Will there be another UK election soon?

Internal Conservative Party maneuvering has just forced out Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy, who were Thereasa May's closest advisers, showing that she is so far from a 'strong and stable' position that it is laughable. The Tories currently have the tiniest of majorities and only because of the DUP coalition. The DUP are ultra-hard right Christian Conservatives and will annoy a huge number of social liberals in thee Conservative's base. No major Conservative figure is backing May and all of her enemies in the party are laying into her publicly with impunity.

I am hoping this can't last and I am also hoping Labour can win the next election.

Sorry to Brenda from Bristol 😜:

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SW-User

What's odd about the results is that the Tories got 49% of the vote, which would normally give a huge majority. Labour got about 40% of the vote, which was almost the same as Blair got in 2001, giving him a huge majority. The share for other parties has all but disappeared in England. The lesson for the Labour party is maybe they need a strong third party.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Onecharmingman: The Tories got 42 and Labour has done well by eating the votes of other parties.

There is a 10 point rise in two years. That is not bad

SW-User

@Burnley123: am i reading the wrong story, Google, citing the press association, have them down for 48.9, must admit I was surprised by the figure. I was out of the country so haven't seen much news.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Onecharmingman: That is the percent of seats. The vote share was only 2% difference though I had to dig to find it.

Look at the table on here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results

SW-User

@Burnley123: yes, I saw it on BBC, shows I should check a trusted news source first 😉.
Either way, labour would normally expect a majority with that share of the vote.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Onecharmingman:
@Onecharmingman: They would and its a good performance from Labour. The minor parties did badly, especially UKIP. The Tories only won at all because of the UKIP collapse.

SW-User

@Burnley123: It's a moral dilemma. I'm delighted the UKIP vote collapsed, not pleased it resulted in a Tory win.