If National wins ...

[winner69]

Ironic that the high turn out by the young in the UK probably leaves even more disaffected then in the past - they still ended up with what they didn't want to happen ....and even more chaotic than before.

[BlackPeter]

Ironic that the high turn out by the young in the UK probably leaves even more disaffected then in the past - they still ended up with what they didn't want to happen ....and even more chaotic than before.

Actually - I think what happened in the UK was the best outcome imaginable given the alternatives. I guess - let's face it - Corbyn would want to bring the country back into a 1970'ies socialism which would have killed the economy, while May would have achieved the same result (i.e. killing the British economy) by going for a hard BREXIT.

What they've got now is a minority government with very little wiggle room to do anything - and neither follow the right nor the left extreme. With a little bit of luck the British economy might survive under these circumstances.

The young voters should be very pleased about the outcome. I give you though - they might not know how happy they should be given the current election outcome .

[winner69]

It'll all be fine when Boris takesover as PM

[BlackPeter]

It'll all be fine when Boris takesover as PM

Black British humour at its best?

[Bjauck]

It'll all be fine when Boris takesover as PM

lol If the favourite to take the leadership over from May is BoJo, you know the Conservatives have lost the plot. Monty Python and The Search for the Wholy Brexit?

[craic]

No. It's the British voting public who have lost the plot. The suggestion that they were going to shaft the oldies by making them use their houses to pay for aged care and one other hit at the oldies was the big mistake. That they withdrew the threat didn't really matter. What would they do after the election? The grave danger now is that the extremists will continue to strike and pull the country down into anarchy as the other side organise and hit back. To those who believe that the IRA were the centre of all evil in Ulster look out. The Ulster Unionists are right up there at the helm and they will have a clear plan for Muslim extremists. You ain't seen nuttin yet.

[macduffy]

Just another case of disillusionment with the political status quo. This too will pass.

[BlackPeter]

No. It's the British voting public who have lost the plot.
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You mean you would have preferred an outright Labour victory? Craic, you are always good for surprises.
But yes, the pendulum clearly starts to swing back from an extreme of irresponsible populism. Bring it on!

[Bjauck]

No. It's the British voting public who have lost the plot. The suggestion that they were going to shaft the oldies by making them use their houses to pay for aged care and one other hit at the oldies was the big mistake. That they withdrew the threat didn't really matter. What would they do after the election?

I guess it was a GIGO election. First a referendum which involved lies, threats, "promises" and all kinds of rubbish and then an election with much the same, plus u-turns and pipe-dreams (Garbage In). The electorate produced an appropriate convulsive reaction (Garbage Out).

The grave danger now is that the extremists will continue to strike and pull the country down into anarchy as the other side organise and hit back. To those who believe that the IRA were the centre of all evil in Ulster look out. The Ulster Unionists are right up there at the helm and they will have a clear plan for Muslim extremists. You ain't seen nuttin yet.

Well, UKIP and Brexit produced what is turning into a mess and anarchy. Ulster Unionist/Sinn Fein/UKIP any mixture of those would be dancing with danger. I imagine some would hope that none of them would take their place in Westminster.

[elZorro]

Labour's policies looking smarter and smarter now, the new immigration policy in a tie-up with Kiwibuild makes a lot of sense.

http://www.interest.co.nz/opinion/88...y+12+June+2017