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[thechemist]

Your participation in observing election night is going to be interesting for one night.

Your participation in your own exam is much more long ranged and important. Sucks though.

QFT and good luck killer_clank!

 

[Deadman]

Prediction

Lib: 136
Lab: 236
Con: 277

 

[MrPing1000]

I voted.

Northern Ireland being the backward country as it is, is totally tribal, policies mean dick to most people. Peter Robinson has been my MP since 1979 and he hates gay people.

Hence I voted alliance and someone I went to school with is running for the council. He is the most boring person on earth, so I voted for him.

 

[DeyTukRJerbs]

Voted Lib Dem in Macclesfield, a safe Tory seat.

The Conservative candidate was stood outside the polling station but he blanked me as I walked past so I feel justified in my choice. :lol

 

[Parl]

It is my third course, and it's one of those exams where you pick what questions you do. I think I've revised enough, so I'm gonna take the night low and see how it goes. Besides, I can study during the dull bits. :lol

The exam is at 2 so I'll get sleep in the morning no bother.

Works out well it seems. It's all about a good night's sleep then. Memory consolidation and all that.

 

[mclem]

It reminds me of an 80's kids show called Knightmare. :lol

Do NOT diss Knightmare.

(Besides which, that was largely not CGI; it was generally painted backgrounds chromakeyed in)

 

[killer_clank]

Works out well it seems. It's all about a good night's sleep then. Memory consolidation and all that.

Heh, knowing me I'll give up the ghost at 2am anyways. Depends how exciting it is.

 

[Atrophis]

It reminds me of an 80's kids show called Knightmare. :lol

Best kids tv show EVEEERR!!

+2 for Lid Dem here and trip to chippy complete

The polling station was packed. Long queue right out the front door. Busiest ive ever seen.

 

[Kowak]

BBC will have a correspondent in every constituency, Sky havent got the resources for this according to The Times.

 

[scotcheggz]

It reminds me of an 80's kids show called Knightmare. :lol

Used to love that show! Stick a bucket on some poor kids head and yell at him for 20 minutes :lol

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

+1 Lib Dems in Bath and North East Somerset

 

[killer_clank]

Wall Street is crashing. Joy.

 

[Chinner]

7.40pm: The BBC journalist Martha Kearney, who is presenting tonight's election results programme on Radio 4, could be in trouble.

My colleague Matt Wells points out that she appears to have broken the BBC's election rules by tweeting the following:


Senior Tory tells me they have small overall majority.

and this:

Lab campaign source tells they think 310-320 for Cons; 280 for Lab. 71% turnout

They may or may not have been deleted by the time you read this.

The BBC election rules state:

On polling day, the BBC, in common with other broadcasters, will cease to report campaigns from 06.00 and until the polls close.

We will restrict our coverage to factual accounts, for example, of the level of the poll, politicians' appearances at polling stations and the weather to ensure that while the polls are open nothing in our output can be construed as influencing the ballot.

It will provide some comfort to politicians that it's not only they who err on Twitter ...

: (

 

[Dambrosi]

BBC will have a correspondent in every constituency, Sky haven't got the resources for this according to The Times.

Ah, good old Auntie Beeb. A national institution, I tell you what.

Spoiler

Pity the Tories want to destroy it, just like the NHS and public services

Wall Street is crashing. Joy.

Huh? Anything to do with us?

 

[Sage00]

Forget Greece. Clearly news of a Tory majority has caused Wall Street to crash.

 

[Dawb]

I voted.

Northern Ireland being the backward country as it is, is totally tribal, policies mean dick to most people. Peter Robinson has been my MP since 1979 and he hates gay people.

Hence I voted alliance and someone I went to school with is running for the council. He is the most boring person on earth, so I voted for him.

