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Some background reading on hung parliaments (from 2015 but still relevant)
https://publiclawforeveryone.com/2015/05/07/hung-parliaments-some-election-night-reading/
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Supposedly about 35 votes between the parties in Kensington
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Yes, the strong reaction against the arrogance of the Tories in places like Kensington restores your faith in humanity (along with the striking mobilisation of the youth vote).
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There's more
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The Waugh Zone is always a good read
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The wiki entry on Lady Victoria Borwick (erstwhile Kensington MP) makes for interesting reading
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From Twitter:
Here's a thought: the total share of the UK vote for right wing
parties just dropped from 50% to 45%, on a higher turnout.It's a nice idea. And perhaps we'll see the right-wing press slowly starved of its lifeline.
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I'm not sure what's going on here but not much makes sense at the moment
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The view in Europe (from Manfred Weber, leader of the EPP)
One year after the decision of the British people to leave the
European Union, we see that Europe - Paris, Berlin and even Brussels -
are stable. We are ready but we see disorientation in London, and
that's why it's not a positive thing we experienced last nightIt's purely a domestic decision who is our partner but we want to
start ( the negotiations). Time is running. Instability, losing time
is not in our EU interest . We want to have an agreement. Europe is
for the moment strong and united and we wait for BritainIt's more a problem in London than in Brussels at the moment. So we
need a strong partner on the British side and that's not the case
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The fact that they have had a few Kensington & Chelsea recounts (and that the counters have had to go home for a rest) makes me think that the early rumours of Labour taking the seat might be true. In other words, perhaps the Conservatives are struggling to accept the verdict, and keep asking for another count. It doesn't sound like there is a limit on recounts, and the current record number of recounts is apparently 7.
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Except that he's on BBC1 right now
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Andrew Marr suggesting that the DUP might demand May's scalp as a condition of a deal
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London's FTSE 100 has opened up 0.6 per cent at 7,497.0.The main
London index is home to a series of multinational companies which
benefit from a weaker pound, which makes exports more competitive and
flatters earnings made in foreign currency when translated back into
sterling.A seemingly sensible response to what might mean a more considered approach to Brexit?
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I think I am in a minority in thinking Clegg is a good politician. I've seen him talk, and he seems decent and genuine. And when you hear the story behind tuition fees - for which he always gets savagely attacked - then you being appreciate its redistributive benefits (i.e. it was intended to reduce the implicit subsidy on late-stage education that often favours the middle class and instead invest more in the early years where it can potentially make the most difference to everyone's opportunities).
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Zac's back.
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@johnmcdonnellMP says Labour wants to form a minority government and
challenges SNP, Green and LibDems to support it. Woooooo -
Some chatter about the exit poll perhaps being out by 15 seats (i.e. with the Tories possibly getting up to 15 more...)
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Shortest serving prime ministers
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Don't forget Brexit negotiations start in 11 days :)
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No government is better than bad government :)
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Ha ha! A good pub for spotting MPs.
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More details on the exit poll here (including the 76 'close to call' seats figure)
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Plus BBC will presumably have John Curtice who is an absolute legend
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Shares in SKY down 2% on the belief that the result will mean the takeover by Fox will be more challenging than expected. Sad news.