The UK election thread

[Brian Peacock]

Here is the real exit poll:

Conservatives = 307 seats
Labour = 255
Liberal Democrats = 59
Others = 29

Which is a hung parliament. The Lib Dems have actually lost 3 seats since the last election. I hope the real results are more favourable.

Whodda thunk that the Liberals would go down like that. They need to take themselves in hand if they are to avoid their political potency making a little swing to the right.

[ficklefiend]

Apparently, potentially thousands of people have been turned away from the polls because the lines were too long and they ran out of time before the 22:00 deadline.

A part of me says that you should never, ever do that. Another part says why are so many people late?

Looking at the videos, there are hundreds of people queueing, for people who get out of work late, it could just be bad luck.

Apparently not enough staff to handle the amount of people.

Yeah, sounds like people got home from work, you know, 6-ish and then went to vote to find massive queues because there's one old lady handing out the ballots. Shiiit.

[beige]

Apparently, potentially thousands of people have been turned away from the polls because the lines were too long and they ran out of time before the 22:00 deadline.

A part of me says that you should never, ever do that. Another part says why are so many people late?

Looking at the videos, there are hundreds of people queueing, for people who get out of work late, it could just be bad luck.

Apparently not enough staff to handle the amount of people.

Yeah, sounds like people got home from work, you know, 6-ish and then went to vote to find massive queues because there's one old lady handing out the ballots. Shiiit.

I would say I'm glad I did a postal vote from Uni to my home constituency, but I'm really suspicious it'll go "missing" somewhere along the way

[ficklefiend]

Gaaah, george osbourne. Eyes that go right through your soul and out the other side.

[RuleBritannia]

In Sheffield, protesters are preventing the ballot boxes from leaving because they weren't allowed to vote.

[beige]

fight the powa.

[ficklefiend]

sounds like ranmoor separated voters into "residents" and "students" after 7 sometime, basically panicking and deciding that residents votes were more important. Expect that's going to sting in the morning.

[klr]

Brian Cox is on Channel 4.

[RuleBritannia]

Brian Cox is on Channel 4.

"The walking, talking, Stephen Hawking." Jimmy Carr, classic.

[beige]

Edinburgh south goes to lib dems, says Ch4 and Sky, but BBC being very slow to catch on.

[ficklefiend]

Brian Cox, I looove him.

[ficklefiend]

could dimbleby be more bored with NI poll results?


"bla bla sinn fein, who cares..."

[beige]

could dimbleby be more bored with NI poll results?

possibly not.

All the coverage is out of sync. I now have no idea what's going on.

This is chaos.



I like it.

[klr]

could dimbleby be more bored with NI poll results?


"bla bla sinn fein, who cares..."

... that's how most of us "down south" feel about politics in NI as well.

could dimbleby be more bored with NI poll results?

possibly not.

All the coverage is out of sync. I now have no idea what's going on.

This is chaos.



I like it.

True to form, the BBC refuses to post a result until it's completely done and dusted.

[Brian Peacock]

Peter Robinson, leader of DUP and NI parliament looses his in Belfast East to the Alliance party (NI lib dems). Fekking hell!!