Interested in any good articles people have read on what happens in the next six months. My thinking, fwiw is this –
May cannot expect to cling on for more than a few months. The DUP deal is inherently unstable, and there are any number of domestic landmines.
The thing that is saving her at the minute (and by the time I finish typing this post things may have changed) is that there is no clear alternative who can fight an election campaign (the conventional wisdom – for what that is worth – expects one in October). Boris Johnson wants the gig, but his negatives are very very high. Amber Rudd is in a real marginal constituency now. Fallon, Hammond etc – give me a break. Ruth Davidson is an MSP, not an MP, so would have to be parachuted into a safe seat – not an easy thing to do on the sly.
Labour now look like “winners” – apparently lots of people have been googling ‘join Labour’. Problems for them are
a) risk of cult of personality
b) boring people with boring meetings
c) sustaining momentum (no pun intended).
d) Its EU/Brexit position – hmmm – will it be able to finesse the issue? Will we see a rise of the remainers?
Mainstream media seems a bit stuffed in terms of its ability to influence voters (young people just do not buy newspapers).
As Craig Murray writes –
I suspect that what happened is that the mainstream media realised it is losing influence, and tried to compensate by becoming so shrill and biased it simply lost all respect. This election may be the one where social media finally routed the press barons. They may in turn start to wonder if it is worth sinking millions into a newspaper if it can’t buy an election
So, the government loses its majority thanks to dead/retiring MPs, no way ending austerity because nobody would believe them, no way of continuing it because of unwhippable marginal MPs (Zac Goldsmith). Heathrow decision still not made, Brexit negotiations going horribly.
Big business will be furious. I mean, beyond furious.
A general election in October-November, by which time May will have been replaced (everybody knows she cannot campaign her way across a wheatfield).
Labour, with extra resources, targets lots of the marginals, wins more seats, ends up with say 300, taken from Tories and SNP. Forms government?
Am I dreaming? What am I missing??
marchudson.net 
I’m certainly not qualified to comment on British politics or who might replace May, but it seems that if his party had actually got behind Corbyn then Labour would have been even closer to a majority. So, if an election comes around soon then he may now get the needed support to build a solid team with believable plans to achieve what he is dreaming.
Others seem to be saying that this result has sent the message that “yes, my vote can make a difference”, which of itself may strengthen an anti-conservative move.
I particularly like the Craig Murray quote – where will the millions go next? And will it be as obvious as the mass media bias?
I’ve been hoping that Brexit and Trump would be the catalyst for some upheavals in the ‘democratic’ process. Maybe soon…
Keep up the commentary Marc.