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Labour plus the others won't have a majority. And no other party would join with the tories at this point. So we are likely in store for another election, annou
by deanclatworthy 9y ago
Labour plus the others won't have a majority. And no other party would join with the tories at this point. So we are likely in store for another election, announced in the next couple of weeks.
- alkonaut 9y agoIf you were to guess - what would be the result of that? Hard to say I assume given we don't even know who will lead the Conservatives to that election, but do you think the Labour bounce was a one off thing or a trend that might see them take even more seats ?
- querulous 9y agohard to say. there was a narrative that corbyn was unelectable so a revote might get more buy in from his detractors and a more unified labour front theresa may also ran an absolutely terrible campaign and is personally unpopular so if the tories replace her they may do better next time around. it's hard to imagine the tories producing a credible leader on short notice though. most of the plausible candidates will want nothing to do with this mess and the second tier was mostly already rejected in favour of may last year
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoYes, leader of the Conservatives could be a surprisingly difficult post to fill.
- arethuza 9y agoI think this election has been a huge boost for Labour - in any election in the short term I think they'd do even better than they've done in this one. NB I'm not a Labour supporter...
- cm2187 9y agoPossibly. But Corbyn certainly benefited a lot from having a weak candidate against him. He could possibly not be so lucky if there is a new election.
- mathw 9y agoWould depend a lot on who the Tories would pick to replace May, although the word this morning is that she has no intention of resigning. Doesn't mean someone isn't going to try and oust her though, there are a lot of Tories who'll be extremely angry with her after last night.