Poll: The official I voted/election results thread

[Freddie1980]

Ed Balls looks like he could lose his seat he has a 1100 majority.

 

[Abraham]

What was on the table wasn't PR tho, was it. It was something a lot more confusing (AV).

It was a massively crippled version of PR, which was massively campaigned against by the tories, which in hindsight was probably a bad move, because AV would have benefited them based on the last election results.

 

[Rroff]

Does anyone know how its supposed to be? - talking to a couple of people living in outlying parts they claim they only had the option of voting for either the Lib Dem or Labour representative for this area and that was that for both local and general. (In town we had a whole raft of options).

 

[Judgeneo]

A 20 seat shift from the exit poll to Labour wouldn't give them enough for a majority.
A 20 seat shift to the conservatives would...


Can't wait for the final result!

 

[robfosters]

Polls were probably closer because people don't usually like admitting voting Tory.

Only good thing left to come from this is for Shouty Man to lose out in South Thanet. That would be hilarious and pretty much put him back in his box and he can then **** off back under the same rock Nick Griffin crawled out of.

No matter what you think of him, you really cant bracket him with Griffin.

 

[Azza]

Paddy thinks the exit poll is no where near right. LD senior head they will have lost 10.

 

[robfosters]

Emily Maitlis is foxy for a lady of the mature variety.

 

[Kenai]

Can someone explain why we can't have a popular vote system? Everyone votes and the party with the most wins? It would seem to me to be the fairest way to reflect voter intent.

Ultimately the problem is that such a system would lead to a hung Parliament every election, given you'd end up with 3 or 4 big-ish parties polling 20 to 30% each, you'd very rarely get 50% or more to form a single government.

That said, that is only really a problem in itself because our government works on a system where one party proposes something and instructs all it's members to vote yes whilst the opposing parties vote no. If MPs all just voted for what they actually thought themselves then the whole party system would be irrelevent and it wouldn't matter, you'd just need to elect a sensible local MP from any party at all and trust that they voted sensible in the House.

 

[Wizzfizz]

Looks like it's going to be another 5years of hitting the poorest, putting the most vulnerable people into more poverty

 

[D13]

Does anyone know how its supposed to be? - talking to a couple of people living in outlying parts they claim they only had the option of voting for either the Lib Dem or Labour representative for this area and that was that for both local and general. (In town we had a whole raft of options).

Well that is very suspicious, someone posted earlier that on some voting papers, they were missing candidates due to some IT error.

 

[ElliorR]

Emily Maitlis is foxy for a lady of the mature variety.

She's 44 ffs, that's not mature.

 

[antijoke]

Certainly going to be interest how all this shakes out.

 

[robgmun]

What's quite interesting is that on the OCUK 'Voting Intentions' thread, the UKIP were constantly polling higher than the LibDems until today. Just goes to show that what people think they're going to do, change when they stand in the voting booth.

They're still polling higher than the LibDems, i presume you mean Labour?

 

[muon]

Polls were probably closer because people don't usually like admitting voting Tory.

But they do admit it to exit pollers?

 

[JBod]

I was close to not voting but labour would benefit me the most. My biggest issue with the tories is the "Rich get richer, poor get poorer" mantra they seem to follow. Cutting the welfare budget to critical levels whilst giving millionaires and businesses tax cuts, all whilst not closing any loopholes in the business tax system. Terrible party with an arrogant leader. The average joe is going to get shafted big time if those Tory clowns get in again.

Thing is (if the exit polls are to be believed) the average guy has benefited under the Conservatives otherwise people wouldn't be voting for them.

I can understand your point of view but the poor don't get poorer. Or if they do it doesn't last long. The last Labour government had an unsustainable economic model, to balance that out some harsh decisions had to be made.

Keeping big business and yes the millionaires that run it in the country is absolutely critical to keep us afloat as a nation. Driving them out would devastate us, we need the companies creating jobs and giving people work to STOP the poor getting poorer and into jobs.

 

[The Geezer]

Who bets on such things?!!? I can understand betting on sport....but on politics?!? Just no.

It's another indicator. I don't bet but the bookies are generally not in the habit of giving money away

 

[Merlin5]

Emily Maitlis is foxy for a lady of the mature variety.

You mean you'd show her your swingometer.

 

[George Hincapie]

Emily Maitlis is foxy for a lady of the mature variety.

She doesn't look very robust

 

[thebennyboy]

Looks like it's going to be another 5years of hitting the poorest, putting the most vulnerable people into more poverty

Actually going to leave the country if those sacks of **** known as the tories get in again. R.I.P my JSA.

 

[Azza]

Paddy Ashdown's Hat ‏@paddys_hat 12m12 minutes ago

No ****ing way is he eating me