Dig deep, and find your 3 positives from the General Election 2019.

[Plumdaff]

I have a third - finally getting the impetus to sack off BBC and Facebook.

 

[tommers]

At least now we can get Brexit done.

 

[tommers]

50,000 nurses for the NHS. 40 new hospitals.

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

'Count Binface' is the only thing that was remotely amusing about last night.

 

[tommers]

3. When all the lies get shown for what they were maybe this election will serve as a sort of inoculation against future repeats of same.

Hahahaha. Nice one.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Liverpool/Merseyside remains red bucking the trend for northern labour towns to go blue

Wonder how much of that is down to the Sun boycott freeing them from regular Tory propaganda?

 

[cupid_stunt]

'Count Binface' is the only thing that was remotely amusing about last night.

He got beaten by Lord Buckethead - 125 to 69

He previously ran as Lord Buckethead in Theresa May’s constituency in 2017, but cited “an unpleasant battle on the planet Copyright” as the reason behind the character shift.

Someone else took on the Lord Buckethead costume, prompting an intergalactic clash in front of the media and amused rival candidates.

When asked to stand together for a photo, Lord Buckethead said: “We are going to violate some serious intergalactic treaties.”

Lord Buckethead and Count Binface clash at Uxbridge count

 

[Buddy Bradley]

50,000 nurses for the NHS. 40 new hospitals.

lol right. But along those lines, raising the starting salary for teachers to 30k is a good Tory election promise that I hope they follow through on.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Wonder how much of that is down to the Sun boycott freeing them from regular Tory propaganda?

It surely has helped

 

[tommers]

lol right. But along those lines, raising the starting salary for teachers to 30k is a good Tory election promise that I hope they follow through on.

Pretty sure they will. Lucky teachers.

 

[tim]

You ain't getting away from Boris, Jocks.

He'll send the Scottish regiments against their own people.

He'll happily wave good-bye to all those Scottish seats that'll never vote Tory. It'll make getting his second term do much easier.

 

[Idris2002]

He'll happily wave good-bye to all those Scottish seats that'll never vote Tory. It'll make getting his second term do much easier.

I heard him on Irish radio this morning describing himself as a "One Nation Tory". Ideologically, he has to be seen to uphold the union. The Scots can't quite be written off as lunatic hillbillies the way NI Prods are. The latter will be cut loose long before the haggis-munchers are. And remember, this is a fucking narcissistic sociopath who has never done a good turn for anyone in his life. With his rock solid majority, why should he listening to any polite pleading from Nicola S.? Which is why she is not going to plead politely. And that means confrontation.

 

[Plumdaff]

I do worry that we might be headed in a Spain and Catalonia direction. There's a significant Tory vote in Scotland and it probably plays well to a lot of English Tory voters for the government to be aggressively protecting the Union. I do hope I'm wildly wrong.

 

[tim]

I heard him on Irish radio this morning describing himself as a "One Nation Tory". Ideologically, he has to be seen to uphold the union. The Scots can't quite be written off as lunatic hillbillies the way NI Prods are. The latter will be cut loose long before the haggis-munchers are. And remember, this is a fucking narcissistic sociopath who has never done a good turn for anyone in his life. With his rock solid majority, why should he listening to any polite pleading from Nicola S.? Which is why she is not going to plead politely. And that means confrontation.

They learnt after 1916 that you can't keep people in a union who don't want to be there, and I don't think many English voters care that much about the Union. He'll do a deal. His only objective is getting a second and third term, which, without Scotland, he'll be able to do.

I'm sure if the co had been closer, he'd be negotiating with Sturgeon this morning to do a deal on indyref 2 and a swift Scottish departure from Westminster

 

[Idris2002]

I do worry that we might be headed in a Spain and Catalonia direction. There's a significant Tory vote in Scotland and it probably plays well to a lot of English Tory voters for the government to be aggressively protecting the Union. I do hope I'm wildly wrong.

That's why I'm predicting Saladins and Saracens and Ferret armoured cars on the streets of auld Glesgae toon.

 

[Plumdaff]

That's why I'm predicting Saladins and Saracens and Ferret armoured cars on the streets of auld Glesgae toon.

I don't think it'll be quite that, but a stand off with protests and the police getting baton happy I can see.

 

[Idris2002]

I don't think it'll be quite that, but a stand off with protests and the police getting baton happy I can see.

