2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll

[NoKnowledge]

How can Gordon Brown be PM if there is a hung parliament?

Going by exit polls. Labour = 255 + LD = 61. Joining forces together they get a grand total of 316. 10 shy of the magic 326.

[punky]

Originally Posted by Matt D

"I got there at 6pm, & there was a queue. I came back at 7pm & there was a queue. I came back at 8pm & there was a queue...then I got turned away when it hit 10pm".

Because people are lazy and television/computers have destroyed their attention spans/patience.

Originally Posted by Charlie_Bubble

Can't believe that woman on tv. She went at 6, saw a queue and left. Came back at 7, saw a queue and left. Came back at 9:15 and decided finally to queue and then was locked out. Now she's moaning about not being able to vote. Why not queue at 6pm and vote you silly woman. I went to my polling station at lunchtime (12 noon) and would have queued if there had been one.

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LOL my thoughts exactly.

Indeed. We went to our polling station after dinner and queued for 10 mins max.

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LOL, you have to love the celebs - "The good looking one" ROFL

[LondonRoad]

I went to my polling station at 6pm and queued untill 10pm. I'd actually voted at 7am but I wanted to discourage others from voting

Being there for so long also gave me the opportunity to nick some ballot papers to ensure there weren't enough to go round

[Charlie_Bubble]

They had a tea and cake stall at my polling station.

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.

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by NoKnowledge

How can Gordon Brown be PM if there is a hung parliament?

Going by exit polls. Labour = 255 + LD = 61. Joining forces together they get a grand total of 316. 10 shy of the magic 326.

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

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

[LondonRoad]

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

[Tezcatlipoca]

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

23:45 - Cambridge: Independent candidate Old Holborn arrives at the Guildhall dressed as Guy Fawkes, and refuses to say whether he has planted barrels of gunpowder beneath the council chamber.

LOL.

Originally Posted by LondonRoad

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

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

[Derek]

Originally Posted by LondonRoad

There seems to be a fairly consistent larger turnout across the country.

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

[iFrankie]

I need some help, what does hung parliament mean?

[Flyboy]

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?

Originally Posted by iFrankie

I need some help, what does hung parliament mean?

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