UK General Election 2017

[yellowcard]

DUP certain to see the Tories over the line. Some turnaround for them as Arlene was on the ropes a few months ago and will now no doubt be negotiating for a DUP position in the cabinet. Expect lots of "community funding" in East Belfast etc. over the next year.

Aw come on, you cannot be serious!

[mouview]

Not a good night for Nicola Queen of Scots, who must be hoping May falls on her letter opener to deflect attention from her own independence ambitions.

[yellowcard]

Ironically the conservatives have been returned to Westminster by Scotland voting for Tories. So working class Scotland have kept them in power.

[Declan]

These lads hold the balance of power 

[screenexile]

DUP certain to see the Tories over the line. Some turnaround for them as Arlene was on the ropes a few months ago and will now no doubt be negotiating for a DUP position in the cabinet. Expect lots of "community funding" in East Belfast etc. over the next year.

Aw come on, you cannot be serious!

Of course they will. . . why wouldn't they the DUP have without a doubt been the party to come out on top in this election even more so than Labour. Arlene may be a **** but she's not stupid and she knows that when May comes calling she holds all the aces and can demand pretty much whatever she wants!!

[seafoid]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/24/snp-dup-democratic-unionist-party-government-tories-anti-scottish-coalition-homophobic

https://www.ft.com/content/50b12376-4c98-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43
Northern Ireland is another top concern. The EU would see some political risk for Brexit should the Democratic Unionist party play an important role in any coalition or minority government.
Giving Northern Ireland's leading Unionist party a deciding say on government policy could tie the hands of Britain's negotiator on sensitive issues over the border, as well as further raising political tensions with Republicans.

[OgraAnDun]

DUP certain to see the Tories over the line. Some turnaround for them as Arlene was on the ropes a few months ago and will now no doubt be negotiating for a DUP position in the cabinet. Expect lots of "community funding" in East Belfast etc. over the next year.

Aw come on, you cannot be serious!

Of course they will. . . why wouldn't they the DUP have without a doubt been the party to come out on top in this election even more so than Labour. Arlene may be a **** but she's not stupid and she knows that when May comes calling she holds all the aces and can demand pretty much whatever she wants!!

According to the BBC they're not going to be in a formal coalition.

[yellowcard]

DUP certain to see the Tories over the line. Some turnaround for them as Arlene was on the ropes a few months ago and will now no doubt be negotiating for a DUP position in the cabinet. Expect lots of "community funding" in East Belfast etc. over the next year.

Aw come on, you cannot be serious!

Of course they will. . . why wouldn't they the DUP have without a doubt been the party to come out on top in this election even more so than Labour. Arlene may be a **** but she's not stupid and she knows that when May comes calling she holds all the aces and can demand pretty much whatever she wants!!

If the DUP get a cabinet position then I am a Chinaman, no chance.

Arlene Foster might desire this but imagine the British public having an Irish 1800's conservative making cabinet decisions for middle England, come off it.

Gregory Campbell as Minister for Culture. media and Sport!!

[tiempo]

A fantastic outcome for SF who will sit in the pocket disrupting locally and pulling the institutions from pillar to post while easily connecting their republican socialist ideals with more of the electorate and those who become eligible to vote in the next 5-10 years while the DUP take this once in a lifetime opportunity in Her Majestys spotlight to no doubt make a complete b@lls of it and end up looking like the dinosaurs they are. Lest we forget also of course that the Unionist population is quite literally an ageing dinosaur and the mortality rate will also effect the numbers in the next 10 years.

SF isn't ready for a border poll at the minute

1 because they are still coming to terms with their new found strength in the 6 counties
2 they wouldn't win it currently

The strength of SF is two fold

1 its understanding that it cannot win a border poll currently and that repeatedly calling for one is only to irk the Unionists and further disrupt them and the institutions - it really is that easy
2 their grassroots movement throughout the 32 counties

The general election is also a fantastic outcome for Corbyn who is not ready to lead but will benefit enormously from a period as a strong opposition. It will also allow him to truely reform the Labour party and rid them of the remaining Balirites therefore making them a true socialist party for the future in Britain. If he has any wit he will be looking to groom a successor that is capable of performing on stage and screen while holding up the values of what the Labour party should stand for.

[Avondhu star]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/24/snp-dup-democratic-unionist-party-government-tories-anti-scottish-coalition-homophobic

https://www.ft.com/content/50b12376-4c98-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43
Northern Ireland is another top concern. The EU would see some political risk for Brexit should the Democratic Unionist party play an important role in any coalition or minority government.
Giving Northern Ireland's leading Unionist party a deciding say on government policy could tie the hands of Britain's negotiator on sensitive issues over the border, as well as further raising political tensions with Republicans.

It might be a concern for you but across the Irish Sea not too many will be concerned about it.
We have seen all this before. Go back to time of Parnell and the Irish Party. The British parties sacked up to the Irish Party when needed but when not needed they ignored them

[Declan]

Of note: Every single border constituency now in NI now represented by SF, as well as that little enclave of West B̶e̶r̶l̶i̶n̶ Belfast

[Avondhu star]

DUP certain to see the Tories over the line. Some turnaround for them as Arlene was on the ropes a few months ago and will now no doubt be negotiating for a DUP position in the cabinet. Expect lots of "community funding" in East Belfast etc. over the next year.

Aw come on, you cannot be serious!

Of course they will. . . why wouldn't they the DUP have without a doubt been the party to come out on top in this election even more so than Labour. Arlene may be a **** but she's not stupid and she knows that when May comes calling she holds all the aces and can demand pretty much whatever she wants!!

If the DUP get a cabinet position then I am a Chinaman, no chance.

Arlene Foster might desire this but imagine the British public having an Irish 1800's conservative making cabinet decisions for middle England, come off it.

Gregory Campbell as Minister for Culture. media and Sport!!

Hello Mr. Wong. Velly nice to meet you.

[Avondhu star]

Of note: Every single border constituency now in NI now represented by SF, as well as that little enclave of West B̶e̶r̶l̶i̶n̶ Belfast

Would that have been the map the Boundary Commission should have come up with after the Treaty?

[OgraAnDun]

Looks like the deal has been done already.  BBC reporting that May will go to see the Queen this afternoon to tell her she can form a government

A minority government with the DUP helping them on key votes.

[Milltown Row2]

Hopefully the DUP get torn to shreds but the sitting MP's in opposition, surely even Tory backbenchers won't back this? Most of the Tory voters won't have a scobby do who the DUP are and their background...

This will backfire hopefully, the reactions of a desperate leader will make her look more foolish when it collapses