The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Voting open today from 7am - 10pm

[Corazon de Leon]

Mine is worth 0.008 of a vote. strawberry float's sake

[Cuttooth]

twitter.com/britainelects/status/872558922745479168

At least we can go in with low expectations for Labour tomorrow.

[Tineash]

twitter.com/britainelects/status/872558922745479168

At least we can go in with low expectations for Labour tomorrow.

Ahaha you lying teasing banana splits.

[Tineash]

[Eighthours]

Just to remind everyone that your vote is worthless​

http://m.voterpower.org.uk

Thoroughly depressing.

Doesn't include 2015 results. I'm in a 3 way marginal, but it says my seat is ultra safe because of the out of date 2010 result. Rubbish!

[Eighthours]

Who's planning to stay up tomorrow night?

[Lex-Man]

Who's planning to stay up tomorrow night?

Probably be lesson planning so, yup. Teachers aren't allowed sleep.

[satriales]

I'll stay up until it all gets too depressing, or I run out of sweets.

[Cuttooth]

I'll have a stiff drink after the exit poll then go to sleep.

[NickSCFC]

Comres predicting a repeat of 1983

http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/07/theresa-m ... r-6693133/

[KK]

twitter.com/hendopolis/status/872565265103507456

twitter.com/hendopolis/status/872554721055301633

[Lagamorph]

I have to admit, I gave a chuckle at the Sun front page.


The Mail meanwhile are literally portraying May as a saviour,

twitter.com/hendopolis/status/872569441682432000

[That]

Who's planning to stay up tomorrow night?

I'll be here.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

I hate the British election. It always seems exciting to stay up initially but there's no point unless you want to stay up until 5am. How come other counties manage to get their results almost instantly? Why are we so far behind?

[Denster]

I'll be staying up.

[Garth]

I'm not watching the results come in this time, I learned my lesson with Brexit. Will check the exit poll and then I'll do something else. The result seems obvious.

[satriales]

I hate the British election. It always seems exciting to stay up initially but there's no point unless you want to stay up until 5am. How come other counties manage to get their results almost instantly? Why are we so far behind?

Well polls close at 10pm and it takes a few hours to count and verify the results. I don't see how you could do it much quicker without switching to some form of electronic voting system but that would bring in a whole load of other problems.

[satriales]

I'm not watching the results come in this time, I learned my lesson with Brexit. Will check the exit poll and then I'll do something else. The result seems obvious.

Recent elections haven't always gone the way they were predicted. Even Brexit was looking like a strong victory for 'remain' until the early hours of the morning.

[Qikz]

Comres predicting a repeat of 1983

http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/07/theresa-m ... r-6693133/

HOW?

There election campaign has been a shambles and their words mean nothing. strawberry float this shitty country and everyone who lives here

[Return_of_the_STAR]

I hate the British election. It always seems exciting to stay up initially but there's no point unless you want to stay up until 5am. How come other counties manage to get their results almost instantly? Why are we so far behind?

Well polls close at 10pm and it takes a few hours to count and verify the results. I don't see how you could do it much quicker without switching to some form of electronic voting system but that would bring in a whole load of other problems.

That's my whole point that's what other countries appear to do, the US and France for example. We knew how had won the French election as soon as the polls closed.