To think Teresa May has just won the election?

[desertmum]

Listening to TM outside Downing Street vs JC - I think she may have just won the election - saying what people wnat to hear and hopefully some of what she says needs to be done will be followed through with.

Some of these threads have gone awfully quiet

People were quite scathing about jezza and his past etc

But nope...not a peep

They are too busy drowning their sorrows, or they realised at last that they only have a minority government now so are packing their bags and moving themselves out of the country along with their money to another tax haven.

moving themselves out of the country along with their money to another tax haven.

Some must have left in advance of yesterday. Kensington is Labour.

Kensington is Labour.

First time in history. Canterbury first time in 99 years.

Yep first time in its history its labour. Well done JC et al!

Haven't RTFT entirely, but boy, do you have a strange idea of what winning looks like!

Winners don't usually get contempt for their hubris as a reaction.

We have known for years that they tend to vote left. We have been nagging at them for years to vote

I think you'll find the left have been nagging them...only the left.

There were no winners in thus election...it was a hung Parliament and with DUP a minority government if the letter to the a Queen gets through Parliament. Whatever will be another election by end of year. May will have to fight vote for vote for anything going through now and those pesky backbenchers have sharp knives.

Well thats wrong for a start bill

Every election newspapers and commentators of all political stripes talk about the apathy of the youth

They fact they 'dont vote'

Referendum pundits crapped on about it (although apparently they voted in higher amounts than anyone first imagined)

The fact

Not they fact

Mumsnetting, watching the last leg and drinking wine...all at the same time

Me too, Rufus. Proper multitasking. MN, booze and election coverage. I'm drinking beer though.

pax

I had spontaneous beers yesterday

We are supposed to be having dry weeks but the excitement of yesterday and the thought of a two hour last leg had me reaching for the alcohol

In a good way you understand

Thank goodness lefties feel like this decision of the electorate is a win.

I'm not working hard to disabuse them of this idea, because hopefully we won't have to put up with a month long temper tantrum, online abuse, publicly calling for some demographic to have their votes removed from them etc

So true. Haven't heard a single Tory demand young people have their vote withdrawn.

I haven't heard a single Labour supporter demand that anyone have their vote withdrawn either.

"I think you'll find the left have been nagging them...only the left."

That's true. The Tory campaign made no attempt to encourage people to register and only started urging people to vote when they got rattled.

But encouraging people to participate in the democratic process is good, isn't it?

Sounds like you're coming pretty close to saying that some demographic shouldn't be encouraged to use their right to vote Bill.

Every election newspapers and commentators of all political stripes talk about the apathy of the youth

They talk about it. They don't necessarily encourage them to come out and vote.

The right never encourage youth vote as it is never for them.

christina

bill isnt right

Left and right have berated young voters after every election and after the referendum for apathy

I am happy to agree that DURING this election the tories have failed to do that...but thats due to the younger voter generally voting left as we know

Yes, JC's campaign mobilised young people in a way not seen for decades.

They registered, they voted and they shaped history.

I said that Bill was right about only the left 'nagging' young people to register and vote.

The right hasn't done that.

Oooh cross post

My point still remains

After elections, right and left talk about the youth vote and what they should do to encourage it and what a shame it is that the youth are apathetic and that what do the young expect if they cant be bothered to engage with politics

Well, young voters have listened

And i am fed up with them being vilified (slightly extreme but its a cool word) for stepping up

christina and bill

There may be a bit of confusion over what i mean by nagging

Correct Rufus My dd went to the polling station with a crowd of sixth form mates and they all voted and apparently thought it was their right and they we're using it.

Sounds like you're coming pretty close to saying that some demographic shouldn't be encouraged to use their right to vote Bill.

I'm not saying anything of the sort. But it's true that parties do encourage the demographic which favours them.

The Conservatives go out and ferry little old ladies to the polls and Labour don't.

Nobody voted for the Tory/DUP coalition.

Nobody.