May calls General Election on 8 June

[Strontium]

Jeremy Corbyn accepts May's statement and say the PLP will vote for an early election.

For a leader of the opposition, he doesn't actually oppose much, does he.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Fuck em. Let them deal with the inevitable car crash they caused.

[stringvest]

SD is going to have a whale of a time with this

[Moo]

For a leader of the opposition, he doesn't actually oppose much, does he.

Exactly, although he's in a difficult position with this, generally speaking the opposition should absolutely not oppose a general election. However Corbyn should recognise his total failure, oppose this GE and let someone else take his place in time for 2020.

He's a goner either way, at least swallow your pride and go on better terms for the good of the wider population.

[Strontium]

SD is going to have a whale of a time with this

I am just looking forward to having more than 9 MPs.

[Lee909]

For a leader of the opposition, he doesn't actually oppose much, does he.

He could join with them i guess

[Moo]

SD is going to have a whale of a time with this

He is, and it'll be shit. But I'm more concerned about the whale of a time the press and the Tories will have. This is going to be Labour's biggest embarrassment, worse than Foot.

[jimmycase]

Fuck me, if the poll stays the same we're looking at a near 200 seat majority. Hope they move significantly.

[Moo]

Fuck me, if the poll stays the same we're looking at a near 200 seat majority.

In other words carte blanche.

[jimmycase]

In other words carte blanche.

 

Or disaster!

[Sputnik1]

Hoorah, another pointless waste of time and effort, now who should I pick to fuck up the poor and weak in our society. Doesn't matter, they all will.

[Denny Crane]

It's on.

 

 

 

[Sputnik1]

Brexit, Trump, new ghostbusters. Just when you thought it couldn't get much worse.

[Moo]

I'm looking on the bright side. I was originally resigned to another 8 years of Tories as I couldn't see Labour winning in 2020.

 

Those extra two years for everyone to see how shit the impact of a Tory brexit is might give them a chance in 2022 though so hopefully it will just be 5 years of Tories.

I'm getting on your bus, circling round until the right time. I was probably already on it but now this GE is actually happening I jumped off for a bit in desperation but no doubt will calmly hop back on at some point soon.

[Trumo]

By what percentage will the Russians swing the scales in this one?

[magicrat]

Whatever she say's about the opposition this is purely about getting a much larger working majority so she can marginalise the lunatic right wing Brexiteer MP's who won't accept the inevitable associate membership we'll end up with. Could it be that May and co have now found out just how difficult delivering a 'have our cake and eat it' Brexit will be?

 

If she can take out Labour and UKIP as well that's a bonus for her.

 

Could well be a lot of truth in that.We will see how loud the rabid dogs bark in the campaign. 

I always though it would take an election to get Brexit done and I never believed the lunatics on the right would get anything like the divorce settlement they want,

[Ginny]

Voting for our own incarceration

[Paulie Dangerously]

Tory landslide whatever happens.  Corbyn is so far off the radar that he'll have zero impact.  Those who traditionally vote labour will do so but he will not win a single extra vote. 

[Kevin D]

May can go this summer.

[Denny Crane]

Corbyn was 980-1 to be labour leader with Betfair and 200-1 with Ladbrokes to be labour leader he is now 8-10-1 to be the next prime minister. 

 

The bookies are running scared. Corbyn looks like he knows Mays lizard mask will drop during a 7 week campaign.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/LabourEoin/status/854325718557364224/video/1

[Section_31]

He hasn't got a hope in hell. If he left now and a unity candidate was installed, someone who the whole party could get behind - at least for now - and they pledged to derail Brexit and keep the UK together, they'd have a fighting chance, as things stand there's no chance at all. 

[skend04]

Corbyn was 980-1 to be labour leader with Betfair and 200-1 with Ladbrokes to be labour leader he is now 8-10-1 to be the next prime minister.

 

The bookies are running scared. Corbyn looks like he knows Mays lizard mask will drop during a 7 week campaign.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/LabourEoin/status/854325718557364224/video/1

10/1 in a 2 horse race? I wouldn't be putting any money on that.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

It doesn't matter whether an election is today, tomorrow or 2050 because Labour will never get their shit together.

 

Depressing as fuck.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

The Lib Dems are just as bad. They set themselves back years for 5 minutes in the limelight getting back scuttled by the Tories. UKIP are just a bunch of knuckle draggers or thick cunts whose one drum doesn't need banging anymore. The Greens will never be a major party unless a country could afford to spunk 700 trillion billion on making policies a reality. 

 

Unless a strong new party evolves you could be looking at Tory rule for ages. Despite all the shit they have pulled off they are miles ahead in the polls, that is more down to the voter than the party themselves. Unless the middle class wannabes start suffering, and the EU can no longer be blamed for the shit way politicians govern your country I can't see anything changing. Of course, a major war will change things, but we don't want that ever to happen, well unless you are a stupid fuck. 

[Anubis]

Provided Farron is being honest about wanting to stop a Tory hard Brexit, and Labour, Lib Dems, SNP and Greens are preapred to work together, then here is your tactical voting guide.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19_yf4RL133fBKscvSbID4eRKwztzY9KSI_2BMaI1bU8/htmlview?sle=true#gid=0