General Election 2017

Buzzer · Jun 8, 2017

Weststander said:
Perhaps some of his activists want the moderate out.

An interesting piece on the radio this week stated that people have Corbyn and his faction's no.1 goal wrong. All his political life, more than disliking Conservatism and free enterprise, his struggle is and remains against middle class moderates who he feels have bullied their way to control the Labour Party for many decades. A party that in his eyes is there to fight for the working class and trade unionists..

That shows a remarkable lack of self-awareness then given that he was put into power by urban A and B classes, his power base is the North London chatterati, he was championed by upper middle class types like Meacher and Benn and surrounds himself with ex-public schoolboys as advisers.

And he has a major lack of appeal with a lot of traditional working-class voters to the point that that the Welsh Labour Party, Manchester mayor and many Northern candidates have distanced themselves from him.

Bozza · Jun 8, 2017

On a Corona that happened to be in the fridge whilst my cider rapidly chills in the freezer. A variety of snacks, both sweet and savoury, within reach and a 6-pack of Tesco's not-Red Bull there to help perk me up when required. I don't like coffee so that's not an option for me.

tinycowboy · Jun 8, 2017

First glass of wine, so hopefully won't burn out too early. Exit polls bare minimum.

Bozza · Jun 8, 2017

We need to try and keep the through the night in one place. Tempted to close all election threads and leave the main one open.

wellquickwoody · Jun 8, 2017

Mellotron said:
I know right? It's well fun taking the mick out of someone with a serious long term illness, rumoured by many to be early onset dementia.

Has this been confirmed? Thought not. Carry on everybody.

Is it PotG? · Jun 8, 2017

tinycowboy said:
First glass of wine, so hopefully won't burn out too early. Exit polls bare minimum.

Same here, a few salt/pepper crackers and see where we go.

afters · Jun 8, 2017

Buzzer said:
I try to avoid both the Sun and DM at all times and they may well have got worse but because they've now become almost like a cartoon hate figure, I kind of zone out when they get criticised. I think maybe I need to rethink that. The Express is another thing altogether. Is it even a newspaper anymore? It seems to be nothing but apocalyptic weather, Maddie McCann and Princess Di conspiracies.

i do think they have a lot to answer for when it comes to folks c-wording tories lee, the front pages today (as well as many previous election days) are appalling and hate-filled i'd say. once the inevitable happens overnight, i'd just hope they'd be more respectful, but no hope of that

pasty · Jun 8, 2017

Bozza said:
We need to try and keep the through the night in one place. Tempted to close all election threads and leave the main one open.

One thread will be easier in the wee small hours as concentration inevitably flags :thumbsup:

Guinness Boy · Jun 8, 2017

Weststander said:
Free money out there at amazing odds. Corbyn now at 25/1 to be PM. Grab some of it before the shock of the 10pm exit polls.

His odds were as short as 3/1 this morning:https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/m.oddschecker.com/m/insight/politics/20170608-general-election-jeremy-corbyn-proving-a-popular-bet-this-morning.amp

9/2 at Paddy Power. If someone's offered you 25s I'm assuming you've lumped on massively. Strange odds to give on a 2 horse race when they're still parading round the ring. Almost like it's a bit bent

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Weststander · Jun 8, 2017

I always stay up for these and the Referendum, not working the next day, going back years.

Every time I say I'll only stay up until 1 to get a giste, but one result and skirmish in the studios leads to another.

This time I'm relaxed that I will simply not sleep.

A lot of TV channel surfing throughout. Last time Bill Bradley on normally cheapskate ITV was surprisingly bloody good. He's with Osborn and Balls tonight.

This time I also want to look at the overall result percentages versus the wildly disparate pollsters. The TV media and Guardian have obsessed with YouGov and Survation virtually leading Corbyn to No.10 as part of a coalition.

We're about to find out!!!

Bry Nylon · Jun 8, 2017

Bozza said:
We need to try and keep the through the night in one place. Tempted to close all election threads and leave the main one open.

Absolutely. I'd keep this one running for news, views and analysis as events unfold and temporarily lock all others.

Strap yourselves in - T minus 9 minutes....

Bozza · Jun 8, 2017

Guinness Boy said:
9/2 at Paddy Power. If someone's offered you 25s I'm assuming you've lumped on massively. Strange odds to give on a 2 horse race when they're still parading round the ring. Almost like it's a bit bent

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There's no 25-1 out there for general punters.

There may be one of the new customer offers that the likes of Coral like to do, but stakes will be severely limited and, as I say, new customers only. 15/2 at Betfair currently.

Weststander · Jun 8, 2017

Is it PotG? said:
Same here, a few salt/pepper crackers and see where we go.

They are gorgeous.

atomised · Jun 8, 2017

Bry Nylon said:
Absolutely. I'd keep this one running for news, views and analysis as events unfold and temporarily lock all others.

Strap yourselves in - T minus 9 minutes....

Fully agree on the one thread for the night shift

Weststander · Jun 8, 2017

So this is THE thread for tonight then?

Bry Nylon · Jun 8, 2017

Weststander said:
So this is THE thread for tonight then?

YES!!!

Guinness Boy · Jun 8, 2017

Bozza said:
There's no 25-1 out there for general punters.

There may be one of the new customer offers that the likes of Coral like to do, but stakes will be severely limited and, as I say, new customers only. 15/2 at Betfair currently.

I'm sure you're right. [MENTION=21158]Weststander[/MENTION] must have been mistaken. Or surreptitiously selling something on NSC. Or on a wind up.

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Bozza · Jun 8, 2017

This thread will be closed until the morning to try and keep all the chatter in one place as the news unfolds.

Please use this thread: http://www.northstandchat.com/showt...l-Election-2017-quot-Up-All-Night-quot-thread

Threads will be merged together tomorrow.

Weststander · Jun 8, 2017

Bozza said:
We need to try and keep the through the night in one place. Tempted to close all election threads and leave the main one open.

Please do it.

Bozza · Jun 8, 2017

This thread will be closed until the morning to try and keep all the chatter in one place as the news unfolds.

Please use this thread: http://www.northstandchat.com/showt...l-Election-2017-quot-Up-All-Night-quot-thread

Threads will be merged together tomorrow, where appropriate.

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