General election 2019

[SHODAN]

Here we goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Green Man]

Two in a row?

[Cataplana]

Where can I watch it in Ulan Bator?

[Hibbyradge]

Hanlon 17

[DaveF]

I'll be in Tenerife. What an all nighter that will be 😁

[JeMeSouviens]

Hecky out!

[SHODAN]

Amendment allowing opposition amendments (I know) passed. Hopefully they can pass ones allowing settled statuses to vote and removing the requirement for voter ID.

[JeMeSouviens]

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Amendment allowing opposition amendments (I know) passed. Hopefully they can pass ones allowing settled statuses to vote and removing the requirement for voter ID.

Amendment to the programme motion to allow amendments to the bill. Crystal?

[CloudSquall]

What are your seat predictions for Scotland?


I'm going for the below,

SNP	49
Lib Dems	5
Tory	4
Labour	1

Can't see Labour keeping any of their seats bar Murray, the Tories should have big enough majorities in the borders to keep their seats there but elsewhere they will be booted out.

I was initially thinking Lib Dems could pick up more but seats but there are not many seats where they are currently in 2nd and within striking distance, North East Fife could swing their way where the SNP have a majority of 2, apart from that I can't see them picking up extra seats.

SNP to clean up shop elsewhere.

[JeMeSouviens]

https://www.bestforbritain.org/getvoting

[JeMeSouviens]

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What are your seat predictions for Scotland?


I'm going for the below,

SNP	49
Lib Dems	5
Tory	4
Labour	1

Can't see Labour keeping any of their seats bar Murray, the Tories should have big enough majorities in the borders to keep their seats there but elsewhere they will be booted out.

I was initially thinking Lib Dems could pick up more but seats but there are not many seats where they are currently in 2nd and within striking distance, North East Fife could swing their way where the SNP have a majority of 2, apart from that I can't see them picking up extra seats.

SNP to clean up shop elsewhere.

I think you're about right - hoping the 4 Tories is over pessimistic though.

[Pretty Boy]

SNP for me this time around.

They'll have to work hard to get my vote back at Holyrood but at Westminster it's a no brainer at the moment. I voted Labour last time out and in terms of policy I actually like most of what they have to say. However their lack of any coherent strategy when it comes to Brexit and the fact they are totally unelectable makes it essentially a wasted vote.

[Alex Trager]

Bojo to abandon GE if 16YO and EU nationals given vote

[Ozyhibby]

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https://www.bestforbritain.org/getvoting

Will be interesting to see how neutral it is for Scottish constituencies. Previous ones have suggested voting Lib Dem in Scotland.


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[Hibbyradge]

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https://www.bestforbritain.org/getvoting

This is good.

[CloudSquall]

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I think you're about right - hoping the 4 Tories is over pessimistic though.

Me too, having checked West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine could flip back to the SNP if they get a similar swing to what the Tories got last time around.

[Northernhibee]

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Bojo to abandon GE if 16YO and EU nationals given vote

That worked with every other vote he's threatened to pull

That would also lead to the deal going back to parliament and I fear that at some point it will go through.

[Peevemor]

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Bojo to abandon GE if 16YO and EU nationals given vote

I can understand for the U18s but, as ian Blackford already pointed out, the EU nationals are already on the electoral register so they shouldn't make any difference in terms of timescale.

[Alex Trager]

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I can understand for the U18s but, as ian Blackford already pointed out, the EU nationals are already on the electoral register so they shouldn't make any difference in terms of timescale.

I’d imagine it is purely to prevent a pro EU party getting into power.

If he is dressing it up as a time thing then IB is bang on the money.

Load of *****

[SHODAN]

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Bojo to abandon GE if 16YO and EU nationals given vote

If that's the case, I hope they remember that.

[Northernhibee]

https://capx.co/why-boris-election-g...ould-backfire/

Very interesting read.

[danhibees1875]

EU nationals have never been allowed to vote in general elections and apparently that's the same in every other EU country so I can see why Boris won't feel under much pressure to suddenly change things.

I don't agree with it and infact their exclusion from the Brexit referendum in the first place has always wound me up a bit (were they excluded from the Scottish one?).

[ronaldo7]

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EU nationals have never been allowed to vote in general elections and apparently that's the same in every other EU country so I can see why Boris won't feel under much pressure to suddenly change things.

I don't agree with it and infact their exclusion from the Brexit referendum in the first place has always wound me up a bit (were they excluded from the Scottish one?).

They got the vote in the 2014 indyref. They'll get it again the next time. 👍

[Ozyhibby]

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They got the vote in the 2014 indyref. They'll get it again the next time.

Their vote was crucial in 2014. I’m sure there was polling evidence which showed that Yes had a majority among people born in Scotland.
I agree, if you live here, no matter where you are from you should have the right to vote.


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[danhibees1875]

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They got the vote in the 2014 indyref. They'll get it again the next time. 👍

Thanks - that's what I thought but good to confirm.

[GlesgaeHibby]

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https://capx.co/why-boris-election-g...ould-backfire/

Very interesting read.

Good read. John Curtice was also warning that this may backfire for the Tories as the smaller parties will return over 100 seats due to SNP and LD gains, which will make achieving a majority very difficult.

Fingers crossed.

[Northernhibee]

12th December.

[Jack Hackett]

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Their vote was crucial in 2014. I’m sure there was polling evidence which showed that Yes had a majority among people born in Scotland.
I agree, if you live here, no matter where you are from you should have the right to vote.


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On the back of them being harangued that a 'Yes' vote would mean them having to go home as Scotland would lose membership of the EU.. which even if true, was disingenuous, as it would have been an independent Scotland's decision about who worked and lived in the country, regardless of where they came from.

[Glory Lurker]

Any team news?

[Green Man]

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Any team news?

Ian Murray starts for the reds.