Re: Thursday 7th May
Posted: Thu 07 May, 2015 11:18 pm
Increased by how much - remember there were big swings against labour in these heartland seats in 2010?refitman wrote:Labour hold Sundeland central with an increased majority.
Increased by how much - remember there were big swings against labour in these heartland seats in 2010?refitman wrote:Labour hold Sundeland central with an increased majority.
Patience, young padawan.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:ohso I'm SO missing that thanks button
Me too.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:ohso I'm SO missing that thanks button
howsillyofme1 wrote:Increased by how much - remember there were big swings against labour in these heartland seats in 2010?refitman wrote:Labour hold Sundeland central with an increased majority.
6k majority in 2010Lab hold with a 26.8% majority, 57% turnout
candidates votes %
Julie Elliott 20,959 50.2% Labour
Jeffrey Townsend 9,780 23.4% Cons
Bryan Foster 7,997 19.1% Ukip
Rachel Featherstone 1,706 4.1% Green
Adrian Page 1,105 2.6% Lib Dem
Joseph Young 215 0.5% Indy
Because lots of their voters were always "none of the above" bores.Spacedone wrote:What the hell is anyone who calls themselve a liberal doing switching their vote to UKIP?
Yes, they will struggle to hold themselves together. The Liberals will have increased leverage despite having fewer MPs and the tory right will be even more outraged at being restrained.You can forget all this bollocks about mega austerity, they will be struggling to get by day to day.
Results aside, the emergent star so far tonight is easily John Curtice, representing the British Polling Council on BBC1. He’s evidently panicking about the veracity of the exit poll, and it’s paying a heavy toll on his appearance. At 10pm, he was perfectly presentable. At 10.30pm, he’d started to look a little more ragged. At 11pm, his hair was all over the place, as if – as someone on Twitter put it – like he’d brushed it with a balloon. Next time we cut back to him, there’s a very good chance that he’ll be on fire, or curled up in his suit jacket and whispering into his shoes. It’s going to be a long night, John. Pace yourself.
They're putting that seeming anomaly down as 'churn' on ITV (Mr Riots choice) - i.e. lots of people switching around between parties rather than a straight swap from LD to Ukip.Spacedone wrote:What the hell is anyone who calls themselve a liberal doing switching their vote to UKIP?
pk1 wrote:Results aside, the emergent star so far tonight is easily John Curtice, representing the British Polling Council on BBC1. He’s evidently panicking about the veracity of the exit poll, and it’s paying a heavy toll on his appearance. At 10pm, he was perfectly presentable. At 10.30pm, he’d started to look a little more ragged. At 11pm, his hair was all over the place, as if – as someone on Twitter put it – like he’d brushed it with a balloon. Next time we cut back to him, there’s a very good chance that he’ll be on fire, or curled up in his suit jacket and whispering into his shoes. It’s going to be a long night, John. Pace yourself.
One of the UKIP lot turned up to do some Telling today in track suit bottoms - which is fine by me, whatever you're comfortable in - but it was topped with a leather cowboy hat with the UKIP rosette pinned to the brim...He also had the biggest moustache you ever saw. Quite scared a couple of the little old ladies that came in to vote....Spacedone wrote:What the hell is anyone who calls themselve a liberal doing switching their vote to UKIP?
Dan I so want to thank you for thatrefitman wrote:Patience, young padawan.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:ohso I'm SO missing that thanks button
Yes - I thought a bit earlier that I was in the bizarre position of rooting for Ukip.RogerOThornhill wrote:Sunderland Central +5% for Labour
UKIP taking votes from Tories and LibDems - they can do that all night as far as I'm concerned.
Oh thank you. You've made me laugh...refitman wrote:pk1 wrote:Results aside, the emergent star so far tonight is easily John Curtice, representing the British Polling Council on BBC1. He’s evidently panicking about the veracity of the exit poll, and it’s paying a heavy toll on his appearance. At 10pm, he was perfectly presentable. At 10.30pm, he’d started to look a little more ragged. At 11pm, his hair was all over the place, as if – as someone on Twitter put it – like he’d brushed it with a balloon. Next time we cut back to him, there’s a very good chance that he’ll be on fire, or curled up in his suit jacket and whispering into his shoes. It’s going to be a long night, John. Pace yourself.
