[British Politics] Not As F****D As We Thought!

Saint Madness

Ooooh Sinners

Italax

Sinn Fein got one.

RMS Oceanic

Only three results, but election night is turning out to be really interesting.

David Dimbleby has had it with these motherfucking returning officers in thoses motherfucking polling stations.

RMS Oceanic

Correction: Sinn Fein retains West Tyrone quite comfortably. No real upset.

DarkWarrior

Should be a poll soon

The Fourth Estate

Sinn Fein seat doesn't help if the buggers won't take it: Tories need fewer seats, the better they do.

Bad-Beat

This really is not doing the whole 'people have lost faith in politics and democracy' thing any favours, whatsoever.

RMS Oceanic

Tee hee, Sinn Fein is the second biggest party right now.

Saint Madness

Apparently the police had to be called to the polling station in Hackney.

Saint Madness

The DUP have one.

RMS Oceanic

And Ian Paisley Junior wins his Daddy's seat.

Æthelred

Nick is quite right - the sheer number of people voting has probably been higher in the past.

I wonder if the large number of boundary changes this election has had an effect. Lots of rookie presiding officers perhaps?

Italax

Æthelred wrote: »

Nick is quite right - the sheer number of people voting has probably been higher in the past.

I wonder if the large number of boundary changes this election has had an effect. Lots of rookie presiding officers perhaps?

Underestimating the amount of voters? Maybe they thought there would be record lows due to voter apathy?

Bad-Beat

I am fucking tired of seeing that fucking woman shouting her gob off.

She's right but give someone else a say.

DarkWarrior

You should have enough papers for every registered voter regardless and if people are in a queue at 10 they should be allowed in THEN doors locked.

Bacon-BuTTy

Margaret Hodge is lovely.

Like a polar opposit of Griffin.

[EDIT] Also, on the BBC website.

BBC reporter Danny Carpenter in York says hundreds of postal ballots have gone missing in the city. The problems are being blamed on a printing error and a temporary closure at the local postal sorting office. In York Outer, the Lib Dems had a notional majority of just 203, meaning the missing votes could have a significant impact and pave the way for a losing party to challenge tonight's result in the courts.

RMS Oceanic

DUP Leader Peter Robinson in danger of losing his seat in East Belfast, apparently.

DarkWarrior

Bacon-BuTTy wrote: »

Margaret Hodge is lovely.

Like a polar opposit of Griffin.

But shes cheaply riding the anti-fascism boat. She said fascism like 4 times in 10 seconds.

Kalkino

Right, I have to work tomorrow. Night all.

DarkWarrior

Thought she was a Lib Dem. Damnt!

RMS Oceanic

And Robbo is out!

And...the Alliance Party won a seat!

Italax

Lib Dems have their first seat.

Edit: Not the Belfast one, Thornbury & Yate

DarkWarrior

Labout have 5 now.

Zedar

I never realised UK election counting was done in a perfect timeframe for us Australians to obsess over it during the workday. Your tallying process is way too slow though, the lack of partial updates is really painful.

Bacon-BuTTy

If Allistair McGowan does an impression I am going to punch my screen.

Bad-Beat

aaaaaaaaand that's bedtime. Back up at 5am to find out the results.

Bacon-BuTTy

UGH

The Fourth Estate

More Andrew Neil. Why do you hate us, beeb?

EDIT: ARGGH! PUNS!

Bacon-BuTTy

Shut up McGowan!

Fuck!

DarkWarrior

Bacon-BuTTy wrote: »

If Allistair McGowan does an impression I am going to punch my screen.

Look out Butty's screen!

RMS Oceanic

Jon Culshaw is better.

That may not be saying much, but still.

Italax

There is a wonderful level of snobbery about the debates.

The Fourth Estate

How's the alt election night? Turned away after 15 mins, wondering if I've missed much.

DarkWarrior

The Fourth Estate wrote: »

How's the alt election night? Turned away after 15 mins, wondering if I've missed much.

Not really. I just switch back to it when BBC gets boring.

RMS Oceanic

A swing against the Lib Dems from Conservatives in the first seat they won of 4.2%. :?

RMS Oceanic

And the swings continue to be ginormous.

DarkWarrior

Darlington held by Labour

Italax

Labour lose first seat in Wales.

Bacon-BuTTy

I would love to stay up and watch this go down, but I have work tomorrow.

Burnage

+1% overall for Lib Dems so far? Ugh, that is terrible. :?