Posted on 12/12/2019 8:10:32 PM PST by edwinland
Boris Johnson is on course for an historic landslide victory in the 2019 general election after an exit poll predicted an 86-seat Conservative majority
The Tories are predicted to win 368 seats – 50 up on 2017 – in their best result since 1987.
On a catastrophic night for Labour, Jeremy Corbyn’s party was predicted to end the day with just 191 seats, down 71 on the last election in their worst result since 1935.
If the prediction proves to be correct, it will mean the Prime Minister can forge ahead with his plan to get Britain out of the European Union by Jan 31, with a vote on his deal possible before Christmas.
It would also mean Mr Corbyn is almost certain to announce his resignation as Labour leader today, with John McDonnell reportedly lined up as a caretaker replacement.
Mr Corbyn has now cemented his place as the least popular and least successful Labour leader in modern history, far outstripping Michael Foot’s disastrous performance in 1983. Labour was likely to be wiped out in many of its former heartlands as the Tories broke through the “red wall” in the Midlands and the North.
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That’s the question, really though. When it comes to it, do they want a customs border with England? Or, do they just want to assert themselves?
Well we going to find out. As the Sky News anchor said last night “Brexit is done and the UK is undone”
I am not so sure that is a bad thing. Listening to some English commentators letting Scotland go would be like like us dumping CA. It is a bastion of Leftist poltical activists
The human capital left in Scotland sadly is questionable. The value of their resources largely rises and falls on the value of the oil in the waters around them. Oil-driven economies don’t have a great record for advancing democracy, honesty in government, and the welfare of the average Joe. Right now however Boris’s parliament is unlikely to give them another vote, so they may well get to see how they like their post-EU life before they get to vote on independence again.
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