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[Mr Git]

Fun/depressing thing - an interactive map for how much your local MP claimed in the past year: http://www.parliamentary-standards.org.uk/InteractiveMap.aspx

Thanks for this, one of ours wasn't bad at 9k. David Morris on the other hand, just under £36k. Christ.

Scratch that, fuck me just checked his previous year. £189,525.68. David Morris you cunt.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

A mate just sent me this video and now I'm crying with laughter:

Kunt and the Gang - That's Why I'm Voting UKIP

NOT safe for work!

 

[Mr. Sam]

If GAF decided the election, judging from the last couple of pages, we'd have a Green majority government.

 

[Übermatik]

What colour will you be voting for today? I really like green and blue. Yellow is cool too though, and purple is nice. Red is lovely... Ahh it's so difficult! I want to vote for all the colours! White! I want to vote for the superior white party! White supremacy!

 

[Hot Coldman]

lmao

 

[mclem]

This is a pretty good run down of the parties leanings.

BNP are left of Labour? Admittedly, I can't say I've looked closely at their official policies, but that seems very questionable.

 

[Meadows]

Voting Liberal Democrat today.

Based Clegg.

 

[Dirtyshubb]

A healthy array of choices, but a voting system that makes most of those choices irrelevant :-/

Although it does make me smile that I could have voted for Mr. Artificial Beast, candidate for the Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol Party

Never heard of the party but see that Artificial beast is up for Streatham which is where i grew up and my parents live

If i was still there i would have definitely voted for him

 

[Deleted member 231381]

BNP are left of Labour? Admittedly, I can't say I've looked closely at their official policies, but that seems very questionable.

Economically, yes. They advocate renationalization of the railways, for example.

 

[Walshicus]

BNP are left of Labour? Admittedly, I can't say I've looked closely at their official policies, but that seems very questionable.

On a economic policies. They're far more authoritarian though.

 

[PrivateRyan]

I looked at my Mps figures and this year is down over £100,000. Either the reports for this year don't include everything or there is a massive fiddle going on.

Wow. Which MP is this?

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Voting Liberal Democrat today.

Based Clegg.

I hope you're not in Sheffield Hallam, you meanie. You're robbing us of great potential amusement.

 

[CyclopsRock]

A mate just sent me this video and now I'm crying with laughter:

Kunt and the Gang - That's Why I'm Voting UKIP

NOT safe for work!

I fucking adore Kunt and the Gang. The song about having a "gentlemen's wash" before getting a blowjob so your penis doesn't "taste like quavers" - British comedy at its best.

 

[Par Score]

Final IPSOS-MORI poll:

CON—36% (+1)
LAB—35% (+5)
UKIP—11% (+1)
LDEM—8%
GRN—5%

Another big, big, big late swing towards Labour from one of the big beasts of phone polling.

It might be election day fever, but I'm starting to get a sense that Labour most votes & most seats is suddenly a real possibility.

 

[Ravensmash]

I wonder if the Greens can actually make any gains tonight.

Bristol West looks like their best bet.

 

[HazySaiyan]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomphillips/tactical-voting?bftw&utm_term=4ldqpgm#.vn5AGDXXN

I'm sure someone posted this beforehand, but an interesting guide to if you should tacitly vote in your constituency by Buzzfeed.

I wanted to vote Green but this thing's saying I should vote Labour to keep the Tories out. I thought my seat was fairly safe...

 

[Vashetti]

Voting done, went labour

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Last day in the job for David C.

This pleases me.

 

[kmag]

Final IPSOS-MORI poll:

CON—36% (+1)
LAB—35% (+5)
UKIP—11% (+1)
LDEM—8%
GRN—5%

Another big, big, big late swing towards Labour from one of the big beasts of phone polling.

It might be election day fever, but I'm starting to get a sense that Labour most votes & most seats is suddenly a real possibility.

Ashcroft saying the same.

Lord Ashcroft @LordAshcroft · 8m 8 minutes ago
All the final polls so far seem to be showing a move towards Labour

Part of it is down the inbuilt polling advantage for the Tories (as the incumbent) evaporating as the DK's naturally reduce as the decision crystallises. Reallocation of DK's always greatly favours the incumbent. It's this reallocation which has provided a Tory lead in a fair few polls recently. It also looks like the Labour Likely To Vote has shot up which also was an issue for them in earlier polls.

I also think there might be a bit of a shift back to Labour in Scotland, a few of the SNP canvassers I know have been a bit less enthusive lately. If Labour can get above 15-20 seats here then it'll throw out a lot of the seat predictions.

Although ICM are tweeting about a final twist in their polling which was tied yesterday so it could move either way.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

I hope you're not in Sheffield Hallam, you meanie. You're robbing us of great potential amusement.

Indeed. My schadenfreude would be monumental.

I wonder if the Greens can actually make any gains tonight.

Bristol West looks like their best bet.

It's still a real long shot, but I believe the bookies have it at 5/1. I did my bit!

