# 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:** 53
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1043 "2017-06-09T02:27:03Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Someone got 3 votes in Theresa May’s constituency - a new low. Lord Buckethead got more more than 200 tho Well the dude can really shred. ---
**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, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1044 "2017-06-09T02:29:21Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Well the dude can really shred. Lord Buckethead the fringe election candidate long predates the other Buckethead. > **[A Person Called "Lord Buckethead" Is Standing Against Theresa May In The...](https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/a-person-called-lord-buckethead-is-standing-against-theresa?utm_term=.up1ZQPvoX#.iomKXRpN4)** > > The prime minister has a new opponent at the general election. It's a person with a bucket for a head called Lord Buckethead. ---
**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, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1045 "2017-06-09T02:29:59Z")
Well, I’m glad to see that it isn’t just the US with crazy election graphics. What the heck was that, BBC? New forecast at 3:32 AM BST: CON: 318 LAB: 267 SNP: 32 LD: 11 CP: 3 GRN: 1 DUP on 10 elected so far. ---
**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, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1046 "2017-06-09T02:31:34Z")
BBC revised the conservative seat total down to 318. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1047 "2017-06-09T02:31:47Z")
Def impressed with Lord Buckethead. Even beat the Monster Raving Loony candidate by 100. ---
**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, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1048 "2017-06-09T02:33:31Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Lord Buckethead the fringe election candidate long predates the other Buckethead. > [A Person Called "Lord Buckethead" Is Standing Against Theresa May](https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/a-person-called-lord-buckethead-is-standing-against-theresa?utm_term=.up1ZQPvoX#.iomKXRpN4) That’s pretty awesome actually. ---
**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, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1049 "2017-06-09T02:34:42Z")
Well that’s Paul Nuttall fucked off. Let us hope he continues to fuck off until the very act of fucking off fucks off. ---
**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, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1050 "2017-06-09T02:36:25Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > That’s pretty awesome actually. > [@](#): > > In 1987 the returning officer told him to remove his helmet/mask because they weren’t allowed. He said he couldn’t because it was his head. 🙂 ---
**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, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1051 "2017-06-09T02:36:50Z")
Wow. Labour have taken Canterbury. ---
**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, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1052 "2017-06-09T02:40:38Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Well that’s Paul Nuttall fucked off. Let us hope he continues to fuck off until the very act of fucking off fucks off. I heard he plans to resume his career as a professional footballer at Premier League champions Real Juventus. ---
**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, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1053 "2017-06-09T02:40:48Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Wow. Labour have taken Canterbury. Yeah, been a bit of a recent flurry of LAB gains in places where 😕 Interesting election this. ---
**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, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1054 "2017-06-09T02:44:41Z")
Canterbury looks to the most clear example of the yoof turnout. The kids transformed London. ---
**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, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1055 "2017-06-09T02:45:33Z")
High turnouts seem to have helped Labour. ---
**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, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1056 "2017-06-09T02:46:45Z")
Alex Salmond looks tired and emotional (glug glug) and sounds not too confident at all. ---
**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, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1057 "2017-06-09T02:47:27Z")
Amber Rudd (the Home Secretary for interested observers) has asked for yet another recount - the fourth, I think. ---
**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, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1058 "2017-06-09T02:53:52Z")
Recount where I am as well, Anna Soubry might be out. ---
**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, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1059 "2017-06-09T02:59:09Z")
And the SNP lose another 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, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1060 "2017-06-09T02:59:31Z")
While still a terrible night for the SNP, if the rumours about Sturgeon being pressured into calling the 2nd referendum by the big beasts of Salmond and Robertson are true, she might well view their consignment to the political wilderness as something of a blessing. ---
**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, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1061 "2017-06-09T03:00:19Z")
And another! ---
**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, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1062 "2017-06-09T03:02:33Z")
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