Rayvin

Hugs all round then

Minority government and probably a general hope that the DUP will fall into line when needed then. Well, fair enough to her. She looks a right fucking pillock now though.

I don't mean it aggressively fwiw, it's just a useful label for those with that philosophy. Pre-Corbyn it would have been perfectly acceptable to use it.

The Blairites will come back. They have to - their objection to Corbyn was that he wouldn't put up a good showing in an election. Now that he has, they've pretty much got to nail their cocks to the mast.

As has been said earlier, Scottish Labour responsible for that too. "Vote Tory in these areas to stop the SNP". Fucking pillocks. If Labour needs a purge anywhere, it's in their Scottish party. As for the SNP, I think they might be in trouble now.

I'm sat at work now struggling to stay awake... Glad I endured though. Nice to get to see something positive unfold politically, albeit a measured positive. Just another 6 hours before i can go home...

Your lads didn't do as badly as I feared in the end. Not amazing, and you did lose Clegg - but you got Cable back.

It's more of a victory over the PLP than it is over the Tories, but I agree that it's worth being happy about. The project will continue.

Surely by the same contention though, the Tories mandate (and likely their ability) to do absolutely anything constructive about Brexit just died a death.

I can't imagine her sticking to that.

May staying on is the ideal scenario... I think. She'll carry the damaged credibility of the Tories with her and lower the risk of a Tory revival in another election.

He said he wouldn't. He would welcome everyone back with open arms and hugs, I think he said

The Blairites starting to call for peace: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/09/wrong-about-jeremy-corbyn-labour-seats-party-unite The battle for Labour's soul may have been won.

Gloom and CT seem to think their position won't be tenable but yes. I suspect they're going to be a very weak government though.

I'm prepared to believe that there is no low to which the Tories will not sink.

Good question. I think, horrifyingly, Farage might try to waltz into the Tory party. Not a soft Brexiter obviously, but he seems keen to get involved again now.

The variance between them came down to how likely they thought the youth vote was to come out. This is why Momentum and probably also social media, have been game changers. They got young people out in force, by the looks of things.

Absolutely agree there. 12 seats off the Tories (the number they took from the SNP) would have countered the influence the DUP will have.

The Daily Mail is furious. Their comment sections are a joy to behold Most of them think they've just lost Brexit.

Agreed, but the Lib Dems need to learn this lesson hard enough that they're still shit scared of making the same mistake 50 years into the future.

There it is - hung parliament. Job well done

It also absolutely has to be pointed out that this was a blow struck against the Neoliberalist elites, and the willing MSM who perpetuate their narratives. The establishment centre continues to fail to understand what is going on, and, hopefully, will now wake the fuck up. Sorry, had to.

Clegg lost his seat - probably the biggest name of the night to go. The SNP have royally fucked everything up in Scotland. The Tories have 11 seats there ffs. Corbyn turns out to have been pretty good. Theresa May is in big trouble.

Oh hey, I'm happy - maybe the fact I've been up all night is masking that But we now have to think about the next step and how things will develop from here. It's a long term challenge rather than a short term one. But yes, if nothing else this will ensure that Corbyn's ideas are not considered 'far left', that the PLP are forced to accept that they have to work with such policies, and maybe, that we can start bringing Labour back together again.

Can we persuade the young to turn out again in such big numbers I wonder...