The UK election thread

[RuleBritannia]

There's no doubt in my mind the Lib Dems, SNP and Plaid Cymru all lost votes to Labour to keep the Tories out.

[Elessarina]

It's official, we have a hung parliament, only 35 contituencies left to be announced with the Tories needing 36 seats for a majority. Which means Gordon Brown is still the Prime Minister, and will be asked by the Queen to form a government.

What a sh1t future we now have the prospect of

[JimC]

It's official, we have a hung parliament, only 35 contituencies left to be announced with the Tories needing 36 seats for a majority. Which means Gordon Brown is still the Prime Minister, and will be asked by the Queen to form a government.

What a sh1t future we now have the prospect of

Come to Oz, we can fit in a few more poms if you're quick...

[klr]

The Tories + Unionists < Overall Majority

Labout + Lib Dems < Overall Majority

The Tories + Lib Dems > Overall Majority, but very, very unlikely to come to pass.

So what's going to happen?

[Feck]

The Tories + Unionists < Overall Majority

Labout + Lib Dems < Overall Majority

The Tories + Lib Dems > Overall Majority, but very, very unlikely to come to pass.

So what's going to happen?

Labour +liberal ......... New election within a year IMHO

[Pappa]

Tories got the vale Pap. I bet you are ecstatic

Well, even though I hate them, I can't see how Alun Cairns could be much worse than John Smith. He did almost nothing. I once checked every word he'd ever spoken in Hansard... he had spoken about 4-5 times and only ever about St. Athan and DARA. Lazy bastard.

[Pappa]

It's official, we have a hung parliament, only 35 contituencies left to be announced with the Tories needing 36 seats for a majority. Which means Gordon Brown is still the Prime Minister, and will be asked by the Queen to form a government.

And so it all depends on horse-trading with the Lib-Dems...

(old style Whigs from 2 centuries ago should be rotating in their graves at a fairly high RPM...)

YAY! This means we might get PR.

[Elessarina]

The Tories + Unionists < Overall Majority

Labout + Lib Dems < Overall Majority

The Tories + Lib Dems > Overall Majority, but very, very unlikely to come to pass.

So what's going to happen?

I have no idea.. but the thought of Brown in No 10 for another term makea me want to cry. The man has NEVER been elected to power how on earth can he remain there?

[Thinking Aloud]

With regard to the folks who didn't get to vote, it does seem that in the majority of cases, demand exceeded supply. Yes, some folks turned up at 10pm, but it sounds like a lot of them had come home from work, gone at 6, found massive queues, gone home for dinner with a view to going back when it was a bit quieter, come back at 8, joined still massive queues and still hadn't got in by 10. No matter how you work that, some people would have missed out.

[RuleBritannia]

The Tories + Unionists < Overall Majority

Labout + Lib Dems < Overall Majority

The Tories + Lib Dems > Overall Majority, but very, very unlikely to come to pass.

So what's going to happen?

I have no idea.. but the thought of Brown in No 10 for another term makea me want to cry. The man has NEVER been elected to power how on earth can he remain there?

Neither was Churchill.

[Thinking Aloud]

Current vote share % estimated as:

36.1% Conservative
29.2% Labour
22.9% Lib Dems
11.8% Others

[klr]

The Tories + Unionists < Overall Majority

Labout + Lib Dems < Overall Majority

The Tories + Lib Dems > Overall Majority, but very, very unlikely to come to pass.

So what's going to happen?

I have no idea.. but the thought of Brown in No 10 for another term makea me want to cry. The man has NEVER been elected to power how on earth can he remain there?

Problem is, they haven't voted for Cameron either ... not only will the Tories not have enough seats, but 36% of the popular vote hardly constitutes a "mandate". If there is serious electoral reform after this, then the Tories might struggle to get into power again for some time.

Current vote share % estimated as:

36.1% Conservative
29.2% Labour
22.9% Lib Dems
11.8% Others

Just found that on the Beeb myself.

[JimC]

With regard to the folks who didn't get to vote, it does seem that in the majority of cases, demand exceeded supply. Yes, some folks turned up at 10pm, but it sounds like a lot of them had come home from work, gone at 6, found massive queues, gone home for dinner with a view to going back when it was a bit quieter, come back at 8, joined still massive queues and still hadn't got in by 10. No matter how you work that, some people would have missed out.

Saw that on the news, rather embarrassing for a nation who sees itself as the mother of parliaments...

[klr]

With regard to the folks who didn't get to vote, it does seem that in the majority of cases, demand exceeded supply. Yes, some folks turned up at 10pm, but it sounds like a lot of them had come home from work, gone at 6, found massive queues, gone home for dinner with a view to going back when it was a bit quieter, come back at 8, joined still massive queues and still hadn't got in by 10. No matter how you work that, some people would have missed out.

How about an e-voting option to ease the crush in future? A chance for yet another textbook example of a well-run large-scale government IT project.

The cynicism is strong this morning.

[Clinton Huxley]

Anyone who didn't manage to vote on time is just an idiot and shouldn't be allowed to vote anyway. Our ramshackle paper and pencil based system is far superior to any beep-beepy elecro-voting nonsense.

The bigger scandals will, I'm sure, come from the postal ballots....