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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2010 => Topic started by: The Village Idiot on May 06, 2010, 03:57:22 PM
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Oh come on we need some results.
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01630/electionProtest_1630665c.jpg)
Protesters being removed from voting site in Witney in Oxfordshire.
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You are going to find many sites are very slow due to the numbers wanting to follow the results, but here are some places:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/General-Election-2010-Results-Decision-Time-Live-Twitter-Blog-Cameron-Clegg-Brown-Race-To-Be-PM/Article/201005115626700?lpos=Politics_Top_Stories_Header_0&lid=ARTICLE_15626700_General_Election_2010_Results_Decision_Time_Live_Twitter_Blog_Cameron_Clegg_Brown_Race_To_Be_PM
www.politicalbetting.com
http://timesonline.typepad.com/election10/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
edited to add
http://www.itv.com/news/election2010/
http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/5976763/election-night-live-blog.thtml
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There was a small plane crash of a UKIP leader
A fight between a BNP candidate and Muslim yutes
Its a real good time for a thread.
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Expect the first results about 3-4 hours after this post.
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2217 The Spectator's Fraser Nelson and The Guardian's Polly Toynbee are in rare agreement on Sky News - that the exit poll's Lib Dem seat count is suspiciously and unbelievably low. But how could one of the largest polls of the election (18,000 people were surveyed) get it so wrong?
heh
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2217 The Spectator's Fraser Nelson and The Guardian's Polly Toynbee are in rare agreement on Sky News - that the exit poll's Lib Dem seat count is suspiciously and unbelievably low. But how could one of the largest polls of the election (18,000 people were surveyed) get it so wrong?
heh
The thing that is unusual is the performance so far of the Liberal Democrat Party. Previously they have been the third party and quite a long way behind, this year they have been level with Labour or ahead in second place which is unprecedented. As it happens almost no one thinks that the exit poll is right in terms of translating votes to seats, and probably that's because it can't tell us how the votes are distributed between constituencies.
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About 12-15% of the people voted by mail, mostly during Cleggmania, says the Financial Times. Its very possible the mail ballots tilt their way more than todays vote does.
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first result... 55% turnout
2251 First result: Houghton & Sunderland South: Labour hold seat with 19,137 for Bridget Phillipson. Tories second with 8,147. Turnout of 55pc
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first result... 55% turnout
2251 First result: Houghton & Sunderland South: Labour hold seat with 19,137 for Bridget Phillipson. Tories second with 8,147. Turnout of 55pc
8.5% swing from Labour to Conservative in a safe Labour seat. Good news for the Tories.
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8.5% swing from Labour to Conservative in a safe Labour seat. Good news for the Tories.
Telegraph Tweets
2303 Has Labour's Douglas Alexander had early word of the count in Ed Balls' constituency, when the Education Secretary is facing a serious Tory challenge? He's just told Jeremy Paxman that "if the polls are correct we lose some very valuable colleagues this evening".
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Another link for some instant twitter analysis http://twitter.com/henrymacrory
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Bij....what is your prediction for the outcome?
doc
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Perhaps the clusterf*ck in Greece will put some wind in the Tory sails.
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Bij....what is your prediction for the outcome?
doc
Up to today I'd have said a hung Parliament (no single party able to form a majority) but the sings we have seen in these two seats make me hopeful of a Conservative majority.
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Another safe Labour seat had an 11% swing toward Cons.
Wow.
even though they had no chance, if that happens in the competitive races, its all over.
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Bij....what is your prediction for the outcome?
doc
Now?
Now I say bare Tory Majority.
An hour ago I said Tories get a minority government.
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Up to today I'd have said a hung Parliament (no single party able to form a majority) but the sings we have seen in these two seats make me hopeful of a Conservative majority.
As I turn my ear toward the Atlantic, the wailing from the Lib Dem folks is nearly deafening. Everything I have read seems to put conservatives in the lead, maybe <<just>> enough to snag a majority.
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As I turn my ear toward the Atlantic, the wailing from the Lib Dem folks is nearly deafening. Everything I have read seems to put conservatives in the lead, maybe <<just>> enough to snag a majority.
The first 3 seats were all safe Labour constituencies. They suffered 8, 11 and 4 percent swings toward the Cons though.
It could be a big night for the Cons.
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Election count centre in Londonderry is evacuated
The centre has been evacuated following a security alert
Counting in Foyle and East Londonderry constituencies has been suspended due to a security alert.
A suspicious car was abandoned at Templemore Sports Complex in Londonderry.
It is understood a nearby sheltered housing complex for elderly people has also been evacuated. .. .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/northern_ireland/8666316.stm
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Did Sinn Fein lose a seat?
lol
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May 7. 12.00am (WH) In Chester, a marginal seat held by Labour, the BBC reports that more than 600 people were turned away from polling stations – because the electoral register had not been properly updated. As David Dimbleby points out, this is scandalous. It will likely to lead to a legal challenge.
600 people!! In a close seat??
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DUP and Sinn Fein both hold seats
Edinburgh South > LibDem Gain (Labour loses a seat)
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Yes, Labour in flames! :cheersmate:
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results are coming fast and furious now.
VIDEO BBC- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/liveevent/
Vote results- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7083987/General-Election-2010-results.html
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Yes, Labour in flames! :cheersmate:
Woo! Never would have guessed Labour would go down like this. Love to see a Tory majority. Granted, I tend to pay more attention to the Her Majesty's realm to the north of us, but there's something about the Brit style system that's very intriguing.
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Ive taken a look at the Tory platform - definitely not as rightward as I'd like to see - however, judging by the current party planks, they seem to have a lot in common with the far more populist Tea Party movement here in the USA.
I have also noticed a whole bunch of new Tory MPs are women, as are a lot of the Tea Party movers and shakers. I can only look at these results and find them quite uplifting.
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Woo! Never would have guessed Labour would go down like this. Love to see a Tory majority. Granted, I tend to pay more attention to the Her Majesty's realm to the north of us, but there's something about the Brit style system that's very intriguing.
Labour did lose quite a few seats, what seems to have caught the British off guard is not that Labour lost seats, but that the Lib Dems also lost seats. It appears that a lot of young British looked at the Lib Dems as their own Hopey-Changey skittle-crapping unicorn sort of movement, which didn't quite work out as planned. :-)
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Ive taken a look at the Tory platform - definitely not as rightward as I'd like to see
And if they forge a coalition, they will have to move ven farther left.
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And if they forge a coalition, they will have to move ven farther left.
This is true - but not as far left as it could be - Seems in American terms, the major race was between JFK Democrats and Socialists. Since this is Britain and most of us here have no say, Ill take the JFK Dems in a heartbeat.