# 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:** 51
**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, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1003 "2017-06-09T01:09:17Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Quick, somebody get Cadbury’s chief confectioner on the line! A great national project such as this could be just the thing to rebuild the communal spirit, bring people together and heal a divided country. 🙂 Proustian rush available here: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X9W4rhhEq_U/hqdefault.jpg "Cadbury's Fudge advert") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9W4rhhEq_U) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1004 "2017-06-09T01:09:37Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Good news: Philip Davies (CON), the most vile piece of shit in Parliament, has lost his seat in Shipley. The name is naggingly familiar (probably some comedy news program) but I can’t place it. Any explanation for us Americans? ---
**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, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1005 "2017-06-09T01:12:16Z")
Nigel Farage threatens another comeback, my eyes roll right out of my head. Brilliant news about Philip Davies. > **[Here are some of the bills Tory MP Philip Davies has filibustered](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/philip-davies-filibuster-domestic-violence-a7479266.html)** > > The MP regularly blocks MPs from debating bills he doesn't like ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1006 "2017-06-09T01:16:09Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > The name is naggingly familiar (probably some comedy news program) but I can’t place it. Any explanation for us Americans? It’s a Game of Thrones backlash thing - apparently he had an altercation with [Jon Snow.](The Conservatives have retained Nuneaton, with Labour second. Both are up around six points on 2015, suggesting both benefited from the Ukip slump – they came third but down 11 points on last time. At 1am Battersea is the first big Labour target seat to come in, which Jeremy Corbyn’s party is hoping to take off the Tory minister Jane Ellison.). (Or maybe being in the pocket of the gambling industry/his stance of gender issues/his support for Trump?). ---
**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, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1007 "2017-06-09T01:17:03Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > The name is naggingly familiar (probably some comedy news program) but I can’t place it. Any explanation for us Americans? Here’s a summary > **[Philip Davies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Davies#Opinions)** > > Sir Philip Andrew Davies (born 5 January 1972) is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley in West Yorkshire following the 2005 general election until 2024. > He voted against the Tory whip over 250 times in the course of his parliamentary career. He has been criticised for filibustering parliamentary bills not supported by the government and "killing off legislation he doesn't like". He’s fond of talking out private member’s bills if they benefit poor people, women etc Particularly women. ---
**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, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1008 "2017-06-09T01:18:29Z")
Angus Robertson gone. ---
**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, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1009 "2017-06-09T01:21:17Z")
I’m no SNP fan, but Angus Robertson is a genuine loss to the UK Parliament. He’s often been the smartest opponent of the PM at PMQs. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1010 "2017-06-09T01:22:00Z")
Forecast as of 2:20 AM BST: CON: 322 LAB: 261 SNP: 32 LD: 13 DUP holding 3 so far. CP on 2. Will the unionists eke out a coalition with the Tories? ---
**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, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1011 "2017-06-09T01:25:25Z")
Tories gain Ochil. ---
**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, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1012 "2017-06-09T01:26:58Z")
Labour take Midlothian from SNP ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1013 "2017-06-09T01:28:06Z")
Who did the DUP pick their seat up from?? ---
**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, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1014 "2017-06-09T01:29:54Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > A Dramatic Late Development: > > I’d always intended to vote Labour for two reasons 1) this has historically been an SNP/Labour marginal, with the SNP taking the seat easily in 2015, and 2) I’ve known the (first-time) Labour candidate for more than 30 years, and she’s sound. > > However, I had a glance at the YouGov\* constituency-level analysis here > > [YouGov](https://yougov.co.uk/uk-general-election-2017/) > > and it is showing that it’s likely a Tory gain, edging out the SNP, with Labour in distant third. Eeeek! So, sorry Jo, I didn’t vote for you, this time. > > - I don’t think the YouGov model is right this time, and who knows the value of the constituency sampling, but why take the risk Well, my late change of vote didn’t help much. 😃 A 16% swing from SNP to Tory. It would be really odd if Scotland ends up delivering a slim Tory majority. ---
**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, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1015 "2017-06-09T01:32:20Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Will the unionists eke out a coalition with the Tories? Always. For the price of a little investment, naturally. ---
**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, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1016 "2017-06-09T01:35:53Z")
The irony of them not being able to get anything done because of their “English votes for English laws” rule is priceless. ---
**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, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1017 "2017-06-09T01:36:05Z")
For the first time, and probably the last, I want Farage to be right about something. [Quote] ([Election results 2017: Theresa May - DUP government 'to continue with Brexit' - BBC News](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-2017-40171454)): > [@](#): > > Speaking on Radio 5 Live, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage says: "I was wrong about Corbyn; he’s fought a stunning campaign. > > “In a few days we might find ourselves with a coalition government led by Jeremy Corbyn and a second referendum on the cards.” ---
**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, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1018 "2017-06-09T01:39:44Z")
> [@marineris](#): > > The irony of them not being able to get anything done because of their “English votes for English laws” rule is priceless. Hahaha, oh god, that would be amazing ---
**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, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1019 "2017-06-09T01:43:03Z")
Lib Dems take a SNP scalp! ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1020 "2017-06-09T01:46:19Z")
Clegg is gone! ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1021 "2017-06-09T01:46:32Z")
Clegg’s out! ---
**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, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1022 "2017-06-09T01:47:56Z")
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