Reply to: Tory Majority best odds now 1/16

[BrilloPad]

Betfair currently gives 1/10000000000 that there will be a majority of ******* elected...

I didn't know you were standing.

[jamesbrown]

You can do it.

I did with my postal vote...

Appalling election, isn't it?

[BrilloPad]

A majority is 1 or more. A working majority is a bit more than that to allow for deaths, defections, rebellion, but would probably also count DUP and UUP seats in the Tory corner.

At the moment the majority is 12. 330 Conservative. Other parties = 318. Speaker + vacant account for other 2.

However, the working majority is 17. Conservative(330) + Ulster unionists(2) + Speaker(1) = 333. Other parties = 316. 1 seat is vacant.

[pjclarke]

£10K on a Tory majority now gets you £2.5K on Betfair, if it happens.

[SueEllen]

Indeed, I do. The incumbent is a decent chap. On the downside, he's Labour.

There may be some teeth gritting on 8th...

You can do it.

I did with my postal vote...

[jamesbrown]

Do you live in a marginal and if so who is it between?

Indeed, I do. The incumbent is a decent chap. On the downside, he's Labour.

There may be some teeth gritting on 8th...

[northernladyuk]

Oh dear, I sense a pattern.

I'm seriously tempted to not vote Tory. What I'd like to see is the Tories elected with an absolutely minimal majority of, say, 10-20, so that May is fatally undermined for her stupidity in: a) calling an election; and b) thinking that she was going to win on that manifesto. Mmmm, how best to achieve this...

Do you live in a marginal and if so who is it between?

[MrMarkyMark]

Oh dear, I sense a pattern.

I'm seriously tempted to not vote Tory. What I'd like to see is the Tories elected with an absolutely minimal majority of, say, 10-20, so that May is fatally undermined for her stupidity in: a) calling an election; and b) thinking that she was going to win on that manifesto. Mmmm, how best to achieve this...

Yup.

+1.

[jamesbrown]

Oh dear, I sense a pattern.

I'm seriously tempted to not vote Tory. What I'd like to see is the Tories elected with an absolutely minimal majority of, say, 10-20, so that May is fatally undermined for her stupidity in: a) calling an election; and b) thinking that she was going to win on that manifesto. Mmmm, how best to achieve this...

[northernladyuk]

Is that the same as a working majority?

A majority is 1 or more. A working majority is a bit more than that to allow for deaths, defections, rebellion, but would probably also count DUP and UUP seats in the Tory corner.

[MrMarkyMark]

All the smart money is waiting on what Suity says.

[AtW]

Betfair currently gives 1/10000000000 that there will be a majority of ******* elected...

[BrilloPad]

1/4 now for overall majority. Might put 10k on it.

Is that the same as a working majority?

[northernladyuk]

1/4 now for overall majority. Might put 10k on it.

[Mordac]

Had your lot not voted for Brexit you could still have a Brussels government and no election.

FTFY