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Wonder how long this will last http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40236152
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I'm sure all who voted Conservative are thrilled with the fact their party is being held up by 10 sexist, homophobic climate change denying nutters 
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#4
I think I may need to stock up on my popcorn cause this is going to be a show and a half!
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(Original post by Rock Fan)
Wonder how long this will last http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40236152
Wonder how long this will last http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40236152
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We won't reach the end of the year with this arrangement. Banking on another election in the Autumn.
I'm curious to know now what the Tories gave up in exchange for the DUP support.
I'm curious to know now what the Tories gave up in exchange for the DUP support.
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(Original post by MrDystopia)
We won't reach the end of the year with this arrangement. Banking on another election in the Autumn.
I'm curious to know now what the Tories gave up in exchange for the DUP support.
We won't reach the end of the year with this arrangement. Banking on another election in the Autumn.
I'm curious to know now what the Tories gave up in exchange for the DUP support.
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I don't care what or who they are so long as they keep the Tories in power. As the DUP themselves stated, the alternative is intolerable. Corbyn needs to be kept away from No. 10 by all means possible.
If the tables were turned and they were propping up a Labour government to keep May out, I'm sure you'd feel similarly.
If the tables were turned and they were propping up a Labour government to keep May out, I'm sure you'd feel similarly.
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#11
Best get married quick then
No not another one 
it was hard enough to make up my mind the first time
Would it be between fewer parties tho? Cos otherwise won't the same thing happen again?
(Original post by MrDystopia)
We won't reach the end of the year with this arrangement. Banking on another election in the Autumn.
I'm curious to know now what the Tories gave up in exchange for the DUP support.
We won't reach the end of the year with this arrangement. Banking on another election in the Autumn.
I'm curious to know now what the Tories gave up in exchange for the DUP support.
it was hard enough to make up my mind the first timeWould it be between fewer parties tho? Cos otherwise won't the same thing happen again?
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#12
I am sure this parliament will not last its full length until 2022
Minimum it will last until Autumn, Maximum until Brexit negotiations end in 2020.
Minimum it will last until Autumn, Maximum until Brexit negotiations end in 2020.
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(Original post by damp rag)
I don't care what or who they are so long as they keep the Tories in power. As the DUP themselves stated, the alternative is intolerable. Corbyn needs to be kept away from No. 10 by all means possible.
If the tables were turned and they were propping up a Labour government to keep May out, I'm sure you'd feel similarly.
I don't care what or who they are so long as they keep the Tories in power. As the DUP themselves stated, the alternative is intolerable. Corbyn needs to be kept away from No. 10 by all means possible.
If the tables were turned and they were propping up a Labour government to keep May out, I'm sure you'd feel similarly.
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The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has agreed in principle a "confidence and supply" deal to support a Conservative government, it has been announced.
Theresa May was left eight seats short of an overall majority in the general election, while the DUP won 10 seats.
Tory chief whip Gavin Williamson went to Belfast on Saturday for talks with the Northern Irish party.
Downing Street said the of the outline deal details would be discussed at a cabinet meeting on Monday.
Any agreement would come into force when Parliament returns next week.
A "confidence and supply" deal is not a full coalition, but an agreement which sees the smaller party support the larger one in votes it might otherwise lose, like a budget.
A No 10 spokesman said: "We welcome this commitment, which can provide the stability and certainty the whole country requires as we embark on Brexit and beyond."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40236152
Theresa May was left eight seats short of an overall majority in the general election, while the DUP won 10 seats.
Tory chief whip Gavin Williamson went to Belfast on Saturday for talks with the Northern Irish party.
Downing Street said the of the outline deal details would be discussed at a cabinet meeting on Monday.
Any agreement would come into force when Parliament returns next week.
A "confidence and supply" deal is not a full coalition, but an agreement which sees the smaller party support the larger one in votes it might otherwise lose, like a budget.
A No 10 spokesman said: "We welcome this commitment, which can provide the stability and certainty the whole country requires as we embark on Brexit and beyond."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40236152
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#16
I guess that incompetent old sod is gonna remain PM even though 66% of Tories want her to step her skinny àss down
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(Original post by JamesN88)
And a party set up by terrorists. Not just sympathisers but the full shabang.
And a party set up by terrorists. Not just sympathisers but the full shabang.
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(Original post by CoolCavy)
No not another one it was hard enough to make up my mind the first time
Would it be between fewer parties tho? Cos otherwise won't the same thing happen again?
No not another one
it was hard enough to make up my mind the first timeWould it be between fewer parties tho? Cos otherwise won't the same thing happen again?
For reference, this exact situation, a minority government followed by a second election, happened in the 70s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United..._February_1974 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...,_October_1974
As you can see, in the first, neither Labour or Tory won a majority. Labour tried to govern in minority, second election occurred, and they secured a majority (albeit a small one).
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#19
Theresa May has risked breaking the peace in N.Ireland to keep her weak and wobbly party in government.
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#20
I guess they're the right kind of religious terrorists.
I saw this on Facebook earlier which sums things up pretty well.
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I saw this on Facebook earlier which sums things up pretty well.
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