# 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:** 52
**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, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1023 "2017-06-09T01:48:15Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Clegg is gone! He’s gone from the “British Obama” to just plain gone. Wonder how much he regrets that coalition with the Tories. ---
**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, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1024 "2017-06-09T01:48:40Z")
Nick Clegg 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 9, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1025 "2017-06-09T01:49:30Z")
Clegg’s replacement is erudite… ---
**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, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1026 "2017-06-09T01:49:43Z")
The prospect is that it is the Scottish seats for the Tories which saves them. ---
**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, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1027 "2017-06-09T01:52:57Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > The prospect is that it is the Scottish seats for the Tories which saves them. I’m more convinced than ever that we are living in a simulation that has flipped to “worst timeline” mode. ---
**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, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1028 "2017-06-09T01:55:17Z")
Remember that in Scotland they are the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. With the emphasis on the latter. ---
**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, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1029 "2017-06-09T01:58:13Z")
I see that Sinn Fein have gained a seat. May might get a majority after all. Of one or two. ---
**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, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1030 "2017-06-09T01:58:27Z")
From the halcyon days of “I agree with Nick” to this [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ss2hULhXf04/hqdefault.jpg "Charlie Brown Teacher Speaking") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss2hULhXf04) ---
**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, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1031 "2017-06-09T02:02:24Z")
Paul Sweeney takes Glasgow Northeast from the SNP Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1032 "2017-06-09T02:06:18Z")
Landslide for Corbin in his own constituency. ---
**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, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1033 "2017-06-09T02:09:09Z")
Poundland Tories manage to hold off Monster Raving Loonies in Islington North. It’s close though, only around 300 votes between them. ---
**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, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1034 "2017-06-09T02:09:28Z")
The SNP have lost another seat. ---
**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, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1035 "2017-06-09T02:10:46Z")
Arch-opportunist Boris Johnson, possibly the least-principled man in UK politics, [refuses to answer](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/election-2017-40212221/boris-johnson-asked-if-he-supports-theresa-may?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+co%2FUTGt+%28BBC+News+-+Politics%29) whether he still supports May. ---
**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, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1036 "2017-06-09T02:13:14Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Landslide for Corbin in his own constituency. The Communist League candidate got 7 votes. I’m pretty sure that’s the lowest total I’ve ever heard read out live on TV ---
**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, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1037 "2017-06-09T02:16:29Z")
I see SF have gained yet another seat. It would be truly ironic if they allowed the Tories an absolute majority because they do not take up their seats. And I see that Ross Thompson has won Aberdeen South, so my tactical vote worked. ---
**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, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1038 "2017-06-09T02:16:34Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > He’s gone from the “British Obama” to just plain gone. Wonder how much he regrets that coalition with the Tories. Absent a national crisis, in Westminster systems the weaker party in a coalition traditionally ends up bleeding support. Far better not to enter into a coalition, in my opinion, and have a minority government that has to court you every day for your support, vote-by-vote. ---
**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, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1039 "2017-06-09T02:23:23Z")
It’s still dark outside but the pre-dawn chorus has just started. ---
**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, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1040 "2017-06-09T02:23:31Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > The Communist League candidate got 7 votes. I’m pretty sure that’s the lowest total I’ve ever heard read out live on TV Someone got 3 votes in Theresa May’s constituency - a new low. Lord Buckethead got more more than 200 tho ---
**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, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1041 "2017-06-09T02:26:19Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > It’s still dark outside but the pre-dawn chorus has just started. Speaking as a fitful sleeper, if not a full-blown insomniac, this is my favourite time of day at this time of year. 🙂 ---
**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, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1042 "2017-06-09T02:26:23Z")
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