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| Home / College Guide / I Know The Voices Dying with a Brexit Fall |
| Posted on Friday, December 13 @ 00:00:18 PST |
So despite some early hopes that the youth vote turnout would flip enough districts in the UK, the British General Election right now is showing a major Conservative victory : Tories getting an increase of 51 seats for a solid majority, Labour losing 71 seats, the Lib Dems not doing well enough to be a factor, and absolutely everybody on the Remain side of the debate utterly horrified that a No-Deal Brexit is going to happen.
Even though the results of the overall population showing 40 percent support for Labour over 32 percent for Tories , the way each district is Winner-Take-All within that district distorts the final results (like the U.S. Electoral College, an overabundance of voters for one Party in one locale cannot compensate for smaller turnout in others).
It was foolish for Labour under Corbyn to agree to letting Boris Johnson push a new election at this point in time. Corbyn either didnt think his own unpopularity with general voters (and within in his own ranks) would hurt Labour, or else thought the controversies Boris was having with bad Brexit deals would weaken Tory support. Theres also the reality that Remain voters - the ones most likely able to NOT vote Conservative - were split between Liberal Democrats and factions within Labour.
.. which could have been positioned to uphold Remain but didnt because even among the Far Left there is a desire to exit what they view as a corrupt (pro-Capitalist/pro-banking) EU.
Either way, how the HELL do you lose 71 seats to the worst Prime Minister in British history? If Corbyn doesnt resign from Labour leadership for his open incompetence, just surrender now and relocate to Finland, my Progressive brethren.
So where does this leave the United Kingdom?
Boris and the other hardline Brexiteers are going to push for votes on the hardest possible terms for leaving the EU... which may not get enough votes in Parliament anyway if enough Tory members are terrified of the long-term consequences. This blowout election is no guarantee of the backbenchers signing up for something that a majority of Brits will end up regretting... and they know it.
The Scots may well revolt to get an Independence referendum. Northern Ireland might as well if the border backstop is screwed by Boris Brexit deals.
The National Health Care system - already under the strain of budget cuts and preliminary reaction of a future Brexit - will face even tougher hardships under a Conservative Party that openly wants to turn their universal health care system into a for-profit model similar to the United States .
(Just on this alone, Brits, you should have voted those Tory fuckers out of office. The hell?)
More chaos and bad leadership . Thats how bad its going to get under a Boris majority in the UK.
Its time to bring punk music back, my people.
Gods help you.
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