Little Old Man
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I'd say fairly safe? It would take a decent swing to Labour for it to change hands. How many UKIP votes were there? If it was a few thousand, they're generally going to go blue and sure up the Tories.
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UK General Election - 8th June 2017 |OT| - The Red Wedding
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I'd say fairly safe? It would take a decent swing to Labour for it to change hands. How many UKIP votes were there? If it was a few thousand, they're generally going to go blue and sure up the Tories.
mytisbrewin
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Same here. The last time the seat was anything other than conservative was 1945.
Theonik
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It's really weird coming from the country that built the NHS and 2m houses in 5 years whilst being devastated by WWII on the premise of 'This is what society needs'.
Champers on ice already?
The future's bright
Crazy. Doesn't feel like that place anymore. Well, based on the election coverage I've seen of folk. Every fucker wants services but wants someone else to pay for them.
Fernando Fernandez
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Portsmouth North here so doomed. However Portsmouth South I have hope for as it has a lot of students there.
Stead Fast
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Unless you're voting in Islington North, Corbyn's name won't be anywhere near a ballot paper. You're voting for your MP, whatever party they represent (if any party at all), and the resulting winner will be the party that nets the majority constituency seats in Parliament.
Camper Van Beethoven
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Im not confused. I understand why people would be though. The sun is telling you not to vote for Corbyn. Not to not vote for *your mp here*
PJV3
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At least they're showing some interest and a vote will contribute to the national picture, even if just to show they exist.
Isn't high election turn out bad for the Tories? It would mean that the youth have showed up.
On 3 and a bit now. They only sell Elvis Juice in 2/3rds as its strong.
Did you have a Taco Bell open near you?
And this is why "vote just vote vote because if you don't fuck you" is a terrible thing to tell people.
Also fuck Facebook. It gives any idiot a platform to be s self righteous cunt.
How Green are we talking here. Brighton Pavilion?
Fact is, most of the electorate have no idea what the fuck they are doing. You are learning and that is good! More than most people.
Darkstorne
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Yep, hence getting the drinks ready to celebrate =D
Just got back from casting my Labour vote. Would love to know if this email rumour is true. Going to see what I can find about it.
Yo guys go easy on BareKnuckles, he/she a first time voter and got confused. I thought the same thing as him/her the first time I ever went to vote, what a shock that was.
Yeah, this is true. The media tends to treat UK elections as if they're the same as Presidential elections in other countries, and thus make everything revolve around the party leader, when it is far from being the case in reality.
Yeah, this is true. The media tends to treat UK elections as if they're the same as Presidential elections in other countries, and thus make everything revolve around the party leader, when it is far from being the case in reality.
In this election, which has been pretty defensive for Labour, I'd say the local Tory party have classified it as "fairly safe."
Putyouinmyoven
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I think a LOT of people have the impression that if it's written down, it's true. Why would the newspapers lie after all, they are just there to relay the news
BareKnuckle
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Yes Brighton Pavilion, thats crazy that you knew that haha!
I guess I won't make that mistake again though eh.
Also yeah I second everyone on FB being a self righteous prick, Im not one to push politics on Facebook as I consider myself too ignorant of the matter to try and tell anyone else what to do (as you can probably tell). But yeah accidentally exposed 10 Facebook politicians who had no idea we were voting local.
Thanks guys!
I've seen multiple people today parotting the same shit.
People are crazy.
Brighton Pavilion is basically a green safe seat and labour second. You shouldn't need to worry too much about the Conservatives getting in there. It's all good!
It helps that it is the constituency of Caroline Lucas, the leader of the party.
EDIT: Oops double post. I assumed in this thread someone would reply before me.
Taco Bell missed out on not having some sort of Taconservative vs. Labouritto promotion.
It's one of maybe two or three seats in the country that voting Green would be the sensible choice to keep the Tories out, so it wasn't super hard to narrow down.
It's one of maybe two or three seats in the country that voting Green would be the sensible choice to keep the Tories out, so it wasn't super hard to narrow down.
Yeah, assuming he/she is voting for the first time not out of apathy, just going to the polling booth is a hell of a lot better than most of my classmates at their first election
Luckily Brewdog are from Scotland, or the promotion for a voting selfie might have been a free bottle of White Lightning.
QuicheFontaine
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Isn't it a no-brainer to send out something like that on the day, regardless of what the turnout actually is??
Scousefury
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Job done voted Labour. Time to start collecting bottle caps to satisfy the nuclear 9's tax collection scheme. Feels like the thatcher years all over again, no hope only undue suffering of the poor.
Huw_Dawson
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Thank you! Kingston will be very close!
Certainly, it's something I'd probably do regardless of the truth stated in it were I running the campaign. Makes sense to try and galvanise your base into feeling a sense of urgency regarding it even if it isn't actually there.
My thoughts exactly. And it's a desperate reach to describe it as "Tories hate high turnout"
Huw_Dawson
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FWIW skimming Twitter it seems broadly consistent that turnout is high.
Scousefury
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What are the chances that Labour win the popular vote but the tories get a majority?
Little Old Man
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I'm feeling incredibly depressed about all of this. I don't think I've ever felt like my vote had less meaning, and I'm in a marginal constituency (that the conservatives are going to win).
Was also annoyed to see a conservative volunteer asking for votes / polling cards outside my polling office.
Was also annoyed to see a conservative volunteer asking for votes / polling cards outside my polling office.
Glad to be doing my part. Hopefully it'll make a difference. I've seen a lot of Lib Dem signs in my area...like, almost every third house when I go running.
Huw_Dawson
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That's just a teller, it's for each party's internal data game. They'll be sending out teams to knock up any Tory voter who they don't see a card from.
Pretty sure that is illegal. You aren't allowed to campaign on the day/near polling stations.
If you can get proof and contact the electoral commision, that would be good.
Musha_Soturi
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6K ukip in 2015. I've got no hope then.
Damn. Well at least I voted so I'm entitled to moan about it.
That's what we have to clong to come tomorrow morning. We can moan!
Not unprecedented by unlikely. If they did "win" the popular vote, they likely would still have fewer seats, that much is true. It's just the "winning the popular vote" bit that isn't likely.
They'll remember this day for the rest of their lives.
Huw_Dawson
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Telling - which is the act of finding out how someone voted after they have done so - is perfectly fine. The person running the station has to be aware of it, and you're only allowed to wear a coloured rosette, no party logos or anything.
If you voted for their candidate, tell them how you voted - it will save that party time knocking you up later.
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