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Some seats where challenged. 600 people turned away in a consistency with a 900 Lab Majority. Students turned away in Sheffield where Nick Clegg stands.

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They could buy enough votes of confidence in GB from the other minor parties.
If enough MPs vote for GB, he stays in power.

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I predict the Lab/Lib collation would only be possible if Lib dems hit 70 or above.

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There seems to be a fairly consistent larger turnout across the country. Does this favour any party over another?

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http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home...ve-updates.htm

LOL.

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I don't know. Could argue it either way:

1) People are sick of Labour and coming out to get rid of them
2) Labour are getting the vote up rising fears of a Tory government

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Certainly where I work the polling stations had a larger turnout than previous elections with some having up to 75% turnout if not higher.

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I need some help, what does hung parliament mean?

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With the exit polls giving the LibDems a poorer result than in two thousand and five, did they shoot themselves in the foot when the ousted Charles Kennedy?

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Link

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The BBC explains it below, although it has been explained here before too.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politi...55330.stm#hung

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GREEN?!

Must be Caroline Lucas in Brighton.


EDIT: Ah, no. Checking the BBC site, the green coloured "1" is a Sinn Fein win in N. Ireland.

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Governments need an overall majority of seats (that is the as many seats as all the other parties + 1) to form a government immediately. A hung parliament is when no party as achieved that. So a government has be formed via a collation, team up with others to get a majority, or govern as a minority government but here they can have serious difficulties passing laws and a new election would be likely with a year or two.

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With the exit polls giving Labour a poorer result than in two thousand and five, did they shoot themselves in the foot when they selected Gordon Brown?:D

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Nope, Sinn Fein held a seat in NI.

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Did they select Gordon Brown? ;)

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If there are challenges in constituencies where the doors were closed with queues outside, will they be supported by a minority Conservative government?

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massive buck pass on the lack of ballot papers going on on the beeb... imo

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:D

Let's be clear that the Lib Dems have not necessarily got a poorer showing yet. We need to see the share of the popular vote and key marginals could go their way. We have no clear idea of the swing across the country at the moment and there may be no clear swing with seats going all over the place.

If Lib dems have significantly increased their vote and get less seats then that might cause some trouble.

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DUP hold somewhere else in N. Ireland.

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I do wish they would stop putting whinging woman on at the polling station.

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The rules state that the polls shut at 10pm, and no papers can be issued after 10pm - as explained on the BBC.

The fact that people left it late (and it is only a couple of hundred max at each constituency affected) surely has some bearing.

btw, sounds like your lining up your excuses/law case in advance, like Baron M....;)

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David Mitchell is quite good on this Alternative Election Coverage. Good mix of humor and geniune ability to talk about the politics.

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Which one? ;)

The one that could not be arsed to queue or the one that wanted 15 minuted of fame or both?

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Who wants to revolt and elect me as grand leader?

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Hear hear. If the daft old bat had stood in a queue at 6pm instead of wandering off (by her own admission) no fewer than 3 times, she'd have got her vote in no problem. Yet it didn't seem to occur to her that she might actually have to wait in line until 45 minutes before the polls closed.

Of course, in Brown's Britain, everything is someone else's fault. Oh, how I hope it's all about to change.

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There is one woman who keeps appearing. My current guess is she is rushing between constituencies :D

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On that we can agree.

She couldn't be ersed queuing (having driven past a couple of times before), then gets hacked off when lots of others do the same thing, causing a logjam - suddenly it's someone else's fault.

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clique again? ;) :p:

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I told you!

Shhhhhhhh!

(you'll be next.....)

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Peter Robinson, the first minister of Northern Ireland, has lost in Belfast East. Is that important or is this a local issue then we should promptly forget.

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Peter Robinson (DUP) just got whupped by the Alliance in Belfast East (22.9 percent swing)

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Nevaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrr!!!!

Wait, is that a knock on the door...?

OMG!!!!

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Ooooopppps.

Peter Robinson (N.I. First Minister) loses his seat.

C'Mon Ed Balls next.

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If I don't end up with some power by dawn then this entire election has been a waste!

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Agreed!

I do think there's certainly been a cock-up in some places (how the hell do you run out of ballot papers?!), but that moaning woman had plenty of opportunities to queue up & vote.

FFS, this is the UK - It's tradition to queue!

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If that happens, a large Scotch (and I don't mean Alex Salmond) will be in order....

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Does Paxman have to keep sneering at everybody. He is seriously starting to get on my nerves.

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Probably more related to his, erm, spouse problems.;)

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If the rules state that polls close at 2200 hours then the Electoral Commision needs to address the issue of polls that stayed open after 2200 hours.

Sky sources was saying Newcastle upon Tyne and Wallsend was staying open until everyone had voted, so in essence, I could have went at 2202 hours and stand in the queue and vote and my vote would be counted.

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If you keep talking about "them", you'll get some power - through electrodes to your gonads.....

Remember what happened to "those who must not be mentioned":shocked:

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After 6 seats in Mainland uk. The Swing is 6%. The exit polls might be correct...

