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UK General Election Live Thread (December 12, 2019)
New York Times ^
| 12/12/2019
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Posted on 12/12/2019 2:18:28 AM PST by goldstategop
Live Updates: U.K. Votes in General Election
Britains voters head to the polls to choose their next government on Thursday in a deeply divided moment for the country that has left the outcome unpredictable.
RIGHT NOW
Voting has begun in the British general election, the second since the countrys landmark Brexit referendum.
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To: dfwgator
If Johnson ends up with a strong majority, I wonder how much hardball he can play with the EU. His hand would be a lot stronger.
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:11:48 PM PST
by
mrs9x
To: bob_esb
Nope, Scotland will leave the UK.
102
posted on
12/12/2019 2:11:52 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(America Cowboy Up)
To: mrs9x
103
posted on
12/12/2019 2:11:53 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: goldstategop
104
posted on
12/12/2019 2:12:49 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(America Cowboy Up)
To: goldstategop
As usual I’m awaiting the North Minehead results. :)
105
posted on
12/12/2019 2:14:11 PM PST
by
xp38
To: mrs9x
The Tories are expected to repeal the Benn Act and ratify the EU deal.
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:14:16 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
I am here in London now, listening to the coverage its really sounding good for the Tories
107
posted on
12/12/2019 2:14:16 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
To: MNJohnnie
But there’s another group that would be showing up. People who voted for Brexit, who are fed up with EU bureaucracy trying to micromanage everyone’s lives, and are fed up with Labour and other leftist and wobbly parties blocking it in Parliament, and the British fake news trying to scare everyone into either opposing it, or sitting passively while it’s scuttled. In short, the same sort of people who attend Trump rallies in the USA.
109
posted on
12/12/2019 2:15:38 PM PST
by
Eleutheria5
(If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: dfwgator
Watching BBCs Election Night coverage on C-SPAN2.
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:15:44 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: xp38
I dont like the sound of ese ere Boncentration Bamps.
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:15:44 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
If you’re in London shouldn’t you be our on the scene reporter?
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:16:39 PM PST
by
xp38
To: dfwgator
Wish I was in London tonight....
113
posted on
12/12/2019 2:17:00 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: xp38
The strange thing is outside of a few campaign posters you really wouldnt know there was an election going on. Just my observation.
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:18:00 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: GreenLanternCorps
I forget. In the War of the Roses, did red stand for Bolingbroke or York?
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:18:21 PM PST
by
Eleutheria5
(If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: dfwgator
The corrupt media called it close to maximize the number of commies that would be motivated to pull the lever. Looks like it may have backfired.
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:18:26 PM PST
by
Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: HOYA97
Hot damn, that’s great. It’s turns out the elites’ foot-dragging and road-blocking on Brexit really helped the Conservatives win a lot of regular folks over. They are winning in areas they haven’t won in in ages! Thank God Commie Corbyn went down in flames.
To: dfwgator
This is the first December general election in 100 years.
118
posted on
12/12/2019 2:18:56 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: MNJohnnie
As you can imagine the media sounds depressed
119
posted on
12/12/2019 2:19:14 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: goldstategop
Watching BBCs Election Night coverage on C-SPAN2. Are they freaking out like MSNBC was in 2016?
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posted on
12/12/2019 2:19:41 PM PST
by
PapaBear3625
("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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