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refitman wrote:Peter Snow, Jeremy Vine is not.

RogerOThornhill wrote:

LadyCentauria wrote:

rearofthestore wrote:Smaller swing in Washington 2.7% to LAB

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.

I really didn't understand how it can be a Labour to UKIP swing when Labour increased their majority.

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.

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:

LadyCentauria wrote:

rearofthestore wrote:Smaller swing in Washington 2.7% to LAB

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.

Roundabouts?

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:

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.)

Hopefully along the lines of stuff your exit poll up it!

refitman wrote:Oh joy, Fallon's on now. Tories really rolling out the charmers tonight.

howsillyofme1 wrote:What is the current view on this Exit Poll

Is it starting to be undermined a bit or it is too early to say....more info from seats will be coming in even if not confirmed results?

Getting all info from here and Grauniad at the moment

If completely wrong I will watch on catch-up to watch it unravel....although this is still wishful thinking

mbc1955 wrote:Apart from that early comment by Oiky Gove, there seems to have been very little comment on the exit poll from the bastard Tories. You don't think that it could be that they don't believe it either?

The LDs seem to think that Clegg is safe: I'd trade that for a good result now.

Nick Clegg’s close ally and the former Lib Dem leader of Sheffield city council, Paul Scriven, is at the Sheffield count. He says the exit poll “looks completely rogue”.

“You take a look at the YouGov poll and I think that gives a completely different picture,” he said, adding that it went against “everything we’re hearing from our activists around the country”.

He was asked whether such a result would make Clegg’s position as leader untenable. “I don’t think it is going to be that result,” he said. “So we’re hypothesising.

“I think we need to all take a breath and wait until the evening gets a bit more firm.”

He denied that tactical voting for Clegg by natural Conservative party supporters would play a large role in the outcome of the election in Sheffield Hallam, something Monday’s Guardian/ICM poll in the constituency pointed to. He said people were “very clear and focused about what they needed to do – to go out and vote for a strong MP”.

LadyCentauria wrote:

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:

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.

Roundabouts?

Ha! Yes

@RR2: Shocked to read your post. I wonder if all 5 at that address followed 'his' orders? Awful to be in such fear of someone that you can't cast your private ballot according to your own views. And a salutary reminder from the older gentleman of how people were treated in the not-too-distant past

PorFavor wrote:Sodding Michael Fallon now!

refitman wrote:

mbc1955 wrote:Apart from that early comment by Oiky Gove, there seems to have been very little comment on the exit poll from the bastard Tories. You don't think that it could be that they don't believe it either?

The LDs seem to think that Clegg is safe: I'd trade that for a good result now.

Libs discounting the exit poll as well:

Nick Clegg’s close ally and the former Lib Dem leader of Sheffield city council, Paul Scriven, is at the Sheffield count. He says the exit poll “looks completely rogue”.

“You take a look at the YouGov poll and I think that gives a completely different picture,” he said, adding that it went against “everything we’re hearing from our activists around the country”.

He was asked whether such a result would make Clegg’s position as leader untenable. “I don’t think it is going to be that result,” he said. “So we’re hypothesising.

“I think we need to all take a breath and wait until the evening gets a bit more firm.”

He denied that tactical voting for Clegg by natural Conservative party supporters would play a large role in the outcome of the election in Sheffield Hallam, something Monday’s Guardian/ICM poll in the constituency pointed to. He said people were “very clear and focused about what they needed to do – to go out and vote for a strong MP”.

From the Graun.

Hobiejoe wrote:Crikey, impressive pictures of huge queues to vote over on the AS blog. One of my locals even reported a queue of a dozen or so waiting for the doors to open at 7am in our little town. Unheard of previously.

I can't decide whether to stay up after work, or grab a few hours and get up with the missus (and sprog1, who is getting caught up in the excitement. She's eleven, and already won a Devon Rotary public speaking prize...I have high hopes.../proud dad) around 3.30/4am.

I reckon I'll see what the exit polls say.

If we have lost this election, we have lost it from 2010, when in the six months after 201o we failed to nail the lie that Labour, the Labour government, had been responsible for the global meltdown, and everything that happened in the US, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, was the Labour government’s fault. It was such a nonsense. But the coalition got away with peddling that. I think we’ve got to think seriously about about avoiding a situation where we rush into something that might damage us in the long term.

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:BTW didn't Lousie Mensch say something sensible about the exit poll?

letsskiptotheleft wrote:Talk of Labour gaining Bradford West!

Wow.

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:BTW didn't Lousie Mensch say something sensible about the exit poll?

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Never thought I'd say it but thanks Louise for these Tweets

pk1 wrote:Blunkett

If we have lost this election, we have lost it from 2010, when in the six months after 201o we failed to nail the lie that Labour, the Labour government, had been responsible for the global meltdown, and everything that happened in the US, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, was the Labour government’s fault. It was such a nonsense. But the coalition got away with peddling that. I think we’ve got to think seriously about about avoiding a situation where we rush into something that might damage us in the long term.

Oh do fuck off ! How many of you tried to counter the lie ? Labour supporters country-wide were despairing of the fact you guys with the ear of the media, refused to counter the outrageous fucking lie so don't start griping now you fucking idiot !

I might have apologised for my atrocious language but I'm not in the least bit sorry so, sorry but no apology from me.

Peter Jukes ‏@peterjukes 2m2 minutes ago

Local correspondents now predicting Edinburgh keeps THREE Labour seats. This is madness

Spacedone wrote:

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Never thought I'd say it but thanks Louise for these Tweets

Frankly I assumed she's been hacked.

Bradford West: Overview

Prediction: LAB hold

MP at 2010: Marsha Singh (LAB)
County/Area: West Yorkshire (Yorkshire)
Electorate: 62,519
Turnout: 64.9%