I know how it is, SF/DUP are basically unelectable to me. SDLP, Alliance and even UUP are not so bad, but I don't expect either to make any real gains at this election. Dodds was delivering scaremongering literature in North Belfast telling people if they didn't vote him they'd be essentially voting Kelly. :lol

 

[taranatar]

Another +2 for Lib Dems here

 

[Songbird]

Ah, good old Auntie Beeb. A national institution, I tell you what.

Spoiler

Pity the Tories want to destroy it, just like the NHS and public services

Makes me wonder why they got all excited about the whole thing. At least without a clear majority the Tories would have some opposition to dismantling the corp.

 

[curls]

Used to love that show! Stick a bucket on some poor kids head and yell at him for 20 minutes :lol

1:04 onwards
Simon sidestep to your left! :lol

 

[PumpkinPie]

This is going to end up a hung parliament, isn't it? Looking at this thread the votes seem much more mixed than I had anticipated.

 

[Kowak]

: (

if true then WOW at the numbers. Only thing for her is she did it on twitter so the BBC havent broadcasted anything.

 

[NekoFever]

+1 Lib Dem

My mum voted Lib Dem as well. He hasn't told me but I'm 80% sure that my dad went Tory, just because he always does - he reckons that Thatcher was the best thing to happen to this country and all that -_-

Popped round to my parents' house on the way back from voting and was regaled from upstairs by my dad's friend saying how I should have voted Tory because I'm wasting my vote if I didn't - I'm not even starting on the logic there. I heard him complaining how his wife and daughter "wasted" their votes by going Lib Dem.

I did see a lot of younger first-time voters and there was a fair queue at the polling station - a shipping container in a car park - so a surprise would be nice.

 

[Chinner]

if true then WOW at the numbers. Only thing for her is she did it on twitter so the BBC havent broadcasted anything.

looks like our chance of electoral reform has been missed. I'm going to miss the BBC

 

[dtrack]

Hey guys, I made a poll on who voted for who :lol

http://gamesquare.co.uk/poll

 

[killer_clank]

Those apparently leaked results are TERRIBLE for the Lib Dems. So bad I don't believe them.

 

[Sage00]

Those apparently leaked results are TERRIBLE for the Lib Dems. So bad I don't believe them.

Yeah. This

Lab campaign source tells they think 310-320 for Cons; 280 for Lab. 71% turnout

Means <20% for Lib Dems. That would be an insane collapse if so.

 

[Kowak]

looks like our chance of electoral reform has been missed. I'm going to miss the BBC

dont worry, i think its bogus 590 out of 650 for the big two i dont see happening this time round. that puts the lib dems in the 40s and there is no way they are gonna be that low.

 

[Chinner]

Those apparently leaked results are TERRIBLE for the Lib Dems. So bad I don't believe them.

Its possible lib dem support collapsed. lib dem voters are the most likely to change their vote according to polls (thats the problem of picking up meh voters), likewise almost 40% of voters are undecided.

I hope it isnt the case, and I hope its just party propaganda.

 

[Gary Whitta]

Looks like Clegg's novelty/celebrity factor didn't hold up over time, the political earthquake his first debate performance promised perhaps failing to materialize after all...

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

Means <20% for Lib Dems. That would be an insane collapse if so.

On the bright side it would give Poli Sci Majors stuff to write about for years trying to explain it. lol

 

[Dark Machine]

+1 for the Lib Dems in Sheffield Central. Just voted and there were a few people in there, more coming in just as I left too. Also voted for them in council election. As I was going in a guy who just voted came out and said "Come on the Liberals!" so maybe there's hope.

Also saw the ticking off sheet. I was like the 4100th voter at that station, and that most of the people living around me hadn't voted.

 

[Walshicus]

Looks like Clegg's novelty/celebrity factor didn't hold up over time, the political earthquake his first debate performance promised perhaps failing to materialize after all...

A result of the voting system.

I know people who were so close to voting Lib Dem but just couldn't let the Tories in. Same old story.

