To wonder labour supporters what you are all going to do on Friday

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If you wake up and are still under conservative rule?

Not goady, just genuinely interested in how you intend to make life better for yourself and those around you

Already got Irish passport applications for me and the kids.

I've already booked Friday off work to build a shelter in my garden and start stockpiling food. Obvs.

We don't live under a dictatorship, It 's called DEMOCRACY

What are you on about? You're the only person who has mentioned dictatorship. Everyone else on the thread knows it's a democracy but are reserving the right to feel saddened by the smug, sad, selfish Tory "pull the ladder up Jack" attitude.

Hope that helps your train of thought.

Sigh and accept that in all probability I’m looking at another independence referendum in Scotland, and check how exactly I’ve invested my pension fund and double check it’ll be resilient in the case of more change. Poke DH to update his passport (he has dual citizenship for the UK and an EU country) so we have that option. Make a donation to a food bank. Carry on.

I already volunteer and donate to charity regularly so I won’t be changing that. But I will definitely feel somewhat disappointed in humanity right now.

The odds are good everyone will be waking up on Friday feeling disappointed.

The Tories will have exposed serious flaws in May, and hacked away at their high approval ratings, for the sake of just a few more seats. Her judgement looks appalling. The decision to call an election was very stupid. She's committed a series of unforced errors. Gaining 10 seats or so is/was not worth it and everybody knows it. The shine is totally gone from her premiership and it's nobody's fault but her own.

The Lib Dems have had an enormously disappointing campaign and their renaissance is not forthcoming.

The SNP is likely to have lost a few seats - again, disappointing. Harder to justify IndyRef2.

The Corbyn wing of Labour is disappointed because as far as they are concerned, JC ran a great campaign, and if the "Blairites" had only backed him properly instead of spending 2 years undermining him, they could have won. He will not go quietly into the good night. Cue 2-3 more years of Labour writhing about in vicious leadership contests.

The centrist wing of Labour is not happy because Momentum is not going to fuck off any time soon.

Basically nobody wins. Unless there is a massive polling error (possible of course but unlikely) and it swings 4-5 points to May or Corbyn, giving May the 40+ majority she thought she had in the bag, or giving JC a hung parliament which is miles better than anyone could have expected.

But the statistically likely option is that everybody has failed. Whee, what a jolly start to the Brexit negotiations.

I will cry.
I genuinely feel sick to the stomach about the future of people I care.

Might dust me donkey jacket off and get me oil drum out.

Ah the good old days.

It'll be my birthday so I will be firmly burying my head in the sand. I also plan on going 'off grid' so to speak - avoiding news, social media and trying not to worry incessantly about the future of our country.
And then try and do my little bit for society to try and counter the very right wing and bigoted direction this country has moved in. Supporting food banks, reducing carbon footprint etc.
Feel glad that my unborn child can have an Irish passport!

I think you are spot on holdme
May will be gone by Autumn and then god help us we may end up with gove
If new labour had backed JC they could have won.
Lib dems will never be forgiven for the coalition with the tories.
It's a fucking shambles.

Decide whether to kill myself or wait for the tory gov to do it.

I doubt I will survive another 5 years (will it be 5 years or does it go back to the fixed date?) with their policies.

I've been shit on by every Tory government despite doing all the 'right' things. When I became disabled I could have sat and waited for the gyros but I went and did a degree and retrained only to be shit on for doing that.

I moved to an accessible property but got shit on by the bedroom tax.

Be very very glad my dh is getting his citizenship certificate next week that cost £1.5 effin k. I don't trust the tories at all after this. Get my French citizenship.

TonyDanza - I also think you are bang on the money.

Make no mistake. Clearing up the Tory mess will be tough. But we can do it!

I wish I shared your confidence but it's the hope that'll kill ya :(

draylon are you worried about the lib Dems going into coalition with the Tories again? I am tactically voting Lib dem and am worried my vote will end up blue anyway

There can be little doubt that the tories are now blukip

Everyone needs to live under a Conservative government at least once for that sense of elation when they eventually get voted out again. However, as I've never voted Labour, I'll get my coat.

I will carry on as normal. We were expecting the Tories to be in power until 2020 anyway; it just means they'll be in power until 2022. They will completely screw up the economy and Brexit, but at least they'll get the blame for it.

Obviously I feel sad about the destruction of the NHS and the savage underfunding of our education system, but unless I'm unlucky enough to fall very ill, the NHS problems won't affect me that much, and I no longer have a stake in the education system.

The good thing about being my age (the wrong side of 50) is the realisation that sometimes the world gets better, sometimes it gets worse, and in the long run it doesn't matter all that much because sooner or later we're all going to die. A 100 years from now everyone on this thread will be dead, all our children will be dead and even our grandchildren will be advanced in years. So the problems will all be someone else's.

Yes, I am always this cheerful, thanks for asking.

fucking hell hackmum

Decide whether to kill myself or wait for the tory gov to do it

I have hope that the 15 million people that didn't vote last time, will vote this time.

2.3 million new people registered to vote this time.

I think this will be the biggest turnout in history.

Seeing Jeremy with thousands of people flocking to see him, and seeing Theresa speak to 2 people in a cafe....he is inspiring people who had given up on politics, to be engaged again.

I am hoping Friday will be a day to celebrate.

I volunteer with disabled people, so I'll probably spend time fielding calls from terrified or suicidal people who are facing losing their homes and benefits.

Cry.

Stay away from social media.

Organise a tea party for my neighbours.

Go to the local Pride festival and see that people can bring about change.

Go to church and get a bit more fortitude for being part of bringing about change.

Get a job.

Talk to people more.

Help people who need help.

I'm resigned to getting a Tory government on Friday morning. I genuinely feel sick at the thought of it.

We are making plans to move out of the UK in the next three years. DH has the option of working abroad, and DD wants to go to university in.europe after finishing a levels in a couple of years.

We had long term plans to leave the Uk anyway. Brexit, and all the shit that goes with it has just speeded things up.

We now all have Irish passports, thank fuck.
I think the UK is utterly fucked!.

That's shit, Tabasco. I spent the time after the last GE supporting a suicidal friend. I'm fairly sure that he won't survive until the next election.