Having proceeded to waste a 25+ point lead over the opposition and end up losing said majority, she has given the nation repeated assurances that she is "not owned, not owned" and stayed in power by negotiating a deal with the DUP, a party with "eccentric" views. This has lead to fun questions such as "does this violate the Good Friday Agreement", "did we just waste our first months of Brexit negotations on making our government even more unstable" and "did we seriously just pledge to spend £1.5bn pretty much entirely to prop up a government that couldn't get into power otherwise", all of which and more you will be able to discuss in the latest incarnation of the exciting UK Politics Thread. (For the record, my answers are "maybe", "yes" and "yes".))
Folks, welcome to a year later, where these questions still haven't been answered. We're currently contemplating how soon a united Ireland will be possible and the UK is still no closer to Brexit. Yet the strong and stable ship just keeps on chugging. Soft Brexit, hard Brexit, who cares? Brexit means Brexit. Every parliamentarian and their uncle seems to have their own vision for what this will look like, but most of their plans appear to fall under the assumption that the EU will graciously accept any deal they cook up, which seems unlikely.
But enough about that. Evictions! What would the Tories be without them, eh? Or cutthroat leadership challenges. Can't believe its two whole years ago since Gove and Johnson fucked up, maybe they'll try again. I've got so say, I'm impressed May has held on for so long, given all the fuckups.
Corbyn on the other hand is looking more or less secure, if a bit uninteresting at present.I hope this means he'll nationalize the banks.
With that, have fun going round in the same circles the country has been going since last June, hopefully you'll figure it out someday.