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Some one agrees with Flyboy shocker ;)

Anyways, gotta go to bed... will see what happens in the morning :sleep:

Night all and will see what turmoil i wake up to :confused:

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Please please please please please...



Another hope of mine is that Hazel Blears loses. And Jacqui Smith. And that expenses woman that Esther Rantzen is challenging. But especially Blears.

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This is a fun election! Aren't elections fun? I love the idea that after the constant media coverage and campaigning there is a period of silence and the leaders just have to wait. While throughout the night the countries future is decided

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Balls, Blears, Smith, Jim Murphy and Darling are the ones on my hit list.

Any of them getting binned is a cause for celebration, more than one is good, all of them would be excellent and worthy of cracking open a bottle or two.

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Lib Dem hold: Thornbury & Yate. 4.3% swing from LD to Con.

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Oooooooh!

Not much tactical voting there, then

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Not Harperson? or Milliband?

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Darlington - Labour win, 9 percent swing to Tories

Durham North, Labour win, 8.9 percent swing to Tories

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8% swing will do thanks! :)

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The swings seem to be all over the place:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/

4% so far..

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1st CON gain from LAB! 9.4% swing!

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Kingswood Gloucester - Conservatives gain from Labour.

Swing of 9.4%

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Yay! Tories get their first seat - Kingswood. 9.4% swing

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Kingswood - Tory gain. 9.4% swing from labour.

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First signs of an overall Conservative majority!

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BBC have just stated that both Labour and Tories (at the count) are saying the Tories have taken Basildon from Labour.

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Paxman - "Is this the Ashdown money at work?"

Ooops!

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Torbay - LibDem hold - swing of 1.1% Con to Lib Dem

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Torbay - LD hold. 1.1% swing from Con to LD.

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1.1% swing from con to lib

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Apparently one Tories needed to win (presuming a national swing).

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But they didn't expect to win Kingswood - 135th on their list....

Swings and roundabouts, which I think we will see all night.

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I want to slap Jeremy Paxman

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Putney - Conservative win/hold

Swing of 9.9% Labour to Conservative

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Putney - Tory hold. 9.9% swing from Lab to Con.

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Looks like CON are getting big swings from Labour, but much smaller ones, if at all, from LIBDEM.

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The overall swing goes from 4 to 6%

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Alastair Campbell story on the BBC - The Tories aren't doing as well as they were forecast to do a couple of months ago.

Oh dear.....

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Forget the overall swing, look at England swing, 8.9%. CON probably won't win anything in Scotland and only a few in Wales, it's England that is the main battleground.

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Filton & Bradley Stoke - Tory hold. 6.4% swing from Lab to Con.

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2 people I really can't stand... A. Campbell & P. Mandelson.

Re: 2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll
 

Just seen Gordon Brown at Kirkcaldy shaking hands, who were the twits making fist salutes? Were they twins?

Re: 2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll
 

Blunkett admits that Labour has lost the election.

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So what does everyone reckon will be the result?

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CON overall majority, or close enough that it won't matter.

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1. Conservatives
2. Labour
3. Liberal Decomcrats

Not too hard a prediction really ;)

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Slim Tory majority, no hung parliament, no need for coalitions or minority governments.

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Who's the guy holding his fist up?

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Land is Power (aka some loony) Party

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Brown's constituency (Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath) - Labour hold. Swing of 3.3% from SNP to Lab.

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Some bloke from, "Land is power" party! lol

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Oh Frak - he's just putting in the first bid for an appeal (he was glad that everyone got a chance to vote in his constituency, just like everyone should have everywhere else)

The Republican Party is alive and well and has moved to Britain.

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Gordon Brown increases his majority by five thousand.

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SHUT UP GORDON! :rolleyes:

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Not going to mean much. Probably locals defending him.

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Looks like an agent from the Matrix lol.

I'm about to throw up,GB thanking our ArmedForces...:rolleyes:

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That bloke's arm must be getting tired. :D

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Go away you has-been!

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Stuart Bell has been elected again for Middlesbrough. Swing of 6.4% LAB to LD

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Labour holding on to some unexpected seats according to Sky. Seems very confusing.

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Battersea - Tories Win 6.5% swing to Tories

Tooting - Labour Hold (yes we Khan was quite clever, I thought) - Swing to Tories 3.6%

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Labour hold Tooting.

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That's one hell of a beard! Green I assume.

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Battersea and Tooting were Tory targets.

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Christian she said.

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Guildford is CON. Was a big LD target, number one on their list I believe.

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I imagine the Labour MPs who have won close elections today would want their party to lose? After all vote share tends to go down the longer the party is in power so they risk losing their seat if Labour carried on.

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Lib dems look screwed but their vote has gone Labour. I wonder if the Tories campaign in reducing their vote has backfired.

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I think he was a Christian something.

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Pound strengthening against dollar, bond prices improving as analysts predict Conservative majority. Results are predicting a hung parliament.