailed description of why we're currently in the "no idea at all" phase of the proceedings.

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-2017-40209087

8 comments:

  1. And such superb timing, not like anything important happening at all..

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  2. is this not the best of all possible outcomes?

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  3. Well, you might get yet another new election out of it. What fun!

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  4. Now is the time, Rhys Taylor ! Form a party, get on TV, reverse Brexit!

    ....Nevermind, apparently Zombie Ian Paisley is going to prop up the Tories a bit longer. Ughhh.

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  5. Richard G Yeah, it was very nearly the best outcome. A few more seats lost by the Tories and we'd have something much more interesting. However, given the pressure that will now be on May, I suspect we'll be in that interesting situation rather quickly.

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  6. Maybe, SNP can pick up some seats in the next election by promising no Scottish independence referendum through cancelling Brexit.

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  7. If SNP promise no Scottish Referendum Repeat, don't they lose half their raison d'etre?

    Right now I want to be an independent Scot in the EU. Or French. Which would be quite different from my current status as a Cornish American in the US.

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  8. Richard G: Possibly, but these are such weird times that it actually makes some sense: Scotland remaining inside EU might right now be a bigger issue — and vote-getter — for SNP than Scotland not remaining inside UK.

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