The 'org Election Special Thread

Shrewsbury expected to declare at 3am. They don't need to stay up, it'll be a Tory hold with an increased majority.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Ed

Shrewsbury expected to declare at 3am. They don't need to stay up, it'll be a Tory hold with an increased majority.

IoW is in danger of slipping to the Lib Dems, the Tory council have made a few enemies in the last few years by being the ones who had to force through inevitable school reform, so it'll be interesting to see what happens...

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

Yes but steady on, Labour have a cat in hell's chance of a win here so splitting it would hand a seat to the Blues or the Yellows

And that's just not how you fiddle the constituency boundaries...

No??? You sure about that???

Don't mind as long as it's blues...

Anyway 'I agree with Nick'

Do I hell...

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Ed

Am reading on the Beeb website about problems voting. I voted on the way to work and for the first time in 10 years in that polling station, I had to queue.

Same here, I've always had the same polling station, (my primary school!), and I've never queued to vote before, this evening I waited in a queue of 30 or so people, by the time I had voted the queue was out of the door - perhaps ~50 people.

I spoke to one of the local candidates, (my neighbour), and he said that turnout was up significantly.

[the_lone_wolf]

I did hear one group pointing at the candidate sheet exclaim "Bob Keats? I thought he was dead" - The green party obviously not campaigning very hard down here

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

I spoke to one of the local candidates, (my neighbour), and he said that turnout was up significantly.

That can only be a good thing. I don't care whoever people vote for (as long as it's Conservative) as long as they use one of the very few democratic rights we have left. I'm passionate about voting, it was local election day on the day I was discharged from hospital after my off in 2004 and I went into the polling station in a wheelchair on the way home. Grandfather fought the Germans in the Battle of the Atlantic and FIL fought the Japs in Singapore so that I can have this luxury and I will never but never take it for granted.

[L3nny]

Originally Posted by Ed

Well they have had since 7am...

My thoughts exactly but there are reports coming in that it's a widespread problem. Why they rely on paper votes in 2010 I have no idea. If everyone voted on computers all results would be in within the hour.

Question is who the lib dems stole votes from. Hung parliament seems to be the popular outcome.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Ed

one of the very few democratic rights we have left.

Sadly, this is the bit of your post that really stands out right now.

All the rest quite true of course.

i know it doesnt effect you loy that much but its earth shaking back home that robinson (the leader of the NI goverment) lost his seat in the most staunch dup area of belfast (east) also looking like a greeny (brighton) getting there first mp, man this is getting weird