Politics Thread!

[pogo]

And 10 for the Lib Dems, again according to the BBC exit poll, less than half what polls were predicting, which itself was a terrible result for them. 10 is utter annihilation.

[Cloudane]

RIP, NHS... it was nice while we had ye!

Dark times ahead. Oh well, we're British, we'll pull through.
Remember: Could be worse, could be UKIP

[phattslagg]

YouGov exit poll is a lot less worrying. A glimmer of hope remains.

[Cloudane]

Who knows. The past doesn't sound like it bodes well, as exit polls go.

As another indication of how well the Tories are doing, currently in the pub I'm surrounded by their supporters. The guy on the table next to us is a massive supporter, the 20something friend behind the bar (not rich or anything, this is his job) is a massive Tory and huge fan of Thatcher (even though she was before his time), the guy is a bit of a twat as he keeps ranting racist and sexist comments and I think has a lot of sympathy for UKIP, the lad who is a friend is really nice.
Another friend here voted for them because he's in the public sector and due to the cuts they're closing the office where he works and moving his job to another town a 45 minute journey away as an alternative to redundancy, which he sees as doing him a favour (because for now, they're paying his transport costs). But then he is just basically an idiot (if a nice one, and yes I'd say that to his face and he knows it )
There's just my dad and I who voted Lab.

[TFO]

But then he is just basically an idiot (if a nice one)

And therein lies the problem

[VNVObit]

Best tweet so far

Opus Dei could only look in awe at a population happy to inflict another five tory years on themselves

kinda of sums up my reaction to the poll

[zip accident]

Best tweet so far

Opus Dei could only look in awe at a population happy to inflict another five tory years on themselves

kinda of sums up my reaction to the poll

It's an exit opinion poll. It might be right, it might be wrong.

[venusian]

National facepalm time. Absolutely staggering that there are enough people to vote into power a party operated purely for the benefit of a tiny minority. Again.

If they execute on their promises there will surely be riots.

[zip accident]

The exit poll will certainly not be 1000% accurate, it might be low on the Con's seats for instance, though I hope not.

Two actual results so far, both Labour holds.

The Lib Dems got a shellacking in the first, no news how they've done at the second so far.

[zip accident]

We'll get at most twenty results on the day, maybe not one, though that's probably equally as unlikely as twenty.

Three, count them.

[pogo]

Yes. But, as anticipated, we have had a big surprise on the day too, in the exit poll. Whether this turns into an upset we will know in a couple of hours time.

[venusian]

Hoping the exit poll is badly distorted by shy (i.e. ashamed) UKIP voters and the swivel eyed loon vote is properly split.

[zip accident]

Yes. But, as anticipated, we have had a big surprise on the day too, in the exit poll. Whether this turns into an upset we will know in a couple of hours time.

As also anticipated then, at this point it is all "ifs, buts, and maybes".

We will get some more results in a bit, but it very probably won't be before this afternoon that the result is known for sure.

<edit> Politicians, being impulsive creatures, will probably do deals and make concessions while the smaller details are still in doubt, but I'm talking about results, not deals.

[pogo]

So far (that is after 11 only results) there is a swing to Labour and to the Tories, confirming the exit poll, or if anything a little worse for Labour. They are not taking votes off the Tories, which they need to do to win. Nor are UKIP hurting the Tories enough to help Labour. And this is before any Scottish results though which will mean massive losses in seats and votes for Labour.

[zip accident]

So far (that is after 11 only results) there is a swing to Labour and to the Tories, confirming the exit poll, or if anything a little worse for Labour. They are not taking votes off the Tories, which they need to do to win. Nor are UKIP hurting the Tories enough to help Labour. And this is before any Scottish results though which will mean massive losses in seats and votes for Labour.

The big losers seem to be the Lib Dems, if they do get cut back to 10 seats, that will make things interesting. Mind you, there was a time the Liberal Party had three seats.