Friday, 9 June 2017

My Final Election Post - 326 or 319

Officially, I suppose the outright winning line for a parliamentary majority for a new government is 326 but you forget Sinn Fein who refuse to take up their seats in parliament. So technically, with them winning seven seats the total needed is surely 319? In that case, the Tories were one short for the finish line. Just putting this out there.

My highlights of the election last night…

Wee Nicola Sturgeon SNP had a bad night but at least she did not have a night like Theresa May. Keeping on the SNP they lost their leader in the house of Parliament Angus Robertson but my biggest cheers for me last night was Alex Salmond former leader of the SNP came a cropper and Nick Clegg former Liberal Democrat leader both of whom I could do without.

In Wales the big Tory surge failed, they lost three seats and Labour kept their supremacy in Wales showing that they are the only party of Wales winning 28 seats, three more than 2015. The Tories won the second most seats (8) losing three seats to Labour with Plaid Cymru (4) gaining a seat from the poor Liberal Democrats who were wiped out for the first time in Wales since 1859.

The Tories needed a partner to bring in a majority government and with their former bedmates unwilling to share the Liberal Democrat that left only the Northern Irish party of the DUP, Protestant, and unionist to climb into bed with. They price is unknown but we are likely to hear about it eventually. There has not been much joy on social media for this coupling with the extreme views on many subjects for same sex love and abortions and much more coming out of the DUP.

With Brexit, talks starting next week I still believe soon or later and way before five years from now there will be another election.

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