# UK Snap Election: 8 June 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 18, 2017, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690 "2017-04-18T10:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 49
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/963 "2017-06-08T23:53:05Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > It’s too soon imo; first thing she has to do is avoid the whiskey and revolver option tonight. Uh, meaning? ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/964 "2017-06-08T23:54:37Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Rumours abound that Nick Clegg’s coat is on a shoogly peg Students finally getting their revenge. Wholly deserved. It’s all about the yoof in the south. London is a slaughterhouse: holding Tooting, gaining Battersea, prob Ken and Chelsea, poss Putney (10,000 Tory maj gone). ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/965 "2017-06-08T23:54:41Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Is there a chance Jeremy Corbyn is becoming Prime Minister, or does this just mean Theresa May will step down and let someone else from her party become PM? Whoever becomes PM would need the confidence of Parliament, that is, be able to win a vote supporting them. If the exit poll is correct, _and_ every non-Tory MP supported him, it could be Corbyn. However, that’s unlikely to be remotely stable. Looking forward to another election in November… ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/966 "2017-06-08T23:56:02Z")
> [@marineris](#): > > Except for this guy: > > [Tory MP drops out of election after telling pupils 'homosexuality is wrong' | Conservatives | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/28/tory-mp-steps-down-after-telling-pupils-homosexuality-is-wrong) Forced to resign. > [@](#): > > The chancellor: > > [Philip Hammond denies comparing gay marriage to incest](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9832473/Philip-Hammond-denies-comparing-gay-marriage-to-incest.html) Denied. > [@](#): > > And this one: > > [http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2012/12/david-davies-mp-im-not-bigoted-i-punched-gay-man](http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2012/12/david-davies-mp-im-not-bigoted-i-punched-gay-man) Of course he punched the guy - it was a boxing match! > [@](#): > > And this one: > > [Revealed: Tory MP's 'homophobic' past | The Herald](http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12767609.Revealed __Tory_MP_apos_s__ apos_homophobic_apos__past/) You’ll need something better than decades-old student politics. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/967 "2017-06-08T23:57:26Z")
Darlington retained by Labour. That was a key seat where the Tories needed to win to have a decent majority, and again the former UKIP vote distributed fairly evenly. Well. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/968 "2017-06-08T23:59:01Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > prob Ken and Chelsea Nah, no way surely? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/969 "2017-06-08T23:59:14Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > It looks like the collapsed UKIP vote is getting reassigned way more 50:50 between Labour and Conservatives than expected. Which is weird, tbh. Not surprising. Remember Labour were the most anti EEC party in the 80’s. Many have remained deeply Eurospectic. How are SNP 2015 voters breaking in Scotland? ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/970 "2017-06-09T00:03:50Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Nah, no way surely? London is looking off the scale: Battersea going from 8,000 maj to 4,000 behind Labour. Putney: 10,000 Tory maj in serious danger. Ken and Chelsea in balance. Croydon Central all of a sudden looks easy … ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/971 "2017-06-09T00:08:55Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > How are SNP 2015 voters breaking in Scotland? Undetermined as yet. Anecdotally, Nicola Sturgeon is way less popular than she thinks she is, and that’ll have an impact. A lot of the Unionist vote has probably moved to the Tories, and I expect Labour to regain a couple of seats from the SNP in Glasgow and environs. For them to lose 22 seats though… ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/972 "2017-06-09T00:09:45Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > London is looking off the scale: Battersea going from 8,000 maj to 4,000 behind Labour. > > Putney: 10,000 Tory maj in serious danger. Ken and Chelsea in balance. Croydon Central all of a sudden looks easy … Portillo moments coming for the Tories? ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/973 "2017-06-09T00:09:46Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Rumours abound that Nick Clegg’s coat is on a shoogly peg That would mean we’ve reached the moment in the story when the Obi Wan Kenobi/mentor-archetype gets struck down by the villain and inspires the hero to victory! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/974 "2017-06-09T00:17:13Z")
First SNP loss to Labour. Rutherglen and Hamilton West goes to Labour, 16 point drop for the SNP Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/975 "2017-06-09T00:17:42Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Undetermined as yet. Anecdotally, Nicola Sturgeon is way less popular than she thinks she is, and that’ll have an impact. A lot of the Unionist vote has probably moved to the Tories, and I expect Labour to regain a couple of seats from the SNP in Glasgow and environs. For them to lose 22 seats though… First Scottish result in: Rutherglen (Glasgow, really) is a Labour win, with the SNP vote down 16% ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/976 "2017-06-09T00:18:12Z")
The SNP have lost their first seat. This pleases me. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/977 "2017-06-09T00:19:08Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > First SNP loss to Labour. Rutherglen and Hamilton West goes to Labour, 16 point drop for the SNP Props to our Chicago correspondent for beating the Scottish one to this result 😃 ---
**Author:** ![marineris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@marineris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marineris)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/978 "2017-06-09T00:21:24Z")
I’m in Rutherglen & Hamilton West. I’m fucking overjoyed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/979 "2017-06-09T00:26:42Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Under what circumstances would May give up the leadership of her party? When the Tory knives in her back become unbearable. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/980 "2017-06-09T00:28:40Z")
> [@marineris](#): > > I’m in Rutherglen & Hamilton West. I’m fucking overjoyed. 😃 It’s a bawhair majority, but it’s a hell of a swing. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/981 "2017-06-09T00:30:59Z")
Mhairi Black has retained her seat. ---
**Author:** ![marineris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@marineris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marineris)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/982 "2017-06-09T00:32:31Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > It’s a bawhair majority, but it’s a hell of a swing. A bit of context, the SNP shed some 12000 votes since their victory last time. Labour’s vote stayed more or less exactly the same. Tories up about 5000 votes and turnout down quite a bit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690.md?page=50)