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[ferrasvansen]

Starting to look like swing to Status quo is underway, late but expected I suppose.

 

[Madchad]

I normally take nil interest in such things..

How does 1032 people represent millions?

Going off polls after what happened at the GE not even a year ago is a bit foolish though it "can" sometimes give some idea of whats going on in peoples heads. It is like you say only 1k people though.

Even going off that i am not confident on which side i can call to win.

 

[Matty8787]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35350361

Cheers for that.

You don't have to eat an entire bowl of soup to know if it tastes good - if it's properly stirred, one spoonful is enough.

That doesn't work though, the soup is the same throughout whereas the population changes from person to person.

 

[Hasney]

The other two this morning with Leave winning were online like YouGovs. I've always had more faith in the telephone polling, so banking on ComRes being right.

That doesn't work though, the soup is the same throughout whereas the population changes from person to person.

But if the formula is correct, then the demographic mix is representative as a bowl of soup as it should be the same all the way down.

 

[ferrasvansen]

That Comres poll is absolutely fantastic for remain. Fingers crossed!

Yep their final general election poll was the closest to the real result last year, so that's something I suppose.

 

[Number45]

God, I've never been more worried about the results of a vote in my life and I'm a mere filthy EU nacional living in London

Please, don't let the UK leave The EU

Same here. I'm generally indifferent come election time, but I couldn't be more petrified right now.

Will be heading off nice and early in the morning. Pretty sure we're fairly strong for leave around here and I have no particular desire to be up there when it's busier.

 

[Goodlife]

Going off polls after what happened at the GE not even a year ago is a bit foolish though it "can" sometimes give some idea of whats going on in peoples heads. It is like you say only 1k people though.

These polls are very different to the GE though.
Not sure if that makes then more, or less likely to be right mind

 

[Garjon]

I want to believe. These figures don't match previous polls so I'm staying pessimistic.

Oh and that bullshit about the EU not being reformable has spread to Facebook like a plague.

 

[Ravensmash]

Polls.

After last year I take them with a pinch of salt.

 

[ferrasvansen]

I have a feeling the debate last night changed some minds, the inability to answer questions raised doubts in peoples minds, exactly what remain wanted.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

6% lead?

I foresee complacency setting in for some remain voters come tomorrow....

 

[milanbaros]

Yeah I seen that earlier, which is why I ask, how do any of these tiny polls have any significance?

Very simply. If there is a population of 1 million and 50% are red and 50% are blue and you randomly selected a 1,000 of the population it is reasonable to expect the 1,000 to reflect the population to within a window of accuracy.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

We had a good run lads!.

 

[jm89]

I hope remain win by a a decent margin like 58% and up, to completely shut down the leave side.

 

[Madchad]

Seems that article has been edited since i least read it i stand corrected.

 

[Principate]

Yeah I seen that earlier, which is why I ask, how do any of these tiny polls have any significance?

The Twitter poll doesn't matter because it's Twitter, do you think old age pensioners some of the most reliable voters will use that. It's like thinking Bernie will win because of his internet presence, that ultimately really doesn't matter.

 

[JonathanEx]

SANDI SHAW HAS GONE NUCLEAR

 

[RedSparrows]

Yeah I seen that earlier, which is why I ask, how do any of these tiny polls have any significance?

Cos there's nothing else to talk about in terms of knowing who will win. They are shit, but the best we got.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

The thing being said animal rights IIRC Conservative MEPs or MPs were actually ones to vote against having a maximum journey time for animals due for slaughter. So the person wants to leave and give conservatives more power in this field? Oh you can vote against them...I've been doing that for 10 years and fttp says lol u live in safe seat.

Do do doo, do do doo do do do doo.

That music as he walks off gets me every time.

Thanks to frinkiac I now know it is reprise of the Sandford and Son theme song.

It's based off a real life incident with comedian Redd Foxx who walked on stage to the tune, saw a fairly empty audience, refused to do the show and walked off the stage again leaving a confused orchestra to play the theme song again.

ExPat, now living in Trumpton (USA): I've been assuming the Bremain people would win. Are we seeing the Brexit people winning? Seriously?

