UK General Election 2017

[BennyCake]

Buttering up the gullible unionists, eh?

[omochain]

Rumour that Tories will consider scrapping HS2 to use the money to fund  bridge between Scotland and N.Ireland as proposed by Sammy Wilson.

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13307549.Building_bridges___literally__Unionists_plan_for_link_between_Scotland_and_Ulster/

http://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/could-a-bridge-or-tunnel-one-day-link-scotland-with-ireland-1-4130353

BUILD THE BRIDGE. BUILD THE BRIDGE!!

A causeway would cost a lot less😜

[GalwayBayBoy]

DUP given a hard times on Question Time.  Amazing how quickly the English has learned about DUP bigotry.

All they need is Google. They just never gave a f**k until now.

[rrhf]

Remember in the 80s they picketed a community theatre production of Jesus Christ superstar. They have evolved somewhat but they used to picket a lot of normal life events. Wee bit like that picketing clan in the states. Perfect for the Tories. Certainly more right hardline than ukip so that part of the Tory vote will be c**k a hoop. 

[seafoid]

https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/adam-ramsay/so-who-are-dup
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/06/uk-prime-minister-clings-to-power-by-allying-with-science-deniers/

[seafoid]

The DUP run a fantastic PR machine. Maybe Geezer manages it

https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/873272309859184640/photo/1

[tonto1888]

The DUP run a fantastic PR machine. Maybe Geezer manages it

https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/873272309859184640/photo/1

You really are a prat

[imtommygunn]

An interesting one is lgbti rights. the scottish coservative leader - who is a very good politician and probably bailed the tories out- is a lesbain and has been questioning may on lgbti rights. She wants to use this coalition to further lgbti rights in the north.

If they further those rights the dup will not look good to it's voters and if they won't further them it won't look good for the tories.

Either way this particular scenario is illustrative of what conniving sellouts they both are!

[armaghniac]

There is a fairly obvious deal here, the DUP stays out of this stuff in Scotland and the Scottish stay out of it in NI.

Of more longer term importance is Davidson's plan to break away the Scottish Conservative Party and oppose a hard Brexit.

[BennyCake]

An interesting one is lgbti rights. the scottish coservative leader - who is a very good politician and probably bailed the tories out- is a lesbain and has been questioning may on lgbti rights. She wants to use this coalition to further lgbti rights in the north.

If they further those rights the dup will not look good to it's voters and if they won't further them it won't look good for the tories.

Either way this particular scenario is illustrative of what conniving sellouts they both are!

There's an I added to LGBT now? Jesus people will never remember all that.

[seafoid]

There is a fairly obvious deal here, the DUP stays out of this stuff in Scotland and the Scottish stay out of it in NI.

Of more longer term importance is Davidson's plan to break away the Scottish Conservative Party and oppose a hard Brexit.

She denied it.
It is hard to see a way forward for the Tories.  The defeat of the Eurosceptics will open the way for renewed  civil war in the party with the Europhîles.  It has been going on for 30 years.

May has no authority. They can't agree on what sort of Brexit they want.

FT said the political work to lay the groundwork for Brexit is not going to happen because the political support is not there. 

It is a shambles. The DUP are not in  great place if they get involved .

[imtommygunn]

An interesting one is lgbti rights. the scottish coservative leader - who is a very good politician and probably bailed the tories out- is a lesbain and has been questioning may on lgbti rights. She wants to use this coalition to further lgbti rights in the north.

If they further those rights the dup will not look good to it's voters and if they won't further them it won't look good for the tories.

Either way this particular scenario is illustrative of what conniving sellouts they both are!

There's an I added to LGBT now? Jesus people will never remember all that.

I only realised there was an i when i read this story and had to look it up!

[93-DY-SAM]

The vast majority of those in England, Scotland and Wales doing give two flying f**ks about NI. The fact many are only waking up to the DUP now says it all. They had no interest in the place but now that the DUP has an influence on things at Westminster and it could directly affect them it's a differentlt ball game.

The cries of the big bad EU taking all their money will soon be replaced with NI. They'll be looking for a referendum on getting rid of NI. Be interesting to see how the DUP et al like a UK wide vote then.

[Minder]

The vast majority of those in England, Scotland and Wales doing give two flying f**ks about NI. The fact many are only waking up to the DUP now says it all. They had no interest in the place but now that the DUP has an influence on things at Westminster and it could directly affect them it's a differentlt ball game.

The cries of the big bad EU taking all their money will soon be replaced with NI. They'll be looking for a referendum on getting rid of NI. Be interesting to see how the DUP et al like a UK wide vote then.

You often hear this, why would they give a fcuk ? Who here cares about them ?

[OgraAnDun]

An interesting one is lgbti rights. the scottish coservative leader - who is a very good politician and probably bailed the tories out- is a lesbain and has been questioning may on lgbti rights. She wants to use this coalition to further lgbti rights in the north.

If they further those rights the dup will not look good to it's voters and if they won't further them it won't look good for the tories.

Either way this particular scenario is illustrative of what conniving sellouts they both are!

There's an I added to LGBT now? Jesus people will never remember all that.

I only realised there was an i when i read this story and had to look it up!

When was the Q removed? I thought it was LGBQT?