Prime Minister to make a statement from Downing Street - GENERAL ELECTION on 8th June

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BBC now saying election.

 

Titanic

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Here we go... it is a GENERAL ELECTION on 8th June.

 

Dick Head

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General election!!!

 

pasty

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General election - June 8th

 

jimhigham

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We're going to be struck by a comet. It will make landfall on The Amex the day before the Premier League season opener.

Rats' cocks!

 

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General election 8th June.


Myth confirmed.

 

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So it's a general election. More lies from the godless cow then.

 

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Sounds like she is throwing her toys out of the pram

 

Bozza

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I thought General Elections couldn't be called on a whim any more.

Can someone who knows about such stuff explain this for me please.

 

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RIP the Labour Party.

 

Titanic

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Bozza said:

I thought General Elections couldn't be called on a whim any more.

Can someone who knows about such stuff explain this for me please.

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It needs two thirds of MPs to vote for a motion to hold an election.

Or a no confidence vote in the government. After such a vote other parties are given 14 days to form another government. If none can be formed, a new election is held.

 

Ernest

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Bozza said:

I thought General Elections couldn't be called on a whim any more.

Can someone who knows about such stuff explain this for me please.

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5 year fixed term unless Labour has agreed to it

 

deletebeepbeepbeep

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Bozza said:

I thought General Elections couldn't be called on a whim any more.

Can someone who knows about such stuff explain this for me please.

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It just needs a 2/3 vote in the House of Commons.

 

JC Footy Genius

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ComRes in the Indy and Sunday Mirror have topline figures of CON 46%(+4), LAB 25%(nc), LDEM 11%(-1), UKIP 9%(-1), GRN 4%(nc). The twenty-one point Conservative lead is the largest anyone has shown for them so far this Parliament (and, hence, the largest since when they were in opposition).....there was also a new YouGov poll in this morning’s Times. Topline figures were CON 44%, LAB 23%, LDEM 12%, UKIP 10%. The twenty-one point lead is the same as the weekend’s ComRes poll and the largest YouGov have given the Tories in government ....

http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/

Polls were too good to resist.

 

Simster

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FFS.

WHY? This is absurd!

 

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This is hard Brexit stuff, really sets up a Tory v everyone else.

 

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What a bitch, she couldn't just wait a single day for us to have all the media coverage. Selfish.

But I'll be voting for her

 

TSB

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• Apr 18, 2017

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FEAR FEAR FEAR.
Vote for us or else.

 

Ernest

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Parliament to vote tomorrow, can see this backfiring on the Tories

 

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This election has been called for the benefit of the Tory Party not the country.