The problem leave keep saying things like "we're not racist for wanting controlled migration" but some of the supports are all "just get them in the plane and get them out my great Britain" and will vote on that reason.

 

[Kathian]

I think remain will win on 63% my final prediction.

 

[RedSparrows]

You do know the president himself came out and said that there is nothing more the EU will be willing to negotiate on what Cameron came away with is all they are willing to give...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36599300

=/= not reformable.

We can think big on one hand (Leave), but not on any other (serious EU changes due to UK referendum + rising nationalism across Europe)?

 

[BumblebeeCody]

Next one....

EU referendum poll:
Remain: 51% (+2)
Leave: 49% (-2)
(via YouGov, online / 20 - 22 Jun)
Excludes DKs.

TheSun
Banned
(Today, 10:04 PM)

 

[Ghost]

How easy will it be for a British citizen to get a ROI passport?

Pretty easy, All you need is one Irish grandparent

 

[ferrasvansen]

The twitter responses to the polls are ridiculous, brexiters calling pullers liars, saying all kinds of shit. I really have to say my eyes have been opened to a lot of the Out supporters, frankly they live in a world of their own completely devoid of any logic and full of conspiracy theories.

 

[Madchad]

=/= not reformable.

We can think big on one hand (Leave), but not on any other (serious EU changes due to UK referendum + rising nationalism across Europe)?

They have edited the article since i last read it at work.

 

[D4Danger]

I think remain will win on 63% my final prediction.

maybe if we let Germany vote for us

 

[SymbiantXenos]

I remember the massive kick in the balls the bbcs prediction was on election night last year.

Won't rest until Friday morning.

 

[Moral Panic]

We had a good run lads!.

Not gonna lie. This is pretty funny.

 

[Izuna]

I want 65-70% remain vote so I can chill

 

[Garjon]

Seems that article has been edited since i least read it i stand corrected.

Reread. What he is actually saying is that if the UK votes out there won't be any extra negotiation for the UK to stay. It even says it in the damn article:

It is understood Mr Juncker was not referring to the prospect of future reforms in the event of the UK voting to remain in the EU, something Mr Cameron has insisted will continue, including in the key area of immigration and free movement.

 

[JonathanEx]

"We haven't heard from Julia Hartley-Brewer so let's go to her now"

NO

BAD PAXMAN

BAD PAXMAN

 

[RedSparrows]

The twitter responses to the polls are ridiculous, brexiters calling pullers liars, saying all kinds of shit. I really have to say my eyes have been opened to a lot of the Out supporters, frankly they live in a world of their own completely devoid of any logic and full of conspiracy theories.

Far from all of them, I'd warrant.

That is, however, where a great proportion (I'd be willing to bet) of the anti-politics, anti-intellectual, anti-rationalist, anti-takeyourpick, groupings of voters reside, from conspiracy theorists to rabid nationalists to radical libertarians to tiny minority fundamentalists.

 

[The Rain King]

Racist/xenophobic/anti-European/pro-Anglo-Saxon, whatever term you prefer.
The 'Heart' bit of the speech was very short and while pretending to be positive was essentially just setting up 'us' and 'them'. It's obviously by far NOT the worst thing we've seen in this campaign, and it wasn't the worst thing in his speech (I'd give that to the 'democracy' bits), but it still made my skin crawl.

fwiw Lord Michael Heseltine agrees with you. (8m45s if time stamp doesn't work)

 

[FunkyMonk]

Remain 8% lead

It is over, well done

Not yet mate.

I've been voting for 20 years & I've never felt this nervous. Heck I don'the think I was this nervous when I asked my wife to marry me!

Though tbf we'do been talking about children and wedding venues for years by that point!

 

[ferrasvansen]

Far from all of them, I'd warrant.

That is, however, where a great proportion (I'd be willing to bet) of the anti-politics, anti-intellectual, anti-rationalist, anti-takeyourpick, groupings of voters reside, from conspiracy theorists to rabid nationalists to radical libertarians to tiny minority fundamentalists.

Oh I agree there are plenty of nice sensible straight thinking brexiters with genuine complaints which I do understand and agree with no certain things, but others damn it's like one flew over the cuckoos nest sometimes.

