TO BE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED AT A HUNG PARLIAMENT

[rolopolovolo]

This is the best outcome by miles. No hard brexit. (The city now predicts soft Brexit or even no Brexit!!!) No more crazy ideas by either side. Compromise. Tories given a good slap in the face for this stupid election.

This is the first election day in a long time with a good result!

As a young person who's been interested in elections for a fair few years and was extremely disappointed at the early election because I wasn't able to vote in it, I think it's a great shame more young people haven't voted in the past but fantastic the turnout was far higher this time. Hopefully this will be the election which marked the change and the greater engagement of young people with the process.

The left have their hands on all levers of the state.

Yes, we saw yesterday how they dominate the media.

I'm sorry to laugh at Dandandandandandandan, but you are aware that cities tend to have more people per square mile than the countryside, yes?

Just relieved now May has the numbers to form a government and of course she needs to stay. We need some stability and she should be the one to negotiate the terms of Brexit.

Sounds like the DUP are determined to keep Corbyn out!

Happy news

You seriously don't realise that the boundaries favour labour do you?!?

www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2016/02/why-are-boundary-changes-bad-labour

I'm astonished by that map comment!

Could the following actually happen: Teresa May resigns soonish because no party confidence in her, Boris elected (not helpful for Tories -charismatic but an idiot), calls another General Election... Corbyn IN. Or is it wishful thinking!

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9845779/Commons-boundaries-favour-Labour-seats.html

I wish it were the case that it meant no hard Brexit but, as I am sure others on this already 20 page thread have pointed out, there is no such guarantee. The EU will be calling the shots, it's clear for the time being they're all aligned, it's just us looking like chaotic half-wits.

Such a disaster, all of it, starting with Brexit. All self-inflicted pain. Terrible mess.

Hung parliament almost guarantees another election before the end of the exit negotiations: happy? I'd rather eat my own young, personally...

Here - in words that are very easy even for people who've missed a blindingly obvious diagram to understand: under current rules, the conservatives need a much bigger point lead to win.

ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/electoral-bias/

I am another one who blames Blair and his cronies for everything wrong in modern society. Despicable man.

Thanks Birdsand Bees

And I don't think we really get to choose if our Brexit is soft.

I think Europe gets the big say on that.
Especially now.

I'm not a Tory voter. And I still think this is a mess. And the DUP? Jeez.
Corbyn Didn't stand up for Remain. He does not do it for me.

I really really hope people are right about a 'pragmatic ' and considered parliament and not fractured and weak.

Dandandand Do you want to read up on how the Tories screwed over the voter registration process, putting the right to vote of thousands in jeopardy too?

Given the general relative wealth between town and country, even if there were more seats in the cities compared to the country I don't necessarily see it as a bad thing to counteract the natural influence of wealth.

I honestly don't know what will happen now tbh.

And I'm shocked that people don't realise that the current system of constituency favours Labour - I know people are generally pretty ignorant, but come on! Look at dand's link - it takes fewer voters to put a Labour MP in the house than a Tory or LibDem: you can see why Tories want it changing!

spiney - kind of. We accept some of their rules and they let us stay in the single market... (for me the single market is the definition of a hard or soft brexit).

Sorry how the hell was Brexit Corbyn's fault?!

The blame for that gigantic fuck up rests with the Tory party in general and David Cameron in particular.

No this hung goverment propped up by extreamists isn't a desirable outcome, but I don't think it will last long. Two very ideological different parties.

I think this election has demonstrated the public has more of an appetite for left wing policies than anyone predicted, that's a really good think imo.

Can't we just forget about Brexit? It's too much trouble and plenty of people have said they voted on the "£350m on the NHS instead" issue and wouldn't do so again anyway. Everything would be a lot calmer if we all agreed to drop this silly idea.

(I am being frivolous of course but what a mess it's created).

That was my point, code. The map shows the discrepancy in the size of the constituencies which all affects the votes depending on where they are. To assume, "she hasn't realised that those tiny ones are london" is to miss the point spectacularly!!

Cameron is the chief twat in the Brexit pot, followed by the opportunist Bojo and king lizard gove - but after that I absolutely do blame Corbyn. It's his labour heartlands In wales and the north east that have voted out. He should have been up there explaining how their bread is buttered. Instead he doesn't really like Europe so he sat on his hands.

I also think it's a massive mistake to assume the young are all labour.

That's just the first party who has actively gone out and sought their vote since the lib dems. The first of the two main parties.

Conservatives have historically always relied on the OAP vote with copious handouts winter fuel handouts, bus passes etc. I imagine they will been having a long hard think now as to whether it will cost them in the long term. And they might start trying to turn that around now.

Politics is changing

I am with you nolove!