Poll: Poll: UK General Election 2017 - Mk II

[cheesyboy]

Spoiler

LUL

You think it's chance that the Tories called a GE in the middle of exam season?

It's hardly irrational for an individual to concentrate more on exams than a GE.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

You think it's chance that the Tories called a GE in the middle of exam season?

It's hardly irrational for an individual to concentrate more on exams than a GE.

Every General Election since 1974 has been held in May or June.

 

[branddaly]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/views_from_an_average_town

Interesting that the average house price is £182,700 and the average annual salary is £22,503.

How does that work?

The lower limit for a house price is 0, and the upper limit is £££££ so its easy to drag the average up. The median would be a more useful figure here.
Plus salary is your income, not your assets, one doesn't necessarily need a mortgage for such a large amount, capital in existing property, or assets are generally used.

Statistics and damn lies, and all that guff.....

 

[Ayahuasca]

You think it's chance that the Tories called a GE in the middle of exam season?

It's hardly irrational for an individual to concentrate more on exams than a GE.

I have no issue with him or anyone else taking their exams seriously but it's just nonsense not having the time to vote, it takes a few minutes to sort out postal voting and spending a few minutes a night reading up on policies to make an informed choice won't do any harm either, I bet most voters don't even do that anyway to be honest.

 

[cheesyboy]

Every General Election since 1974 has been held in May or June.

Well, if you ignore when it wasn't in May or June, then.... yeah.

But also, early May (when most of them are) isn't exam season.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Well, if you ignore when it wasn't in May or June, then.... yeah.

But also, early May (when most of them are) isn't exam season.

It's ridiculous to insinuate that they called the election to coincide with exam season.

 

[cheesyboy]

It's ridiculous to insinuate that they called the election to coincide with exam season.

Why wouldn't voter turnout be a factor?

There would have been a variety of factors. The main one being a desire to increase the Tory command of the HoC. Can't imagine they wouldn't consider youth voters in that mix.

 

[Uther]

I can see it now, May wins with a reduced majority and hails it as a great victory...

 

[McPhee]

I can see it now, May wins with a reduced majority and hails it as a great victory...

And then interprets the result however she sees fit and tells us that this is what we all wanted.

Maybot doesn't represent. She rules.

 

[Six6siX]

I can see it now, May wins with a reduced majority and hails it as a great victory...

DM headline:

SABOTEURS SLIGHTLY FLATTENED!

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Why wouldn't voter turnout be a factor?

There would have been a variety of factors. The main one being a desire to increase the Tory command of the HoC. Can't imagine they wouldn't consider youth voters in that mix.

Your theory relies on a couple of assumptions.

1. It's worth the effort to make it that date.
2. That students won't vote conservative outwith exam season.
3. That students won't vote at all during exam season.

If they wanted to discourage people from voting, then why call the election in the first place? They had 3 years left on their term. If they wanted to guarantee power then all they had to do was ... literally... nothing.

 

[gettothechopper]

I can see it now, May wins with a reduced majority and hails it as a great victory...

gets 5 extra seats

"NOW WE HAVE A STRONG MAJORITY WE CAN GET THE BEST BREXIT BLAH BLAH BLAH"

 

[Greebo]

Why are we getting hyped up on polls? From the 2015 election, Brexit and POTUS none of them were accurate in the lead up to the ballot box. Have they changed how they collect data now?

To be fair, half of the polls in the last two days before 2015 got the result right. Its just that anything prior to that got it totally wrong.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40131538

I see the SNP have softened their stance. Alluding to an unofficial coalition that would enable a Labour minority government. I really believe that there's sufficient resentment towards the Tories regarding Brexit, that strange bedfellows may emerge.

 

[Stretch]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40131538

I see the SNP have softened their stance. Alluding to an unofficial coalition that would enable a Labour minority government. I really believe that there's sufficient resentment towards the Tories regarding Brexit, that strange bedfellows may emerge.

SNP open to backing Labour government 'issue-by-issue'

Isn't this what all parties do?

 

[VincentHanna]

That's exactly what Labour suggested yesterday. A minority government, no coalitions, but they expect the leftwing parties to support them.

 

[PlacidCasual]

Isn't this what all parties do?

When the 2010 coalition discussions were underway one option being mooted was supply and confidence I think they called it. So for things like Budgets and confidence votes you vote with the minority Government to prevent the Government failing but otherwise you only support them as your policies coincide. The rationale being a minority Government is better than on going uncertainty and instability. Also it recognises the plurality choice as opposed to a stitch up of minorities.

 

[Uther]

Sounds perfect.

 

[Greebo]

I can see it now, May wins with a reduced majority and hails it as a great victory...

Even with the tiniest of majority she will be saying "the people have spoken and given us a massive mandate to do what we want"

 

[jimjamuk]

yep it really is idiotic, but no more so than the circus that May is trying to run, so what difference does it make. She'll win, quit the EU with nothing, get into bed with Trump and take us into a load of illegal wars with him, sell our NHS to the highest US bidder and so the end result will be the same............. idiotic

So you are comparing worst case the UK going from a 1st world country to a less well off 1st world country to a world war where millions of lives will be lost, displacement of huge numbers of people and a big step backwards for humanity?

ok then.......