I'm not sorry
That’ll be sone going for Sinn Fein and the DUP to fail to get any seats in Northern Ireland 
I hope that the result in France doesn't embolden the Far Right here. Sad times
DavPaz wrote:
I hope that the result in France doesn't embolden the Far Right here. Sad times
I’ve been having those exact same worries, DavPaz.
Handy guide to the results possibly worth staying up/waking up for
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... p=drivesdk
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... p=drivesdk
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Entered game 'BEEX 2024' as 'Malc'
Your predictions for UK General Election 2024:
Labour 450
Conservative 49
Liberal Democrat 101
SNP 24
Green 4
Plaid Cymru 4
Reform 0
Other / Independent 18
If you would like to change your prediction, you will need to delete this one and create a new one.
Hullo all!
I'll be staying up for this one at a friends. I haven't taken part in any betting and I don't think I can even manage a sweepstake as I've been hurt so often these last ten or so years in all things political that I have almost a Pavlovian electroshock reaction to anything that requires me to say who I think will win.
However in the event that it is indeed good and heartening news I am taking a very special bottle of wine along which is of a particular special vintage, to be hopefully cracked open at the exit polls. In the event of somehow bad news a different but still good wine will be opened. In the event of happy good wine time I'll pop in with my tasting notes, and to let you also know how Liz Truss's tears taste to mine palate. I've also booked the day after off to cope with hangover and get a lot of Unicorn Overlord in, which I am currently addicted to.
I've also pledged for this election extended weekend not to think about politics overseas, so that hopefully I can have some moments of pure unalloyed joy envisaging that this is the start of an upward crawl to the sort of dream future along the lines of Daft Punk Interstellar 555 eternal partying, or STNG but with a better dress sense and a non-homicidal holodeck.
I'll be staying up for this one at a friends. I haven't taken part in any betting and I don't think I can even manage a sweepstake as I've been hurt so often these last ten or so years in all things political that I have almost a Pavlovian electroshock reaction to anything that requires me to say who I think will win.
However in the event that it is indeed good and heartening news I am taking a very special bottle of wine along which is of a particular special vintage, to be hopefully cracked open at the exit polls. In the event of somehow bad news a different but still good wine will be opened. In the event of happy good wine time I'll pop in with my tasting notes, and to let you also know how Liz Truss's tears taste to mine palate. I've also booked the day after off to cope with hangover and get a lot of Unicorn Overlord in, which I am currently addicted to.
I've also pledged for this election extended weekend not to think about politics overseas, so that hopefully I can have some moments of pure unalloyed joy envisaging that this is the start of an upward crawl to the sort of dream future along the lines of Daft Punk Interstellar 555 eternal partying, or STNG but with a better dress sense and a non-homicidal holodeck.
It’s been disheartening on my days in work hearing how people intend to vote. I’m still hopeful that Labour will get in but looking at France and the state of the UK I’m still worried what the future holds.
What have your coworkers been saying their voting intentions are?
“Ive just never voted Labour” “I like how Farage gives answers, not like the other ones” “Labour will cost us an extra £2,000” off the top of my head. I try to debunk as much as I can but for professional workers some of these are thick as pig shit… the general population scare the fuck out of me.
I've only ever voted Lib Dems or Green, (I've lived in a super safe Tory seat, then two super safe Labour seats and now for the last 16 years a super super safe Tory seat again)
But as far as I can tell the MRP individual seat polling stuff seems to suggest it will be super close with Labour this time with the reform guy stealing half of the conservative vote.
I really don't want to vote for Labour, but I'd kick myself if it was a couple of votes that decided it.
On the other hand if it's a decent victory either way, I know that for every X votes, the parties get a certain amount of money, and I would hate to deny them that.
But as far as I can tell the MRP individual seat polling stuff seems to suggest it will be super close with Labour this time with the reform guy stealing half of the conservative vote.
I really don't want to vote for Labour, but I'd kick myself if it was a couple of votes that decided it.
On the other hand if it's a decent victory either way, I know that for every X votes, the parties get a certain amount of money, and I would hate to deny them that.
