Why doesn't Corbyn understand that he lost?

[Sittinonthefloor]

I'm totally bemused! He thinks it's an absolutely 'incredible' result and that May should resign. Has no one told him that more people voted for her and the tories have more MPs? The tories ran an appalling campaign, trying to sell hugely unpopular policies, May comes across dreadfully (all twitchy and brittle) yet still more people voted for her - even with all the bribes he was offering. A decent candidate could have won it for labour, (Yvette cooper?) I know there's been a big swing, but still! Not winning against a poor opponent who's run a dreadful campaign is hardly a cause for celebration.

Actually no I don't receive benefits. Never have unless you count some historic child benefit and one lot of SMP.

Sweebitter, your detailed imagining of the shit shops on a Sunday made me lol

waterhorse, I can only recommend a doctor!

It's very sad that there are so many people out there who believe what they're told by the left. JC is a Marxist out and out, and that is not a good thing, whatever you've been told. He is a terrorist apologist and he wouldn't use the nuclear bomb to defend our country, not even if someone had already bombed us. After the attacks in London he just blamed the police force for not having enough people. They responded within minutes and did what they had to do. In what way would having more police have prevented those terrorists from doing what they wanted to do? And Corbyn blamed the Tories which is blatantly just not true.

Waterhorse, I'm not sure it's the left who are falling for what the media tell them.

It doesn't matter how many votes May received, she still lost her majority

It doesn't matter how many votes Corbyn got he was still over 50 seats from getting anywhere near a majority.

It's all done & dusted now though water, his manifesto promises etc don't matter a jot.

JC just needs to do the job of leader of the opposition now.

I voted Tory, I don't like Corbyn & I was very vocal in my reasons for that leading up to the vote (as were many others).

However, he ran a great campaign, he engaged people across the generations and across all walks of life - he's reshaped politics I think & brought it into the 21st century at last.

TrueA. Athough it wasn't him that called a snap election out of self aggrandising, arrogant conceit, was it?

That's what makes her loss so humiliating for her.

I think Corbyn has bigger plans than being the opposition tbh

After the attacks in London he just blamed the police force for not having enough people.

No. He didn't blame the police! He blamed the Tory government for cutting the number of police, such that they are stretched, vulnerable and - most importantly - have too few resources to spot/anticipate and prevent terrorist attacks

He was not blaming the police. They did a fantastic job. But Theresa May has cut the numbers of police so significantly that they are under considerable pressure, and in a time of heightened anxiety (as well as real threats), without more police the chances are that the terrorists will succeed.

You are truly stupid if you think Jeremy Corbyn was blaming the police

Waterhorse, have you any idea how modern nuclear weapons work? I think not. It's not like lobbing a few grenades

People who voted labour were only thinking of themselves and their benefits

um, right.

(it will look like a stealth boast, but I'm a very long way of claiming any kind of benefits)

'People who voted labour were only thinking of themselves and their benefits'

What utter Bolleaux

People who voted labour were only thinking of themselves and their benefits.

Fuck - I didn't realise I could have been claiming benefits! Where should I go to sign up?!

People who voted labour were only thinking of themselves and their benefits.

Wow, waterhorse, you seriously think there are almost 13 million people on benefits? It's no wonder you're a Conservative supporter.

Did you know that the more highly educated people are, they more likely they are to vote on a left wing or centrist basis?

So 40% of the electorate are in benefits. No wonder there is a deficit. O wait.

Only way the five year rule can be overturned is with a successful vote of no confidence. Or a 2/3rds majority vote.

Does anyone think that might happen soon.

By no stretch of the imagination do the DUP represent a large portion of UK. They don't even represent a majority of the tiny population of NI.

I think the DUP will bow down and lick the lovely shoes of TM. But they will always have the power to knock her administration down just the same. The threat is often worse than the action.

Ten seats. And they have on the face of it, more power than all the Conservative MPs put together. But that is the fault of the hubris of TM.

They may have 10 out of 18 seats but only got 1/3 of the vote.

Just over a third. Sorry.

people who voted Labour were only thinking of themselves and their benefits

Yes of course they were, there are lots of benefit claimants in Kensington!

However, he ran a great campaign, he engaged people across the generations and across all walks of life - he's reshaped politics I think & brought it into the 21st century at last

And still didn't get enough seats even if he cobbled together with any other parties to form a coalition

The point is that JC was massively the underdog. Whether he got enough seats is irrelevant really - TM called an election because she arrogantly believed she would get a landslide. It's fucking hilarious. Or it would be without the resulting chaos.