Hey, at least she's smart enough to know she's uninformed and stays away
Of course in an ideal world, people would do some research and vote rather than not bothering at all
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UK General Election - 8th June 2017 |OT| - The Red Wedding
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Hey, at least she's smart enough to know she's uninformed and stays away
Of course in an ideal world, people would do some research and vote rather than not bothering at all
MetalSlug
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It was very close back in 2015. Just a Majority of 2,167
John Nicolson SNP
22,093
Jo Swinson LD
19,926
Amanjit Jhund Lab
6,754
Andrew Polson Con
4,727
Ross Greer Green
804
Wilfred A UKIP
567
itsbenoclock
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Such an increasingly common excuse. People using it like a get out of jail free card for the most important election in years. The apathy is palpable in the UK
WadiumArcadium
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The worst excuse.
whiskeysailor
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Just voted!
Dr Zhivago
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i should have stayed registered at my parents home
http://www.voterpower.org.uk/broxtowe
im kind of confused at sheffield central being considered marginal?
http://www.voterpower.org.uk/sheffield-central
It was super marginal in 2010, LibDems were within a couple of hundred votes of winning. It's gone back to safe Labour now, though.
JimiNutz
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I voted Labour but would have possibly voted Conservative if May wasn't leader.
That women is completely incompetent but I consider myself centre right usually.
I don't agree with half of what Corbyn stands for but I still couldn't bring myself to vote for May.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Yeah, it's frustrating when you can actually see the numbers.
What if you can't get that £19 billion just because you said you could? What if the sinkhole of Brexit swallows up any gain and you're left at zero? Renationalising fucking everything doesn't seem to be part of that bank book either unless its under that nebulous "other costs".
This is the problem with Corbyn and the manifesto. It's all fantasy land bollocks and tomorrow it all comes crashing down. It's the lefts choice if it wants to double down for another decade or two before getting smart and political again.
PS: If you said Blairite in the last decade, this is on you. Savour the taste of ash.
I'm actually really curious - what does Corbyn stand for that you don't agree with?
Yikes
Audioboxer
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Can't miss catching a hot take from JK just before going out
Yeah, bit of a disgusting post really.
QuicheFontaine
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So like this thread at 10:01pm tonight?
NIcolson would have a chance all things being equal, but from everything I've heard he's a fucking woeful constituency MP who is barely seen or heard by his constituents.
Genuinely curious which of Corbyn's ideals/policies you don't agree with.
I think UKIP want to put it to a referendum.
SuperBowser
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Today is depressing. I'm going to vote Labour, but I live in a safe seat area so my vote doesn't really matter. I wish we could have a proportional representation system.
I think we will see irreversible changes to UK as a whole over the next decade.
I think we will see irreversible changes to UK as a whole over the next decade.
Daffy Duck
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The exit polls will be interesting.
you mean soul crushing? 😂
Johnny Cage
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I'm going to vote later after work. I'm in the Michael gove constituency 60% Tories in 2015. My labour vote is still being cast though.
makingmusic476
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Good luck today, UK. My girlfriend's in Scotland. Pretty sure she's voting Labour, but if not it'd be SNP.
Good luck to you. Even if there were a record breaking swing, and all the other parties (including UKIP and the mad Christian woman who stood last time) joined together, it wouldn't be enough to get my constituency out of the grubby little hands of Michael Gove.
And that's not going to stop me voting, and actually helps me to vote for the candidate I support, rather than having to worry about tactical voting. Elsewhere I'd be voting tactically in an instant.
Can't be crushed if there's no hope.
moffattron9000
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Instant-Runoff Voting doesn't count, and you know it. Come back when you're onto Mixed Member Proportional or Single Transferrable Vote (in the house that actually matters).
Mr.Fletcher
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Just relaxing the day away as I prepare to cover the election tonight (journalist here). I'm off to Gainsborough where a Conservative victory is almost assured.
Sir Edward Leigh had a majority of 15,000 in 2015 and has been the MP for the area for more than 30 years.
