UK General Election 2017 Megathread

[MKR&*42]

A rare appearance, Theresa May will actually be facing the public in 15 minutes on QT on BBc 1

Just being sarky but no she is - leader's 1.5 hour long special

--

I hope there's reaction coverage afterwards because I want to see Thornberry tipsy af again.

[MKR&*42]

D'ya know what guys nvm don't even watch it, she's doing her typical approach of not answering questions and just saying 'brexit' every second sentence.

[lemons]

jajaja she hasn't answered a single question properly and this will probably damage her more than the debate the other day would have

[FlyingJesus]

There's surely no way that she isn't actively trying to lose now

[MKR&*42]

For God sake is she really being given 20 minutes on Brexit? Where is the discussion on the NHS, Education, Immigration, Social Care, Housing etc.? Seriously this is ridiculous.

I really wish this entire campaign hadn't been made entirely about Brexit because there are far more important issues at home.

[lemons]

Ooooh gosh lol Jeremy Corbyn crumbling a bit over nuclear weapons but the lady after all that made a very good point... it is shocking to see so many people supportive of the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent ppl!

[MKR&*42]

Yes I'd completely lost faith in humanity until that girl got a thunderous applause for what she said. It's ridiculous how quickly people want to resort to firing a nuke at any tom, dick and harry.

But he is certainly dodging many questions

--

Lmao, this is from twitter - love it:

Audience: How dare you not condemn the IRA killers!
Audience: How dare you not be prepared to kill millions of people!

[lemons]

[lawrawrrr]

I don't particularly love Corbyn since he's become leader but in the last week I feel like he's so stepped up his game! If he did get leader, would he fade back into obscurity like he did leading up to the election and just create more chaos though? That's the real worry IMO.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Ooooh gosh lol Jeremy Corbyn crumbling a bit over nuclear weapons but the lady after all that made a very good point... it is shocking to see so many people supportive of the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent ppl!

Yes I'd completely lost faith in humanity until that girl got a thunderous applause for what she said. It's ridiculous how quickly people want to resort to firing a nuke at any tom, dick and harry.

You both must've been watching a different debate to the clips of the one I just saw on the news covering Trident. I must unknowingly support a nuclear war given I support Trident as does the majority of the public, or is it really the case that supporting a nuclear deterrent doesn't actually mean that you *want* a nuclear exchange but that in the event of one the country should have the ability to respond?

You're going to see this clip a lot over the next week. Corbyn just got skewered on Trident. #GE2017 #BBCQT pic.twitter.com/BYvB7qP7qO

— Sun Politics (@SunPolitics) June 2, 2017

Corbyn on Trident is terrifying. Missiles are in air & inbound yet he wouldn't press button. Means we'd have no deterrent under him as PM.

— James Heappey (@JSHeappey) June 2, 2017

It is satisfying to see Corbyn being kicked about over defence and security because as pointed out by Hannan...

Jeremy Corbyn refused to back Britain against the IRA, the USSR, Galtieri or Islamist terrorism. Has he ever - ever - been on our side?

— Daniel Hannan (@DanielJHannan) June 2, 2017

I don't particularly love Corbyn since he's become leader but in the last week I feel like he's so stepped up his game! If he did get leader, would he fade back into obscurity like he did leading up to the election and just create more chaos though? That's the real worry IMO.

Given Labour are nowhere near a parliamentary majority, for him to become PM would likely result in a 3-party coalition of Labour, the SNP and a Northern Irish republican party or the Liberal Democrats. On top of the parties literally pulling the nation apart given that's the main aim of the SNP and SDLP/Sinn Fein, you'd then have the fact the PM and the Cabinet wouldn't even agree on major issues like Trident with the rest of the parliamentary Labour Party.

The only redeeming thing about a Corbyn government is that it would be funny given you couldn't write it as a comedy script.