Monday, June 12, 2017

Do the maths!

I'm already a little tired of the claims and counterclaims being made following the general election results.  Yes, Labour did much, much better than expected, but the fact is they still lost.  Corbyn is apparently seriously talking about voting down the Queen's Speech - but he can't,  Assuming the DUP at best abstain, and given that Sinn Fein don't take any part in parliamentary business, even if (big, big "if") he could persuade all the other parties to vote with him he could still only muster 315 votes as against 318 for the government (328 if the DUP vote with them)  I think he's getting carried away!

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