Zardoz wrote:
“Ive just never voted Labour” “I like how Farage gives answers, not like the other ones” “Labour will cost us an extra £2,000” off the top of my head. I try to debunk as much as I can but for professional workers some of these are thick as pig shit… the general population scare the fuck out of me.
Yeah I get the feeling loads of morons round here will vote for reform. Let's face it the thick fuckers have got form with Brexit.
Zardoz wrote:
“Ive just never voted Labour” “I like how Farage gives answers, not like the other ones” “Labour will cost us an extra £2,000” off the top of my head. I try to debunk as much as I can but for professional workers some of these are thick as pig shit… the general population scare the fuck out of me.
"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
Not sure times have changed since then. Jesus, if Reform somehow win or something, or the Tories get another five, due to a clusterf**k of stupidity, then I'm just going to roam the streets at night howling like the Italian writer Giovanni Guareschi did on the election of Mussolini. Howling I say. Like a dog.
Fortunately unless the polls have been consistently lying since the last bazillion years that shouldn't happen. But I've been knocking on every available bit of wood these last three weeks. I don't want to be twenty-sixteened again.
I've had to course correct my mother in law multiple times as she starts parroting reform bullshit.
My favourite: "if Labour get in, they'll raise taxes!"
"Good. I'll gladly pay another £50 a month if it means children can eat"
"oh, when you put it like that..."
My favourite: "if Labour get in, they'll raise taxes!"
"Good. I'll gladly pay another £50 a month if it means children can eat"
"oh, when you put it like that..."
Don't forget your ID, oh warriors of the Good Fight!
Happy Fuck-the-Tories Day!
Giphy "it's here!":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/fGWWHg7bKH9eFeTold/giphy-loop.mp4
Giphy "it's here!":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/fGWWHg7bKH9eFeTold/giphy-loop.mp4
Up the Beavers!!!
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I've voted! as has my wife, (adult) kids are voting later.
Malc wrote:
I've voted! as has my wife, (adult) kids are voting later.
I misread the punctuation on that and thought you were clarifying that your wife was an adult
I have voted! No queue at my polling station, which is perhaps unsurprising as I went in at 9:30am so most people will probably be at work.
I was slightly perturbed that one of the candidates were seemingly allowed to put a strapline on the ballot paper -- no other candidate had this. It was a candidate for the "English Democrats" and said strapline was "Deport all illegal immigrants!"
Also, the weather is beautiful today. A good day to kick the Tories out!
I was slightly perturbed that one of the candidates were seemingly allowed to put a strapline on the ballot paper -- no other candidate had this. It was a candidate for the "English Democrats" and said strapline was "Deport all illegal immigrants!"
Also, the weather is beautiful today. A good day to kick the Tories out!
I (adult man) have also voted! There was a surprisingly group of 3 young (adult) men in their 20’s with conservative fleeces out talking to folk at the polling station. I was tempted to boo them but one put their thumb up at me and I instinctually gave them a nod. You win this time guy.
Satsuma wrote:
I (adult man) have also voted! There was a surprisingly group of 3 young (adult) men in their 20’s with conservative fleeces out talking to folk at the polling station. I was tempted to boo them but one put their thumb up at me and I instinctually gave them a nod. You win this time guy.
How close were they? They're not allowed to campaign on Polling Day and voter intimidation is a crime
Outside the gates of the polling station. People would have to walk by them to get in. They didn’t seem to be campaigning as such, just standing around in their fleeces.
Satsuma wrote:
Outside the gates of the polling station. People would have to walk by them to get in. They didn’t seem to be campaigning as such, just standing around in their fleeces.
I'd still be contacting 111 and mentioning a possible breach of Electoral rules
Yeah, fairly certain that's a breach.
I don't want to come over as a know it all, but I know all about this and yes... They are allowed to do that. Potential candidates are not allowed inside the polling station unless they're voting and even then, they need to remove all political items like rosettes etc.
But as a mod you'll be keeping a close eye on them, right? Right?
But of course Pete, I take my 14 year reign as a mod very seriously and I can't see me being voted out any time soon.
I have voted.
Sunny here too.
Sunny here too.
Crusher was outside too!
Zardoz wrote:
Crusher was outside too!
Beverly or Wesley?