 

[Dr Zhivago]

That US site had Lab & LD with the same vote share, but Labour winning twice as many seats. Hooray for our voting system!

I'm still predicting a repeat of 1992 - small Tory majority that is gradually eroded over the next few years until they're a minority government.

 

[Feathers]

Just voted Lib Dem in Wolverhampton South East. Not that it matters, looks like the Tories are picking this seat up. Go hung parliment!

 

[Kowak]

Just voted Lib Dem in Wolverhampton South East. Not that it matters, looks like the Tories are picking this seat up. Go hung parliment!

boo, my cousin is the MP there, i would be very surprised if he lost it.

 

[Empty]

If the Lib Dems don't gain on 2005 after all this i will despair.

 

[Varion]

If the Lib Dems don't gain on 2005 after all this i will despair.

Same

I'm really starting to get gloomy now. Done all I can though.

 

[Stevie Gerrard]

+1 for the Lib Dems in Sheffield Central. Just voted and there were a few people in there, more coming in just as I left too. Also voted for them in council election. As I was going in a guy who just voted came out and said "Come on the Liberals!" so maybe there's hope.

Also saw the ticking off sheet. I was like the 4100th voter at that station, and that most of the people living around me hadn't voted.

+1 Labour in Sheffield Central I think it's going to be close but I wouldn't be too bothered if Scriven won. Whereabouts was your polling station? Ours in netherthorpe was busier than usual too.

As for the national results I think the tories are going to sneak a small majority I put a bet on this at the height of cleggmania but I don't think the money I win will cheer me up much

 

[Varion]

+1 Labour in Sheffield Central I think it's going to be close but I wouldn't be too bothered if Scriven won. Whereabouts was your polling station? Ours in netherthorpe was busier than usual too.

As for the national results I think the tories are going to sneak a small majority I put a bet on this at the height of cleggmania but I don't think the money I win will cheer me up much

How close do you live to us? :lol It was uh... a church on Fawcett Street here.

Should've put a ton on it, at least then you could be cheered by having enough money to get out of the country!

 

[Wes]

It's a defence by the Labs/Cons because they know those wacky Lib Dem jock weed stoners are waking up to go vote now.

 

[Dabookerman]

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[Sage00]

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Why did you edit that out? :lol

 

[CruxisMana]

Some chav that I used to go to school with just told everyone via Facebook that he voted BNP because "thier not racist they just want whats best ".

Not enough facepalms...

 

[curls]

It's a defence by the Labs/Cons because they know those wacky Lib Dem jock weed stoners are waking up to go vote now.

I wish.

 

[Wes]

Deputy Political Editor of the Evening Standard, Paul Waugh, tweets:

(Former)Lab MPs in Lab-Con marginals v depressed at young m.class voters switching to LD. Fear big Con gains. Blaming Guardian.

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Stevie Gerrard]

How close do you live to us? :lol It was uh... a church on Fawcett Street here.

Should've put a ton on it, at least then you could be cheered by having enough money to get out of the country!

Yeah.. same church :lol I live about 1 minute walk away from it towards the tram stop

I think I win £32 if the tories get a majority

 

[Gary Whitta]

Clegg = Nader confirmed?

 

[Feathers]

boo, my cousin is the MP there, i would be very surprised if he lost it.

You probably know more about the constituency then I do then, only been here half a year so I can't say I'm familiar with people's allegiances. It might be close, most of the crowd I met before I voted said they were going Tory but that probably counts for very little. Good luck to Rob anyway.

edit: Whoops, put South East instead of South West. Your cousin's probably safe then

 

[zonetrooper5]

I voted for the Monster Raving Loony Party, rather have them in power (unlikely) than any other party. Plus the local elections in my area is shit, I had to pick between independent, labour and two tory candidates, decided to go with labour and independent on this one. First time I've voted since I turned 18 last year.

 

[Wes]

Channel 4's coverage starts in 10 minutes!