General Election announced - June 8th

[BlasterBates]

This is going to be a GE on Brexit, and EEA isn't Brexit. Let's wait a week or two to see the manifesto, eh?

Of course it's not but the UK will get whatever the EU offers and that's the only game in town.

May knows that, that why she's going now.

Don't make the mistake of thinking the UK government gets whatever deal it wants, it's the EU that holds all the cards.

[SueEllen]

Not sure they will lose Ruth Davidson, she is great.

She's a MSP not an MP.

There is one Tory, one Labour and one Lib Dem MP each in Scotland.

[jamesbrown]

what next then ?

Labour's out and the Tories have a 500 seat majority

Milan.

Lib Dems back to 50 seats, perhaps. Labour down by 100 or so. GEs are always unpredictable, and I wouldn't necessarily trust the polls (particularly on the Lib Dems), but they show a fairly clear picture.

[SueEllen]

Lib Dems back to 50 seats, perhaps. Labour down by 100 or so. GEs are always unpredictable, and I wouldn't necessarily trust the polls (particularly on the Lib Dems), but they show a fairly clear picture.

The South West of England and the SW of London are two areas that are typical strong holds for the Lib Dems.

[jamesbrown]

Of course it's not but the UK will get whatever the EU offers and that's the only game in town.

May knows that, that why she's going now.

Don't make the mistake of thinking the UK government gets whatever deal it wants, it's the EU that holds all the cards.

In that case, we're getting stale bread and water, and we'll jolly well enjoy it

[SueEllen]

We need to see if Corbyn can eat a bacon sandwich.

[PurpleGorilla]

Could we get a hard/soft Brexit referendum on the ballot at the same time?

[diseasex]

We need to see if Corbyn can eat a bacon sandwich.

pound is shooting through the roof

[Eirikur]

This means the end of Corbyn. Also curious if lib dems will make a return in those constituencies that voted against brexit

[jamesbrown]

The South West of England and the SW of London are two areas that are typical strong holds for the Lib Dems.

Yes. The national polls don't show a massive bounce for the Lib Dems, but they've always been a locally embedded party where national polls don't mean much. It's difficult to see them not gaining strongly. Some SW Tory MPs will be losing their seats. They won't be happy with TM