A general Election has been called for the 4th July here in the UK?

[DarkLegacy]

Who do you think will win, and what are your thoughts on why it has been called so suddenly.

Labour

Conservative

Hung parliament/ no party wins outright

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I think it will be a Labour majority

[purplepoppy]

If recent council elections are anything to go by I think we'll see a massive swing to the left. People are sick of the cost of living crisis and the government focusing on gimmicky populist policies like exporting immigrants to Rwanda.

Normally the conservatives bribe people with a 1p tax cut paid for by chopping a big chunk off the military budget but given the situation at the minute they can't so they'll probably sack loads of nurses instead.

Another issue is people don't believe a billionaire Indian really understands their problems, the question is will Sir Flip-Flop be any better? End of the day voting is like changing your shirt after you've shit your pants

[DarkLegacy]

I think it is a convenient time to call an election, he is hoping that other things that are happening will distract away from politics.

[purplepoppy]

I think he knows something he's not telling

[DarkLegacy]

I was thinking exactly the same thing. because it even his own MPs were surprised

[Anonymous]

Who will win?
I don't know but I fear Labour with the genocide and wealth confiscations
The Tories are a shower of shit
The remaining serious parties are extremists on both sides of the spectrum

Who will I vote for?
Based on the above the monster raving loonie party are looking good, no power but I voted so therefore I can complain about who ever actually gets in

Why has it been called now?
On the back of low inflation news, not giving anyone time to get underway with anything and so it's sorted before the chaos of schools breaking up for summer and then going back in September

[DarkLegacy]

What about happening when lots of other things are happening, like the Euros and other sports events and when people have their holidays booked

[Opinion Owner]

Sports won't be affected and who holidays in July peak season unless they have kids but the kids are still at school

[DarkLegacy]

I think he just wants a distraction

[sawno]

I suspect labour will win. The tories have completely shot themselves in the foot by betraying their vote and installing a PM nobody voted for. So people are done with that party and will vote Reform. Problem is, you never get the entire voting base so thats inevitably going to be a split vote between Tories / Reform. I don't see such a split on the labour side, so that will probably be the winner. But its needed, the tories need to be abolished for doing what they did and I don't think the voters care about the risk of labour winning anymore since they get those policies anyway if they vote tories.

[DarkLegacy]

The worst outcome would be a hung parliament with the SNP pulling the strings of the largest party which would be Labour.

[goaded]

In the hung parliament after the 2010 election, the LibDems got played and hung out to dry by the Tories, iirc.

[sawno]

@goaded Problem is also that the UK doesn't have a functional democratic system. The first past the post stuff is not at all representative.

[OlderAndWiser]

Interesting to Americans because July 4 is the day we celebrate our independence from British rule.

[DarkLegacy]

i found the choice of date interesting also

[Avicenna]

The Conservatives will be lucky to win as many seats as they did in the 1997 wipeout. I have no idea why Sunak called for an early election. Maybe they just want to get the ass whipping over with.

I guess we'll find out just how much anti-Semitism remains in Labour.

[DarkLegacy]

One of my theories is because there is a lot going on, i think he is hoping for a distraction. Younger voters are more likely to vote Labour and most have already booked holidays and plenty will be taking exams during the campaign. Plus major sports events are taking place close to the election

[Avicenna]

That sounds like a good explanation to me

[DarkLegacy]

On what you said about antisemitism, Starmer was right to get rid of Corbyn he was toxic. But a lot of the antisemitism in the party is not actually with the MPs.

[goaded]

It looks like it should be Labour, but with first past the post, who knows?

I'm looking forward to voting in a UK election for the first time in over a decade!

[DarkLegacy]

Are you gonna tell us who you will be voting for? I think i will vote for Labour, it would be the first time i have

[goaded]

Probably Liberal Democrat, but it's an extremely red district. Labour don't need my help.

[OddBeMe]

There’s a markedly conservative anti-immigrant populism boiling around the world.

If the us had a nominee not on trial for election rigging, or bribery, he’d have a better chance.

[DarkLegacy]

This is nothing to do with the USA

[OddBeMe]

It has everything to do with US.

[DarkLegacy]

No it has not, this is to vote for the UKs Prime Minister, Trump being on trial makes no difference to how we will vote.

[OddBeMe]

Oh you mean this literal Q…obvi. I thought you meant populism in general.

[CaptainSmartass]

Oh Christ, here we go... Nobody even cares any more. All the so called "parties" are just massively unsuitable.

Simples...

[DarkLegacy]

Sadly yes

[FunkyMonkee]

You need to ELECT generals? I thought they were just promoted.

[DarkLegacy]

A election for a new government is called a General Election

[CaptainSmartass]

I think that given the current crop of candidates that calling it a Genital election would be better...

[DarkLegacy]

@CaptainSmartass LMFAO