# 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:** 55
**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, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1083 "2017-06-09T03:54:29Z")
> [@Salvor](#): > > I am just an innocent bystander here in the US, but I kind of feel bad for May. > > Look at her face: > > [Theresa May faces bleak future after General Election 2017 | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4587002/Theresa-faces-bleak-future-nightmare-election.html) I do sort of see where you’re coming from, but that’s totally her normal face. ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1084 "2017-06-09T03:56:16Z")
Sinn Fein have 7 seats and don’t take them and then there’s the Speaker so there are in effect 642 seats. That means the Tories only need 322 for a majority. They might squeak it. ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1085 "2017-06-09T03:56:36Z")
Rudd holds Hastings. ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1086 "2017-06-09T03:57:39Z")
Amber Rudd barely pulls it out 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, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1087 "2017-06-09T03:59:20Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Amber Rudd (the Home Secretary for interested observers) has asked for yet another recount - the fourth, I think. She retains her seat, but only by a couple of hundred votes. That’ll hamstring her quite a bit if there’s a new PM needed. ---
**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, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1088 "2017-06-09T03:59:53Z")
Slight change to the forecast: CON: 316 LAB: 265 SNP: 34 LD: 13 I realize UK politics isn’t the same as US politics, but I don’t see how anyone who won by 300 votes can expect to hold a high position. Leadership positions in the US are practically always super-safe seats. ---
**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, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1089 "2017-06-09T04:03:23Z")
> [@marineris](#): > > I do sort of see where you’re coming from, but that’s totally her normal face. What about [this picture](https://twitter.com/bbcnickrobinson/status/873002570242981890)? She was hoping for [this](http://wolvoman80.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Theresa-May.jpg), but instead got [this](http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/secondary/Theresa-May-Boris-Johnson-politics-Conservative-Tory-Party-leader-579619.jpg). Or the other way round, I’m not sure. ---
**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, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1090 "2017-06-09T04:08:16Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I realize UK politics isn’t the same as US politics, but I don’t see how anyone who won by 300 votes can expect to hold a high position. Leadership positions in the US are practically always super-safe seats. Generally the same in the UK. If it’s an unstable government of any description, then the PM isn’t going to be someone in such a marginal seat. ---
**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, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1091 "2017-06-09T04:12:43Z")
So, who are the contenders with safe seats? ---
**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, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1092 "2017-06-09T04:14:12Z")
Osborne must be really kicking himself. 😃 ---
**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, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1093 "2017-06-09T04:15:19Z")
Seriously, what is with these BBC graphics? Virtual paving stones in front of a virtual 10 Downing? And where’s the virtual Larry? ---
**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, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1094 "2017-06-09T04:19:33Z")
I’m done. I’ve seen the results I wanted to see: Salmond, Thompson, Robertson. ---
**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, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1095 "2017-06-09T04:19:43Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Seriously, what is with these BBC graphics? Virtual paving stones in front of a virtual 10 Downing? This is relatively restrained 😃 ---
**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, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1096 "2017-06-09T04:35:48Z")
We have John Curtice, we don’t need decent graphics. ---
**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, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1097 "2017-06-09T04:42:51Z")
Can Sturgeon stay on? ---
**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1098 "2017-06-09T04:43:41Z")
Can we foresee a second election shortly? Would that be wise/desirable while Brexit negotiations are underway? ---
**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, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1099 "2017-06-09T04:49:45Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Can Sturgeon stay on? She’s still First Minister in the Parliament she’s a member of, so yeah? ---
**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, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1100 "2017-06-09T04:58:02Z")
> [@Malden\_Capell](#): > > Can we foresee a second election shortly? Would that be wise/desirable while Brexit negotiations are underway? There’s no stable government here. Conservative government, with a supply and confidence agreement with the nutjobs of the DUP? ---
**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1101 "2017-06-09T05:06:22Z")
I’m back from the Count by the way, obvs. ---
**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, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690/1102 "2017-06-09T05:12:13Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > She’s still First Minister in the Parliament she’s a member of, so yeah? As party leader. She has misjudged the whole IndyRef 2 play. Unlikely she can get it through and that has been her reason for existence last 3 years. Just how will she explain to the SNP faithful that there will be an EU/common market exist and no independence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690.md?page=56)