PorFavor wrote:Yes - I thought a bit earlier that I was in the bizarre position of rooting for Ukip.RogerOThornhill wrote:Sunderland Central +5% for Labour
UKIP taking votes from Tories and LibDems - they can do that all night as far as I'm concerned.
pk1 wrote:Results aside, the emergent star so far tonight is easily John Curtice, representing the British Polling Council on BBC1. He’s evidently panicking about the veracity of the exit poll, and it’s paying a heavy toll on his appearance. At 10pm, he was perfectly presentable. At 10.30pm, he’d started to look a little more ragged. At 11pm, his hair was all over the place, as if – as someone on Twitter put it – like he’d brushed it with a balloon. Next time we cut back to him, there’s a very good chance that he’ll be on fire, or curled up in his suit jacket and whispering into his shoes. It’s going to be a long night, John. Pace yourself.
Shirley not an omen....And what if this party fears two? The alcohol loves you while turning you blue.
From the GraunLabour are firming up their line on the exit poll. A party source says:
We are sceptical of the BBC poll. It looks wrong to us.
Yes - hilarious! (Although I must confess that I initially misread "balloon" for "baboon".)ohsocynical wrote:Oh thank you. You've made me laugh...refitman wrote:pk1 wrote:
Thanksrefitman wrote:Balls: "Reports of my demise are cobblers, they haven't even opened the ballot boxes yet. David [Dimbleby] you should spend less time dicking around on twitter."
(I'm paraphrasing)
Washington & Sunderland West
Lab hold with a 35.3% majority, 55% turnout
candidates votes %
Sharon Hodgson 20,478 55.0% Labour
Aileen Casey 7,321 19.6% Ukip
Bob Dhillon 7,033 18.9% Cons
Anthony Murphy 1,091 2.9% Green
Dominic Haney 993 2.7% Lib Dems
Gary Duncan 341 0.9% Indy
I watch my TV online so I've got the BBC on with the sound off and shrunk to a small screen so that I can turn it on whenever there's a declaration. I couldn't care less what Dimbleby et al say.mbc1955 wrote:I'm following things via a combination of here and the Guardian (old habits die hard). I can't face any television. Not now.
Police are investigating an allegation of voter fraud in the Glasgow East constituency. I understand that there has been an allegation of personation, where an individual votes under someone else’s identity. I have asked count officials for further details.
Heard on Beeb that Police are at Glasgow count 'with blue gloves on' investigating an impersonation, too. This voter registration business seems disastrous. Can it have any effect on outcomes?AngryAsWell wrote:Thousands of OAPs unable to cast votes in scandalous mix-up over registration
http://www.thenational.scot/politics/th ... 1430978963
This has been a filthy election
The idea of swings seems more and more silly when there is no longer a virtually two-horse race in today's multi-party politics.rearofthestore wrote:Smaller swing in Washington 2.7% to LAB
mikems wrote:Those early results show Labour vote increasing and UKIP taking votes from the tories. The UKIP vote is uniform across the country, so why won't they be taking similar chunks elsewhere? The tory vote must have increased massively from their previous high point in 2010 (but not in any of the seats announced so far) for that exit poll to be right.
Roundabouts?LadyCentauria wrote:The idea of swings seems more and more silly when there is no longer a virtually two-horse race in today's multi-party politics.rearofthestore wrote:Smaller swing in Washington 2.7% to LAB
Hopefully along the lines of stuff your exit poll up it!PorFavor wrote:David Dimbleby is such an arse.
Ed Balls has just given a very good interview, though.
Today, I'll mostly be swearing . . .
(I don't usually swear in writing - it doesn't come naturally to me. But it does tonight.)
I really didn't understand how it can be a Labour to UKIP swing when Labour increased their majority.LadyCentauria wrote:The idea of swings seems more and more silly when there is no longer a virtually two-horse race in today's multi-party politics.rearofthestore wrote:Smaller swing in Washington 2.7% to LAB
Yeah I'm struggling with that, but am assuming I'm missing something.RogerOThornhill wrote:I really didn't understand how it can be a Labour to UKIP swing when Labour increased their majority.LadyCentauria wrote:The idea of swings seems more and more silly when there is no longer a virtually two-horse race in today's multi-party politics.rearofthestore wrote:Smaller swing in Washington 2.7% to LAB