 

[Captain AHat]

If remain wins (which I hope it does), can we put Boris, Gove and Farage in a dingy and tell them to bugger off?

 

[ferrasvansen]

If remain wins (which I hope it does), can we put Boris, Gove and Farage in a dingy and tell them to bugger off?

I think Cameron will do that anyway, with Osborne casting off the rope.

 

[CCS]

Those polls are very reassuring. I'm still nervous as fuck but they are reassuring.

 

[Stinkles]

Wait, woah, Stinkles is a Brit in some way?

This pleases my (not very quiet) inner Halo fanboy.

I see Remain winning, but Leave has a lot of pull in many places.

Born and raised in Edinburgh. Worked in Bath and London til' I was 27.

 

[Juicy Bob]

I remember the massive kick in the balls the bbcs prediction was on election night last year.

Won't rest until Friday morning.

Ugh. Don't remind me how fucking depressing that was.

 

[HazySaiyan]

The twitter responses to the polls are ridiculous, brexiters calling pullers liars, saying all kinds of shit. I really have to say my eyes have been opened to a lot of the Out supporters, frankly they live in a world of their own completely devoid of any logic and full of conspiracy theories.

Some of the Brexiters have hit Birther levels of delusion. We've already got some of them saying the vote's rigged and it hasn't even happened yet!

https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/745177091314900992/photo/1

 

[ferrasvansen]

Some of the Brexiters have hit Birther levels of delusion. We've already got some of them saying the vote's rigged and it hasn't even happened yet!

https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/745177091314900992/photo/1

Yeah my family wondered why I was laughing uncontrollably when I read that yesterday, hilarious but sad.

 

[Madchad]

Ugh. Don't remind me how fucking depressing that was.

Lib dem voter ? xD

My old man said this and i quote "Nooo not 5 more years of this bunch of wankers"

 

[BossDarkseid]

Leave would fuck over quite a few international students on my course at Uni, but in general Remain would be better for me and the people I know/care about.

Finished the first year of my course but still getting up early tomorrow to go polling station, otherwise I feel i'm liable to wake up late, binge watch Person of Interest then realize I missed it all

Also has anyone gone to a polling station to vote before having lost their polling card? I suppose i need to bring a form of ID (would NUS Card count?_)

 

[PJV3]

If remain wins (which I hope it does), can we put Boris, Gove and Farage in a dingy and tell them to bugger off?

Please, and we all shoot lit arrows at the them.

 

[Morat]

If remain wins (which I hope it does), can we put Boris, Gove and Farage in a dingy and tell them to bugger off?

I second this.

 

[GazzaScotland]

Not sure if this has been posted. Bobby George has his say...

https://twitter.com/BobbyGeorge180/status/745338159588904960/video/1

 

[milanbaros]

Leave would fuck over quite a few international students on my course at Uni, but in general Remain would be better for me and the people I know/care about.

Finished the first year of my course but still getting up early tomorrow to go polling station, otherwise I feel i'm liable to wake up late, binge watch Person of Interest then realize I missed it all

Also has anyone gone to a polling station to vote before having lost their polling card? I suppose i need to bring a form of ID (would NUS Card count?_)

You don't need id.

 

[Matty8787]

Leave would fuck over quite a few international students on my course at Uni, but in general Remain would be better for me and the people I know/care about.

Finished the first year of my course but still getting up early tomorrow to go polling station, otherwise I feel i'm liable to wake up late, binge watch Person of Interest then realize I missed it all

Also has anyone gone to a polling station to vote before having lost their polling card? I suppose i need to bring a form of ID (would NUS Card count?_)

It should say on the card "you do not need to bring this polling card with you to vote"

They are likely to tick off as you go in, I would just carry my debit card with me.

 

[phisheep]

Also has anyone gone to a polling station to vote before having lost their polling card? I suppose i need to bring a form of ID (would NUS Card count?_)

You don't need a polling card and don't need ID. Just turn up. to the right polling station.

I usually take the polling card just because it speeds things up a bit in a busy polling station, but it isn't necessary.