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Originally Posted by Pierre
Indeed, with lashings of sarcasm.
If, and it is a big if, Johnson returns with a Tory majority. It will be interesting to see how that democratic result is received, considering how democracy has been ignored for near 3 years.
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The outrage will be turned up to 11 in Scotland, I can tell you that much. I really, really hope the Tories hold on to their 13 seats, that will at least take a slight edge off the nationalist fulminating. All the better if they can steal a couple more ... Pete Wishart (Nat) is sitting on a knife-edge majority in Perth, so who knows. Mind you Stephen Kerr (Tory) is on an equally small majority in Stirling. Too much is too close to call.
I'm really looking forward to the Welsh results, Plaid, hapless Welsh Labour and Corbyn between them have almost managed to produce a Tory majority in national polling there. If any of the former heavy industrial constituencies in the north east of Wales go blue I will absolutely gut myself laughing.
When it comes to it though, in Parliament, as long as Boris has a working majority large enough that it can't be overturned by a core of rebels, things should settle down fairly quickly. Labour will be in absolute disarray; most of its backbenchers are still moderates and their patience with Corbyn has already run out, so they will be too busy plotting his downfall to cause much trouble elsewhere.
If, however, Boris gets a single-figures majority, so those predisposed to mischief think they hold the whip hand in Commons votes, Brexit will still be a bumpy ride, regardless of what commitments Boris thinks he's extracted from all his candidates.