It's just over a hundred years since there were tanks on the streets of Glasgow. "Hegel says somewhere that. . . "

 

[Sue]

I do worry that we might be headed in a Spain and Catalonia direction. There's a significant Tory vote in Scotland and it probably plays well to a lot of English Tory voters for the government to be aggressively protecting the Union. I do hope I'm wildly wrong.

Not necessarily Tory but unionist. (Though obvs there are Tories.)

 

[Idris2002]

The other thing is that unless Nicola would agree to some sort of defence pact, the Pictish lands contain strategic military bases vital to the power of the Crown.

 

[butchersapron]

They learnt after 1916 that you can't keep people in a union who don't want to be there, and I don't think many English voters care that much about the Union. He'll do a deal. His only objective is getting a second and third term, which, without Scotland, he'll be able to do.

That may have been true of the 'white nations' - certainly wasn't true elsewhere.

 

[SpookyFrank]

A Corbyn-led minority government/coalition would have been crushed in short order anyway.

Is that a positive? I don't know. Never really thought Corbyn would get anywhere near number 10. The big narrative here is that we're playing out the late capitalist endgame and hitting the 'back to the 70s' reset button was never going to be the way out of that.

 

[kebabking]

The other thing is that unless Nicola would agree to some sort of defence pact, the Pictish lands contain strategic military bases vital to the power of the Crown.

Long ago (well, 2014 ) gamed out. There is no military argument that it would be possible to maintain those bases in situ while they were surrounded by a state that didn't really want them there, even if some 'treaty port-esque' agreement was in place. All that's left is a political argument over who pays for the relocation and over what timespan.

If Faslane closes the tasks will go to Plymouth and possibly Haverford West, and RAF Lossiemouth - Fighters and ASW aircraft - will go to Yeovilton, Brawdy and Culdrose, or possibly a buy-back of RAF St Mawgan, now Newquay airport.

If an indy Scotland wants to join the EU, part of the price - required by Denmark, France and the Netherlands - will be the retention of the big radar sites. the feed will just go to an EU/NATO hub first, and then to the RAF.

 

[Idris2002]

Long ago (well, 2014 ) gamed out. There is no military argument that it would be possible to maintain those bases in situ while they were surrounded by a state that didn't really want them there, even if some 'treaty port-esque' agreement was in place. All that's left is a political argument over who pays for the relocation and over what timespan.

If Faslane closes the tasks will go to Plymouth and possibly Haverford West, and RAF Lossiemouth - Fighters and ASW aircraft - will go to Yeovilton, Brawdy and Culdrose, or possibly a buy-back of RAF St Mawgan, now Newquay airport.

If an indy Scotland wants to join the EU, part of the price - required by Denmark, France and the Netherlands - will be the retention of the big radar sites. the feed will just go to an EU/NATO hub first, and then to the RAF.

Ah, that's interesting, I didn't know that. The wild card is what sort of foreign policy a rumpUK/newly nationalist England might pursue, I suppose.

 

[Manter]

Pretty sure they will. Lucky teachers.

Wonder if they’ll up the budgets to support that, or if schools will just have to pay more from the same pot?

 

[likesfish]

That's why I'm predicting Saladins and Saracens and Ferret armoured cars on the streets of auld Glesgae toon.

They have all been sold off or are target hulks.
A leased white minibus we can do?

 

[Idris2002]

Set these lads loose and watch the weegies scatter.

 

[tommers]

Wonder if they’ll up the budgets to support that, or if schools will just have to pay more from the same pot?

It'll be paid for by getting Brexit done.

 

[Marty1]

Donald Trump has congratulated Boris Johnson on his huge election win and is promising a "massive" post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and US.

Donald Trump congratulates Boris Johnson and promises 'massive new trade deal' — Sky News

The pound and shares have surged after the Conservatives won a clear majority in the UK general election.

Pound and shares surge on election result

Jo Swinson lost her seat.

 

[StoneRoad]

Just had a potential client from Europe ring up and cancel their project.
Asked why ? Brexit was part of the answer.
Glad I hadn't yet done the full monty for the tender submission.
Was probably only a pipedream anyway due to Brexit.

 

[tommers]

Donald Trump has congratulated Boris Johnson on his huge election win and is promising a "massive" post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and US.

Donald Trump congratulates Boris Johnson and promises 'massive new trade deal' — Sky News

The pound and shares have surged after the Conservatives won a clear majority in the UK general election.

Pound and shares surge on election result

Jo Swinson lost her seat.

Oh well if Donald Trump is happy then that's good.