geni
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Wait he objects to all of labour's best features. Followed by some random ranting about the EU.
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The Official UK Election Thread! 6th May it is!
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Wait he objects to all of labour's best features. Followed by some random ranting about the EU.
I knew someone who persuaded his six housemates to vote lib-dem in Winchester in the 1997 general election.
Maybe in practice, but not in theory.
I'll elaborate:
It doesn't matter according to our electoral system, but in reality, if there was a significant anomaly, then it could act as moral (and thus political) pressure to change our electoral system.
geni
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Well over the course of multiple elections the percentage matters since people seem to take that into account when deciding if to vote tacticaly. There is a non zero chance that an election may be decided by one vote although the winchester experence suggests that such an election will be re-run.
dudalb
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One of the C Span's is going to have a live feed of the BBC Coverage, so we Yanks can wathc the fun.
It's the gathering together of the candidates at one place for the announcment of the winners that I like. It's pretty cold, when you stop to think of it.
It's the gathering together of the candidates at one place for the announcment of the winners that I like. It's pretty cold, when you stop to think of it.
Rat
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Yes, but having been forced to watch some editions of Dancing On Ice, and Strictly Come Dancing, I think they could do more to liven things up. Read the results out in a semi-random order, of course, but after reading out each candidate's name, leave at least a ten second gap, with low bass note and heartbeat effect, before reading out that candidate's "score".
Then, like the current Lloyd-Webber thing, the losing candidates should be made to exit the room on a big rainbow or something after giving back their shoes while the others sing to them.
Given the informal movement to force a hung parliament, would I be right in saying therefore that a vote in this election actually counts for more than it usually would, since the proportion of the vote will matter more so in that situation?
I have to admit to not having thought through the whole individual vote thing. It makes rather a mockery of the whole thing, doesn't it?
I have to admit to not having thought through the whole individual vote thing. It makes rather a mockery of the whole thing, doesn't it?
commandlinegamer
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Oh dear, Gordon and Sarah on the GMTV sofa today; another grin/girn fest.
commandlinegamer
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A Labour candidate who described the PM as the worst this country has had [1] is described as mentally unbalanced by his mother [2].
[1] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8659399.stm
[2] - http://www.thisisleicestershire.co....candidate/article-2106652-detail/article.html
Could it get any worse now for Labour?
[1] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8659399.stm
[2] - http://www.thisisleicestershire.co....candidate/article-2106652-detail/article.html
Could it get any worse now for Labour?
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Not really, he is still the Labour candidate for his seat, so it doesn't look good for their selection process. I heard on the news the Norfolk Labour party said that he was the worst candidate they had, which might be an amusing attempt ad damage "limitation"
(Why do I think of Jeffry Archer, a person who epitomises the inherent* dignity of the House of Lords?)
*see what I did there
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You won't see much in the way of the actualy leaders on election night. Mostly a mix of london MPs and those the parties think qualify as a safe pair of hands and/or Boris Johnson
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Ed Balls should be sacked for his recent statements on tactical voting.
Rolfe
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I've got my accreditation letters through as a polling agent and a counting agent, so I'll let you know how it goes afterwards.
The polling agent bit is ostensibly to allow me, on behalf of the SNP candidate, to challenge anyone I think might be voting when they've no right to vote. In reality, the chance of me spotting any attempt like that is vanishingly small. (More than other times I've done this, when I was in constituencies where I was a stranger, but still negligible.) Actually, it's more about showing the flag as much as is permitted, and keeping an eye on the opposition to make sure that they also are staying on the right side of "permitted".
I've never been a counting agent before, but I gather it's all about keeping an eye on the counting clerks to make sure they're putting the votes in the right bundles. And about second-guessing the result. I've always wanted to be in at a count, so this time I get to do it. The trouble is that my village is at the opposite side of the constituency from the count, and it's an hour and a half by road. Word is, we're staying at the polling stations until close of poll, which means not getting to the count much before midnight.
I don't suppose we have to follow the ballot boxes to the count, as they do in some of the big Labour strongholds. If there's going to be any funny stuff, it won't happen here.
Rolfe.
The polling agent bit is ostensibly to allow me, on behalf of the SNP candidate, to challenge anyone I think might be voting when they've no right to vote. In reality, the chance of me spotting any attempt like that is vanishingly small. (More than other times I've done this, when I was in constituencies where I was a stranger, but still negligible.) Actually, it's more about showing the flag as much as is permitted, and keeping an eye on the opposition to make sure that they also are staying on the right side of "permitted".
I've never been a counting agent before, but I gather it's all about keeping an eye on the counting clerks to make sure they're putting the votes in the right bundles. And about second-guessing the result. I've always wanted to be in at a count, so this time I get to do it. The trouble is that my village is at the opposite side of the constituency from the count, and it's an hour and a half by road. Word is, we're staying at the polling stations until close of poll, which means not getting to the count much before midnight.
I don't suppose we have to follow the ballot boxes to the count, as they do in some of the big Labour strongholds. If there's going to be any funny stuff, it won't happen here.
Rolfe.