They mostly have no respect for voters and in turn voters lack respect for them.

Politicians are *%^@ and everyone knows it.

Sure, the Tories would cement their position if they moved to the centre. But is there someone in the wings who is going to provide inspiring and unifying leadership and reconnect with the base?

*%^@*** partition. The truly *%^@ gift that won't stop giving.

For labour this is a bit like going down 5-4 away at Barca or Bayern in the first leg of a ECL knockout tie. Hard to imagine for a Arsenal supporter, granted.

Totally disagree. We have some really good politicians, many of whom I am delighted to see back in parliament from both sides who do excellent work on behalf of their constituents sometimes in really difficult circumstances and for comparatively little financial reward.

Bollocks. They work for getting reelected and perpetuating their own view of the world. Evidenced by most opposition objecting merely because the other side thought of it rather than it being the good of the country.

Time for London to experience a bit of DUP. Enjoy!

Oh well at least you can sit and turn your back when they appear on TV I guess.

I blame those stupid bastards in Sinn Fein with their 1916 "principles". Surely it's payback time for Jezza?

And you can wax lyrical at how awesome they are while wailing about how *%^@** it all is.

Time for London to experience a bit of DUP. Enjoy!

Firstly, Corbyn simply hasn't got enough seats. Secondly, I think the optics would be very bad for the Labour Party. That could damage Corbyn long term. Thirdly, hard line republicans would still be opposed I think and the one thing SF has been very careful to avoid is a split in the republican movement.

This makes interesting reading.
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All valid reasons. Bloody annoying though 'cos it leaves us with those backward *%^@*** weirdos we should have *%^@** off for Dublin to deal with in 1921. Still, to be fair, they were propping May up before the election so it's not a massive change, but she's more dependent on them. Her speech was an absolute disgrace - anybody would think she'd just won a handsome victory.

Arlene's on her way, Daz.

Your mob are doing a press conference but can't find a link to it. Would be bloody funny if they said they'd changed their minds "cos it's Jeremy".

Ha ha, a link? This is Norn Iron, still a bit backward!! As you'll soon find out. I am going to have some fun with this :P

It would be absolutely fecking hilarious.

...She has to listen to the people and investigate why they voted as they did. She must look at Uni fees again, social and especially dementia care, the Health Service, Taxation etc all things the Tories have generally ignored. If she does she will become a great PM. If she doesn't then the Tories could lose a lot of seats at the next election.

You're witnessing the demise of the existing political systems. Politicians are *%^@ and everyone knows it. They're not smarter or better, nor can they make better decisions. People have access to far information than they did previously and whether it's factual or fiction will make judgement based on what they think (or are led to think). He who controls the information controls the people and In an increasingly fragmented information domain, politicians become almost irrelevant.

They need to get Ruth Davidson into parliament - she would be a very good leader for them albeit the DUP would have no truck with her for obvious reasons (and she with them probably)!!!

A Scottish leader of the Tories? Yes please. 'Mr. Corbyn, what colour carpet would you like for Number 10?'

IF ...you are referring to the Comey testimony I couldn't give a toss , the way I see it Americans are a braindead race of people hell bent on starting World War 3 .

It doesn't matter who is in charge they would still walz around meddling in other countries affairs because they have the military muscle .

May has some neck hanging around after that result.

Yesterday was the 11th GE since I could vote. The worse in my memory.

We used to have politicians canvass for our votes, like them or loath them they did represent us. They came around letting us know what they will be doing for you. You either looked at how it would benefit you or the bigger picture (maybe both) and vote. Now it's all about Don't vote for thema s they will do this or that. Wish they would stick to their own policies and stop debunking other parties.

OK! A few comedy programmes would take the rise out of them as they would most famous people, but today they are all ridiculed all the time. You cannot go on Facebook or Twitter without someone having the piss ripped out of them.

They mostly have no respect for voters and in turn voters lack respect for them. Labour has a vote for a leader and many of their party did not want him. Yet though he did not win, he did make a go of it. May was voted to replace Cameron, now might be a target for the Tory party to be replaced. These people as supposed to represent us but have trouble picking a leader.

What actually good did last nights result do for the country, on what some call an extraordinary night? What was extraordinary about a hung parliament.

There is no debate on social media just a load of anger, hate, outrage. Someone makes a comment, some reply, then the outrage on what they have said, the hate, the abuse follows. It's not for me actually doing anyone any good. TV debates, again just a load of shouting.

Where are we actually going. Social networking could be good, but No! let's just try to shut down and shout down those that disagree with us.

Would have rather had either party win with a majority than all this poxy politics hanging around like a bad smell.

London belongs to Labour.

Labour have taken Kensington.

Unbelievable.........................

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Jeez kiwi, stop making me want to vote for you!!
Kiwi for Prez!!

I don't think so. We have just had the first election in years where it feels like politics matters. What seems to have happened in this UK election is that people have not found all the politicians irrelevant. Corbyn's relative success is based in part on people thinking he does believe in what he is saying. Which they find refreshing. That he is so clearly not a media creation, like say Blair, Cameron and Clegg, has won him support, especially amongst younger voters.

Your point about who controls the information controls people, has not played over here this time. The opinion polls widely touted May as a landslide leader who would smash the Labour heartlands. Corbyn was said to have no chance at all. For years he has continually been belittled by the press in particular, some broadcasters and his opponents, yet that has meant nothing in the social media world where much of his younger support lies. Rather than being negative about politics maybe we should applaud the fact that he has not been done by the power brokerss, like the hapless Miliband before him?

Like Harlow I'm also long in the tooth over General Elections, but I can't share his rather strange view that they should not be political!

London belongs to Labour.

Labour have taken Kensington.

Unbelievable.........................

And that is kind of my point. The traditional media don't control the media or narrative anymore and have a rapidly diminishing control of the information. Social media, tweens, retweets, Facebook, blogs, forums etc are providing huge amounts of information so people who make up their own mind. I think a future is coming where policies will increasingly be decided by popular vote via digital referendums and people are going to listen less and less to what politicians are saying.