It's going to be a late one... but at least I get today and tomorrow off.
Sir Edward Leigh had a majority of 15,000 in 2015 and has been the MP for the area for more than 30 years.
It's going to be a late one... but at least I get today and tomorrow off.
I think your definition of interesting differs from mine!
Stead Fast
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I dunno, based on that Pie and Beans' comment, I'd say sodium levels are already harmful, and it isn't even 2pm.
My area is probably going to be Labour, so at that's something.
I told myself I'd stand for democracy first and allow people to express their views without judgement on social media. But I read far too many "Jezza is a filthy commy" "Abbot is a bitch fuck her in the pussy" type posts that I had to have a strong cull.
Three people I attempted intelligent and polite discourse with just posted memes and headlines as their main points for voting Blue.
Don't want an echo chamber, but I can't be friends with people knowing this is what they're capable of.
I feel very detached from our country as a whole right now even if there's plenty of us willing to work for everyone and not just their own interests. Pretty heartbreaking really.
I told myself I'd stand for democracy first and allow people to express their views without judgement on social media. But I read far too many "Jezza is a filthy commy" "Abbot is a bitch fuck her in the pussy" type posts that I had to have a strong cull.
Three people I attempted intelligent and polite discourse with just posted memes and headlines as their main points for voting Blue.
Don't want an echo chamber, but I can't be friends with people knowing this is what they're capable of.
I feel very detached from our country as a whole right now even if there's plenty of us willing to work for everyone and not just their own interests. Pretty heartbreaking really.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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I wish I still lived somewhere with a brewdog pub, it be taking advantage of that offer...
Not looking forward to the exit polls. If it's clear it can only be in favour of the Tories. If it's not clear it's only to prolong our suffering.
Randy Lanzarote
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Given the loss of Scotland to the SNP, I wonder if Labour will actually look at running with a Pro-PR pledge in future elections?
Those 50+ seats are going to be hard to get back and represent a severe, and if Labour are stacking the votes in ubran/metro areas PR may be the best way they have of being able to form a Govt or indeed claim a majority of seats.
/WishfulThinking
Those 50+ seats are going to be hard to get back and represent a severe, and if Labour are stacking the votes in ubran/metro areas PR may be the best way they have of being able to form a Govt or indeed claim a majority of seats.
/WishfulThinking
Just relaxing the day away as I prepare to cover the election tonight (journalist here). I'm off to Gainsborough where a Conservative victory is almost assured.
Sir Edward Leigh had a majority of 15,000 in 2015 and has been the MP for the area for more than 30 years.
It's going to be a late one... but at least I get today and tomorrow off.
Fun times. Good luck! The closest to "journalism" I do is posting news stories on a wrestling website, but at least I got to post that Wrestlemania Corbyn V May promo and tell people to go vote.
Any major party that advocates PR gets my vote. I don't care if they're Conservative or Labour.
I've read that Labour did have electoral reform as part of their draft 2020 manifesto but took it out of their actual 2017 election manifesto.
Crab will probably have more information on this.
This is the one thing I would vote Tory for. It'll never happen though.
I think Labour would actually benefit from it, but they'd rather have absolute power some of the time than some of the power most of the time.
itsbenoclock
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One of Labour's biggest flaws imo
Frankfurter
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UK GAF, when will we get meaningful results?
Yeah seriously. I'll eat 5 years of Tory shit as it will likely be the short term.
Huw_Dawson
Member
10pm - exit poll
3am - strong idea if exit poll was right or not
Mid-morning - pubs open across Britain to accommodate miserable Labour voters.
(FWIW I'm still hoping Labour do well)
Just after 10pm we will get exit polls, which tend to be fairly accurate.
It'll be morning until we know for sure. Around 4am it's usually pretty clear which way it is going.
Randy Lanzarote
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This rings a bell.
It's the reason I keep voting Lib Dem.... well that and I like a lost cause.
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