The DUP?! WTF May!?!

[davidgillon]

I slept through election night (well, actually I played Crusader Kings 2 until God Awful O'Clock, at which point exhaustion overcame stress) and only just woke up. Having nerved myself to look at the election results, my reaction was pretty much along John McEnroe "Jesus Christ! You Cannot Be Serious! You Can Not Be Serious!!!" lines

Now I can understand the desperation to stay in power on May's part, but the DUP? Seriously?

To give non-UK readers some context: the DUP are anti-gay-rights, anti-abortion, anti-Catholic, the closest thing the UK has to US hardline, religious Republicans (and remember, the UK as a whole is well to the left of the US, so really, really out there). They attack Corbyn for links with the IRA, but were themselves linked to the worst of the Protestant Paramilitaries. And now they're in power, and can threaten to take their ball home any time Theresa May does something they don't like. 

Comments

[hilarita]

I think we've hit the 'BBQ' part of OMGWTFBBQ. As in, we'll be on fire.

[davidgillon]

Well, Paisely did use to claim everyone else would burn in Hell when he was running the DUP!

[hilarita]

'strue

[sovay]

Now I can understand the desperation to stay in power on May's part, but the DUP? Seriously?

Any chance that will alienate May's own power base so that the whole alliance collapses in dumpster-smelling cinders within the year?

[davidgillon]

The DUP bring 10 MPs to the deal. The Scottish Tory leader, Ruth Davidson, delivered 13 (reviving the Scottish Tories from the dead). The DUP are virulently homophobic and opposed to equal marriage and historically utterly bigoted towards Catholics. Ruth Davidson is in a civil partnership with her Irish Catholic partner and planning her wedding now that same sex marriages are legal (except in Northern Ireland). She reacted to news of the deal by tweeting a link to her speech in Belfast on behalf of Amnesty on why same sex marriage is such a positive development.

Not a word against the deal with the DUP, but so, so eloquent.

Personally I think we're going to get more use out of the #GE2017 hashtag.