To think a Tory coalition with the DUP is a potentially terrifying prospect?

[AFierceBadRabbit]

Not to mention the irony regarding so many ridiculous claims about corbyn sympathizing with terrorists. (The DUP are chock full of em!)

Who are the DUP, you may ask?

Here you go www.opendemocracy.net/uk/adam-ramsay/so-who-are-dup

It's not a formal coalition, but some kind of other deal of support that has been struck?

Gawd, British politics don't half confuzzle me....

So I did, cory.

Uh! afierce that is so depressing. Why why WHY would anyone vote for those people?

OP, you absolutely, uncategorically, are not being unreasonable .

I didn't vote Conservative, but if I had I'd be bloody disgusted. I'm sure very few Tories thought they were voting for a terrorist coalition!

It is hugely worrying. This is what's stopping me from being as happy as I was about the Labour gains. Terrible for women's rights, choice, gay rights and progressive social policies. Plenty of Tories agree with them on all these issues and will be only to keen to lap up the policies on them the DUP might push to make the most of their new found power.

Bit ironic that the rise of the socialists has caused the politics of the ruling party to go more right wing! Left or right this election has been an unmitigated disaster resulting mainly from Tory arrogance (and I'm a real Tory supporter and the thought of corbyn leading the country makes me feel ill). There seems no middle ground anymore, politics are morepolarised than ever. I worry how Sinn Fein will react to the unionists holding sway in Westminster. God help the future of NI politics now! I'm not really sure where people have got the idea of a softer Brexit from. The DUPs manefesto talks about maintaining the Irish common travel area and having a good relationship with Europe. People will need to get used to Irish political beliefs now, the DUP aren't simply the ni Tories! The real Ira ain't gonna be happy😳

It really bothers me that if they become part of any government it legitimises the DUP and their horrible policies further

My very reasonable neighbours, friends and colleagues vote for them. The main reason is FEAR. I don't believe my friends are bigoted. Meanwhile I voted green and I have zero representation in Westminster.

DUP almost always vote with the Tories.

It'll be no more scary now than it has been for some decades.

Farahilda, it's more scary because the DUP can hold the Tories to ransom this time.

I worry how Sinn Fein will react to the unionists holding sway in Westminster.

They don't deserve the right to react unless they take their fucking seats!

BandeauSally because corbyn is so so so so much worse (/sarc)

I sometimes think many people in this country ought to just stand up and admit they care not one jot for human welfare or wellbeing. Cash is all that matters folks!

Don't panic too much, they'll struggle to get anything through parliament with such a woeful majority, even between the two of them. Aaaaalllll those progressive moderate opposition voices, nothing extreme's getting through.

Sinn Fein are giving the DUP just enough rope. Pull up a chair folks this is going to interesting.

You have Caroline Lucas Maud!

Arlene scares me. She seems fucking bulletproof. RHI should have ended her political career, instead she is now number 1 puppet master of the prime minister.

Fuck me that's all kinds of terrifying

I know this is bonkers, but last night I was doing the maths and wondering whether JC could persuade Sinn Fein to take their seats ]. (It still doesn't add up, btw, but at one point it looked like it might.)

Damn. I really can't think that it will last long though. Religious influence will not go down well on the British mainland however pragmatic they are prepared to be.

Is anyone else deeply alarmed by the rise in bloody religion's influence everywhere?

At least they really are neither strong nor stable and May will not get her own way with everything any more. I hope the PLP will stop sulking with this result too.

Are Sinn Fein really giving them anything? They aren't really in a position to are they?

Oh and labour voters did not cause this.
They did not call this election.

I'm amazed at how far people will go to try to pin every damn happening on corbyn.

Theresa May created this election.
She designed her own home goal.
She, not Jeremy, will choose to run the country with far right nutjobs.

This corbyn blaming crap is getting so old it's almost funny.

Seriously, labour voters caused all mistakes made by tories.
Okie dokie.

Epoxy is right. There will be significant changes because it's such a narrow majority. Rather than risk revolts pre-emptive concessions will be made.

btw DUP has always voted with the Tories, and propped up the last govt too.

Epoxy are you having a joke
I had to Google her. I meant that being from the west (NI) I have no representation.

Owen Jones just described them as 'the provisional wing of the 17th century'. I laughed.

Then I cried.

Bunch of twats no doubt, but several things give me comfort.

A) They'll be consumed with the border issue and Brexit more generally.

B) They tend to vote with the Tories anyway.

C) They'll most likely be using their kingmaker status to gain leverage for more funding for NI

D) A lot of social policies are (or were) devolved issues (shit if you live in NI I know)

E) Even with the DUP propping her up, May still has a fag paper majority, anything too outrageous, it will get voted down by moderate Tory backbenchers. So she'll have to pick her battles very carefully. I think we can see an end for fox hunting and grammar schools for the time being at least.