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Election Irony

6/9/2017

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​Well what a fascinating election outcome, well worthy of a blog post.

What initially seemed to me to be a dead–cert-increased-majority-win for May has ended up in an embarrassing loss of status and the surrendering of the majority she already had.

I wrote a piece at the end of May (not about the end of May, though you never know now) where I suggested that a surprise might be in store; the election result certainly met, even exceeded, that expectation.

So having never been elected to the role of PM by the public, May hasn’t exactly been endorsed by it now. Her gamble hasn’t paid off and she now looks as arrogant in her snap election decision making as Cameron was in holding the Brexit referendum. They both thought they were secure when they weren’t. And what a mess they have caused.

The result, whilst not exactly great for the country (the Brexit negotiations, the value of the pound, the stock markets, the cost of my summer holiday etc.), is arguably brilliant in terms of irony and political comeuppance.

Aside from May learning a bitter lesson, I am pleased to see that Clegg and Salmond were disenfranchised by the vote. Bearing in mind that the SNP lost its old leader and its deputy leader on the same night, hopefully the Scottish independence debate can be parked once and for all.

Meanwhile Diane Abbott won 75% of the vote in Hackney North & Stoke Newington…

​May is already the subject of derision in Europe and the calls from various quarters for her resignation were inevitable. The prospect of another election in the not too distant future has to be high.

The Europeans will be laughing at our expense and Brexit negotiations, which are supposed to start in ten days, will be all the more challenging. In hindsight, May either shouldn’t have pulled the Brexit trigger or shouldn’t have called the election. I am not sure that either can be undone. Can you imagine 27 EU countries now unanimously voting to let us stay?

We’re making being in the EU look like the right place to be for our soon to be ex EU colleagues.

It could be worse though, May could step down to make way for Boris. At least in staying at the helm she takes responsibility for the chaos she has caused.

http://www.adrianbaldwin.net/blog/election-reflection-defecation ​
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