8th June UK Election - PREDICTIONS

Irrespective if you are remain or leave, this is a bad result for Brexit... the inability to have clarity for the negotiations which start in a handful of days would be a disaster.

Im going for another coffee.

Totally agree, when I predicted TM to step down before 2022 I didn't mean before 9pm tonight! Thank goodness for Ruth Davidson's dismantling of the SNP & the 10 DUP MP's which might just be enough to struggle on for a few months

The only crumbs of comfort I can find from the last few hours is remembering the faces of Nick Clegg, Alec Salmond & Angus Robertson. We may have to use the Brexit dividend to subsidise our farmers to plant fields full of magic money trees as clearly they must exist because vast swathes of the population have just voted for them. Never underestimate the attractiveness of offering the voters something for nothing, imagine what JC could have achieved without Diane Abbott.

It's difficult to see where this takes us next, other than (yet another) period of uncertainty of course, but I find the result fascinating. This feels like a young person's revolt against a) being sidelined vs the needs of pensioners for so very long and b) hard Brexit. I'll be really interested to see the demographics of the vote as we had with Brexit to see if that actually is the case.

Fascinating as it may be, I do think the UK appears a bit ridiculous at the moment. At least we have Donald to steal away the headlines with <whatever next idiocy he performs tomorrow>

I'll also add by fascinating I don't necessarily mean 'good'. I just wish we could cancel the whole political year and go back to where we were. I wonder how David Cameron really feels about what he did?


Edit: Financially, in the short-term my bet is little impact as Europe and the world already see us a bit confused and this just reaffirms this. In the long-term, I'd really rather we focus on things that actually matter and need lots of attention - e.g.. healthcare, social care, pensions than burning endless money on this nonsense.

Well done in deed, enjoy your winnings

I got it wrong last week when I said TM shot herself in the foot for not taking part in the TV mass debate........she shot herself in both feet!!!!

For the first time ever, I went into the polling booth last night unsure of how I was going to vote.  In the end, I could not bring myself to vote for TM - her stilted, wooden, robotic approach throughout the campaign confirmed to me that she did not have the substance or charisma of a leader in these difficult times.  What to do?  Spoiling the ballot paper was an option but that seemed like abdicating responsibility.  In the end I voted UKIP, not for any regard for the candidate or the leader, but merely to reinforce my Brexit vote last year.

I was quite pissed off with the Cons, UKIP, Greens and Libs who could not even be bothered to send me a leaflet with the name of their candidate, some personal details and their own priorities.  What a strange election.

More wishful thinking than anything ....