Across the Pond...

[Danny Bateman]

So, Teresa May's bid to further strengthen her majority failed spectacularly. The Tories choked away their majority, May ran an awful campaign, and now they've got a hung Parliament.

You've got to figure this means May is out as PM soon. Hearing some folks say Boris Johnson, Mr. Brexit and Trump look-alike, would replace her:

 

 

Global politics is in an incredible amount of flux right now. Now, in addition to terror attacks, Brexit, and a falling pound due to May's poor leadership, they have to deal with the possibility of a new PM on the horizon...

 

But hey, Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK Labour Party, is loving it...

 

[zoogs]

In summary:

• Conservatives call for previously-unscheduled election, confident of burgeoning support netting them a big consolidation win in Parliament, where they held a slim majority.
• Then they release their platform manifesto.
• Support craters. Turns out they're horrible people.
• Conservatives lose their majority.
• Labour surges under far-left Jeremy Corbyn.

It is clear that only the Conservative and Unionist Party has the legitimacy to [form a government], May said in a statement Friday afternoon UK time.

 

Read more: https://www.vox.com/world/2017/6/9/15767522/uk-election-results-hung-parliament

Theresa May will likely stay on as PM, but her position has been considerably compromised.

[RedDenver]

In summary:

• Conservatives call for previously-unscheduled election, confident of burgeoning support netting them a big consolidation win in Parliament, where they held a slim majority.
• Then they release their platform manifesto.
• Support craters. Turns out they're horrible people.
• Conservatives lose their majority.
• Labour surges under far-left Jeremy Corbyn.

It is clear that only the Conservative and Unionist Party has the legitimacy to [form a government], May said in a statement Friday afternoon UK time.

 

Read more: https://www.vox.com/world/2017/6/9/15767522/uk-election-results-hung-parliament

Theresa May will likely stay on as PM, but her position has been considerably compromised.

 

Also note that Corbyn was doing poorly until Labour released their platform manifesto, which caused a huge rise in support for Corbyn and Labour.

[zoogs]

Hopefully a good indication of the future; also from the Vox article linked above:

 

 

Fear and hate don't triumph so easily, as it turns out. Not just yet.

[zoogs]

The kind of funny thing is that Corbyn makes Bernie Sanders look like our perception of Ronald Reagan (slightly exaggerated, maybe). He has a far more credible claim to being a socialist.

[Lil' Red]

Theresa May will likely stay on as PM, but her position has been considerably compromised.

 

If they weren't in the process of negotiating Brexit, I'd just about guarantee that she'd be gone by now. However, holding a leadership election at the same time that Brexit negotiations are beginning is not a good position to be in.

[NM11046]

Shocker. God I love the brits.

 

[mrandyk]

Good for them. Trump does not deserve to be recognized by world leaders.

[commando]

the british vote was a hard hit to the far right in britain and in part a reaction to the new anti american sentiment over there with the rise of trump.

[zoogs]

Is it a hit to the far right? It seems to have had just the effect of making the Conservative party depend on far-right DUP to stay in power. And while I'm certainly not a fan of Theresa May, David Cameron was also a conservative and a staunch opponent of Brexit.