UK General Election 2017 Megathread

[-:Undertaker:-]

***Senior Ministers are telling the BBC they now expect not to reach a majority. Hung Parliament it is.***

Terrible night for the SNP, the nationalist tide is being pushed right back. Gains for all three Unionist parties.

SNP Deputy Leader Angus Robertson loses to the Conservatives in Morayhttps://t.co/jpy6wse1Rp #bbcelection #GE2017 pic.twitter.com/l4NETrMGl0

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 9, 2017

The irony now being that the stupid line that Scottish nationalists always used of England 'forcing' a Tory government on Scotland could tonight be reversed to mean that Scotland is 'forcing' a Tory government on England. Politics ay!

***Exit polls now been revised up with Tories on 321 seats, four short of maj. DUP holding up next Govt almost certain***

The Conservative Scots could possibly save the Tories. That would be extraordinary...

— Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) June 9, 2017

[Martin]

Aww poor Cleggy.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Sinn Fein take a seat of SDLP in N Ireland. Remainers in the Tory Party losing. Left wing in Lab dominant. Centre collapsing everywhere.

— Tom McTague (@TomMcTague) June 9, 2017

What a night. What an election!!

Ex-Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg defeated as MP for Sheffield Hallam, losing to Labourhttps://t.co/jpy6wse1Rp #BBCelection #GE2017 pic.twitter.com/v9kI9UNNfS

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 9, 2017

In more good news, Labour's Kate Hoey - leading Brexiteer in Vauxhall, London - survives strong Liberal challenge.

LAB Hold Vauxhall Kate Hoey back #GE2017

— ITV News (@itvnews) June 9, 2017

[-:Undertaker:-]

Conservative sources tell LBC's Political Editor if Theresa May does not secure majority she will step down

— LBC News (@LBCNews) June 9, 2017

I said so, looking certain now. Remarkable that, in *under a year* we've now had two Prime Ministers who looked untouchable literally see their premiership crash down in flames in front of them. Politics is a rough game.

Theresa May will go down in history as one of Britain's shortest-serving Prime Ministers. 48th out of 54 to be exact.

[lemons]

WOW

This election has been just so exciting! V glad Tories have been unseated in my area of Southgate and Labour won

[lemons]

Theresa May needs to resign - complete FAILURE

[FlyingJesus]

She ran the whole campaign terribly, when you're doing worse than Diane Abbott you have to go

[lemons]

Labour have increased their majority in Southhampton Test to over 10,000 and


HUNG PARLIAMENT CONFIRMED

[MKR&*42]

I'm not sure if it's announced yet again, cause they're doing a recount, but some Fife region in Scotland keeps being recounted because the last recount had the difference down to a single vote.

It's between Lib Dems and SNP iirc.

Tonight has been very interesting overall.

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Lmfaoo I mean David Dimbleby isn't even being subtle now; "she has TOTALLY FAILED.... TOTAL DISASTER... FELL FLAT".

[FlyingJesus]

If Conservatives get past 313 then with DUP playing ball they still have a very workable "majority" (need 323 not 326 because of Sinn Fein) and will as a party be doing ok, since even with Labour increases the more EU loving SNP have lost so much. Gonna be interesting going forward, but definitely not as bleak by far for the party as it is for May personally