 

[Thornton Reed]

has anyone seen anything about projected voter turn out. Someone in work said it could be as high as 70% but i haven't seen anything to back up his claim

 

[jimbobsmells]

Hadn't realised just how close Norwich North was (4.6%). I expect Chloe Smith to hang on on the grounds that she's a much better local campaigner and people vote with the incumbent, but it should be a heck of a lot closer.

Most I know in Norwich are voting Tory it seems.

 

[Tak3n]

tell you what, these seems to be a lot of young people voting according to twitter....

The tories could be in trouble

 

[Par Score]

has anyone seen anything about projected voter turn out. Someone in work said it could be as high as 70% but i haven't seen anything to back up his claim

Yes, a few pollsters and early reports from polling stations are suggesting we're going to be well up on the last election, possibly pushing into the mid 70%s

 

[Bumhead]

Voted Green.

I said to myself I wanted to for weeks. Everything I read from a policy point of view tallied me up heavily in favour of Green, so I went ahead and did it. I feel good about it, too. Feel like I've done the right thing.

I'm Sheffield Heeley, which is probably one of Labour's safest seats in the country.

 

[RedShift]

tell you what, these seems to be a lot of young people voting according to twitter....

The tories could be in trouble

That figure of half a million young people registering on the last day or whatever did make me think there could be a bit of an upset.

 

[Meadows]

I hope you're not in Sheffield Hallam, you meanie. You're robbing us of great potential amusement.

Nah, I'm in one of the safest Labour seats in the UK

 

[CyclopsRock]

You know what you need to do, guys. Vote blue, not red!

 

[Kotetsu534]

If that Ipsos MORI poll is right on the money, and the Tories hit 36% with Labour on 35% (combined total of 71%), then it would represent the highest combined total by them since 2001 (72.4%, 40.2% coming from Blair's Labour). Indeed the last time both the big two beat those totals in the same election (i.e. Labour >= 35%, Tories >=36%) was 1979 (Thatcher on 43.9%, Callaghan on 36.9%). Would be a collectively bad night for the smaller parties (other than the SNP, who are essentially the natural party of government in Scotland).

 

[Lordzap]

You live in Scunthorpe?! I am so sorry.

Spoiler

I'm very close when back at home, I'm going hunt you down

I live in Scunthorpe! Not old enough to vote though 😥

 

[Ashes]

Nah, I'm in one of the safest Labour seats in the UK

Where is that?

 

[Übermatik]

I live in Scunthorpe! Not old enough to vote though 😥

I am so sorry.

 

[Porcile]

You know what you need to do, guys. Vote blue, not red!

I'm surprised they didn't resort to putting little devil horns on them.

 

[PJV3]

You know what you need to do, guys. Vote blue, not red!

Ignore him comrades.

Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer, we'll keep the red flag flying here.

 

[Mr Git]

That figure of half a million young people registering on the last day or whatever did make me think there could be a bit of an upset.

That could be interesting. I'd imagine few are Tory voters, as they're always voting.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Vote Whig

 

[CyclopsRock]

I'm surprised they didn't resort to putting little devil horns on them.

In fairness though, that was when a Bolshevik takeover of the UK was actually not an unreaslistic possibility (and would have, obviously, been catestrophic just as it was in all the other places that suffered such a fate).

 

[PJV3]

Vote Whig

How long have you been lurking?

 

[SymbiantXenos]

How long have you been lurking?

Since the 1600s

 

[Raynes]

I desperately want this to happen.

 

[dose]

Fun/depressing thing - an interactive map for how much your local MP claimed in the past year: http://www.parliamentary-standards.org.uk/InteractiveMap.aspx

Forget the past year, go back a year. They're all around £150k+ in expenses!

 

[anonymous_abc]

BNP are left of Labour? Admittedly, I can't say I've looked closely at their official policies, but that seems very questionable.

I'm sure they have lots of social policies*

*

Spoiler

if you are white and can trace your British ancestry to the Saxons.

 

[CyclopsRock]

Vote Whig

No shit, I got this through the door last week. That's my hand. I might actually vote for them. Genuinely.

 

[Meadows]

Where is that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackley_and_Broughton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Cheetham Hill massive

 

[hepburn3d]

My favorite quote of the day so far from my facebook:

'Don't vote' is ISIS's main policy... But if that's who you're siding with then good luck to you.

 

[D4Danger]

I'm sure they have lots of social policies*

*

Spoiler

if you are white and can trace your British ancestry to the Saxons.

Do I have to be a Chelsea supporter too? That might be a deal breaker

 

[Biggzy]

My constituency is Leicester South, so Labour has no worries about not winning here, but I still decided to vote for Labour: Partly because how tight the race is, but also because the MP has been decent.

 

[Red Liquorice]

Shouldn't that be "psych" ?

 

[SymbiantXenos]

No shit, I got this through the door last week. That's my hand. I might actually vote for them. Genuinely.

Haha! Awesome.

 

[Hasney]

Shouldn't that be "psych" ?

That depends on if you're watching someone wrecking the mic or not.