Westministenders: Strong and Stable Theresa Date with Destiny

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Its just before 2.00am.

So far its the YouGov model all the way. Still a long way to go but, the Cons are not getting the top of their target list and Labour are doing very well in seats they just 'shouldn't be'.

Corbyn is now favourite to take the poison chalice of Brexit, but they may not be the largest party yet.

This is looking right now like 1974 not 1983.

May's potted regardless. I look forward to her resignation speech. Its still entirely possible that our next government is a Tory Minority under another leader.

The LDs are having a rough night so far. They are loosing deposits all over the place as they are squeezed out. But they still might hold the balance of power yet. Though they are pledged not to go into coalition.

Another election in the autumn? Brexit delayed and going soft and squishy?

"BBC now eporting that Labour have gained Kensington" i thought they hadn't done the third recount?

Oleanna - the tellers need to sleep. They will have been at the count since 10.30 last night.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/who-are-the-dup_uk_593a79c7e4b0b13f2c697d36
The DUP horror show.

Agree with Norman Smith TM will not survive the summer. PMQs are going to be v v v funny from now on. Loving Charlie F over the last couple of weeks.

Michael Crick‏*@MichaelLCrick*

I think the estimated cost to the state of carrying out the election is around £130 million

Or a third of a Brexit Bus.

I wouldn't go that far squoosh!

@benrileysmith
Senior Tory: May's "terrible and damaging campaign has retoxified Conservatism."

@jolyonmaugham
There is a sense that people are coming together. About this.

"BBC now eporting that Labour have gained Kensington" i thought they hadn't done the third recount

BBC/Guardian now rowing back on this it seems - announced a tad prematurely!

Or a third of a Brexit Bus.

Oh, so we could run three general elections per week and still be quids in?

Better get on with it, then. I'm gathering that some people are most incensed that the electorate didn't vote the right way, didn't understand what they were voting for, etc etc. Wait, I'm getting a sense of deja vu...

I'm quite relaxed about the DUP coalition thing. There can be no more slow realization that Theresa May is a power crazy incompetent that will discount the rights of ordinary people at the drop of a hat.

That frog has been well and truly boiled and is visible to all.

Call me an optimist, but I can't quite believe there are many people/MPs out there that - given the opportunity to show hands - would be happy to support this set up.

One for the footie fans

@bbclaurak
Just officially confirmed - she ll go to Palace at 1230

@cpfc (Crystal Palace)
Please note: nothing's official until the club confirms. #CPFC 🦅

I had just this moment chortled at that Hashi.

I've jsut caught up with the fact that Diane Abbott increased her majority by 11,000 with over 42,000 votes (75% of the turn out in her constituency)

Is she the MP with the largest number of votes cast, I wonder?

Oops

Hashi Do you think Fergie could be persuaded out of retirement for one more gig?

Any one else noticed people a bit happy today (a la 1997?)
Trolley lady in Tesco's gave me a big smile, and she's always friendly. Some of the staff were getting quite dancey by the check outs. This is at 11am. Not normally like that, quite.

blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/06/wiser-theresa-may-show-contrition-humility/#
It would have been wiser of Theresa May to show some contrition and humility

The spectator on May's speech.

Theresa May was determined to suggest that nothing had really changed in her statement outside Downing Street after seeing the Queen. She talked about her plans for the next five years, which is—to from the Brexit referendum, but made no real reference to last night’s events. She emphasised certainty and indicated it was all business as usual.

Tonally, May’s approach was a mistake. It would have been better to put it mildly—ambitious. She emphasised the mandate that came level with voters about what had happened, to tell the country that she would work to regain its trust. It is jarring to talk about how the country needs certainty, when the election that you called has injected huge uncertainty into the political system.

As Prime Minister, May’s attitude has very been never explain, never apologise. But she would have been wise to show some contrition and humility today.

May's inability to do this is her biggest flaw. Who is she going to blame this time instead of step up and take the responsibility?

Same thing. Every. Single. Time.

Diane Abbott increased her majority by 11,000 with over 42,000 votes

Good for her, vindication for the shameful behaviour of May and the right wing press.

The Spectator has been furious with her for weeks. Andrew Neil's twitter account was looking very cross last night.

Who will be the chief brexit negotiator now? If they send the clowns Bojo Dickhead Davis etc there would be riots.

She's clearly not as astute as we thought and is fucked. She will mess this up too

IDS and Gove tipped for a comeback

Surely not....

I find the DUP coalition brings out schadenfreude in me. Like seeing two people you loathe getting married only to make each other miserable.

IDS and Gove....oh they will unite us all. She really really hasn't learnt anything

Except that the couple become one of those ones that you dread bumping into at a party because they are clearly unhappy in their dysfunctional relationship and inflict their misery on everyone else, Nancy

New cabinet this afternoon?
Did everyone else know about this except for me?

How much of a difference will this really make in reality? Don't the DUP almost always vote with the CONs anyway? What HAVEN'T they voted on?

I noted that apparently unionist parties got the minority of votes for the first time ever last night. I can't help feel about what happened to the LDs. How are DUP voters going to react if they are running ads about voting DUP rather than Tory.