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One for those of us who can vote.
I've left names off this poll.
*If you can't vote please don't answer this poll!*
Apparently exit polling is illegal for this election, I'm breaking the electoral law lol:p:D.
Wonder why?
*N.B. if I wasn't dyslexic and typing in a hurry then the tagline would read sorry, only mainland parties, but hell it went wrong:p*
monorail
06-04-2009, 14:07
One for those of us who can vote.
I've left names off this poll.
*If you can't vote please don't answer this poll!*
Apparently exit polling is illegal for this election, I'm breaking the electoral law lol:p:D.
Wonder why?
Different EU nations vote on different days. Exit polls might influence other European voters?? :confused:
make.me.smile
06-04-2009, 14:48
Green. It just made more sense than the LibDems this time.
I got my parents and sister to vote for me ;)
Patriot 167
06-04-2009, 15:05
I told my mother the vote UKIP in the EU election and Conservative in the local election, she vote for them a while ago by postal vote.
Do you mean in the EU Elections?
Do you mean in the EU Elections?
Yes.
We didn't have council this year so I forgot that some people did.
soph41190
06-04-2009, 22:23
Yes.
We didn't have council this year so I forgot that some people did.
I voted Conservative twice, for council and EU.
It's funny though, when friends have asked me the party I have most encouraged a vote for is the Lib Dems, mainly because a lot of people who are not so politically aware find the idea of the Conservatives a little frightening ;)
Darryl'Libertarian'Jones
06-04-2009, 22:44
You all remembered to unfold the ballots, right?
EmmaGallen
06-04-2009, 22:45
I clicked green here. I gave them my second preference. Alliance first and SDLP third. The pro EU ones. Most likely, my vote has went to SDLP.
Patriot 167
06-04-2009, 22:46
You all remembered to unfold the ballots, right?
I got an e-mail about that at 11o'clock this morning (which is rather early for complains on ballot paper on polling day) from UKIP.
It's disgraceful.
EmmaGallen
06-04-2009, 22:48
Erm, I didn't fold. But we are special.
soph41190
06-04-2009, 22:54
You all remembered to unfold the ballots, right?
I heard about that, but none of my ballot papers were folded. :confused:
morton700
06-04-2009, 22:56
I heard about that, but none of my ballot papers were folded. :confused:
I think it was only in Yorkshire ...
Liam Hannan
06-04-2009, 23:13
Ballot papers were folded right across england because of the length of the lists. (It's what you get for allowing 'parties' like UKIP to stand anyway guys)
UKIP registered a complaint (qu'elle surprise) about halfway through and the electoral commission sent out a dispatch to the effect of
"look. UKIP voters are obviously retarded and haven't figured out how to unfold a bit of paper, so you're just going to have to do it for them. How this bunch of knuckle dragging neanderthals got the vote we'll never know, but they did, and will latch onto any excuse to explain why nobody loves them so lets not give them another one"
So later in the day the papers were all unfolded.
(although in Scotland, we got ours in a nice presentable manner with no crease)
ciara_squires
06-04-2009, 23:16
how could you not remember to unfold your paper if it was folded??
ciara_squires
06-04-2009, 23:16
"look. UKIP voters are obviously retarded and haven't figured out how to unfold a bit of paper, so you're just going to have to do it for them. How this bunch of knuckle dragging neanderthals got the vote we'll never know, but they did, and will latch onto any excuse to explain why nobody loves them so lets not give them another one"
ah, you do make me laugh! :D
how could you not remember to unfold your paper if it was folded??
It had 2 folds, people were only unfolding the first one.
ciara_squires
06-04-2009, 23:31
It had 2 folds, people were only unfolding the first one.
i do worry about such people, well, at least they made it to the polling station :cool:
LordAnubis
06-04-2009, 23:52
not so politically aware find the idea of the Conservatives a little frightening ;)
Same. Such a high intelligence force is difficult to understand when first entering the political field. It's like ascension :D
I really should stop this shouldn't I :p
But yeah, a quote from one of my mates:
"The Tories are, by definition, unreasonable"
He also called Churchill a paradox, so not sure how trustworthy he is.
Moving on...
Marcus89
06-05-2009, 00:16
Couldn't bring myself to voting Tory, saw little hope in LibDems and the Greens. Refuse to every any other party and I found little information in time to consider the Jury Team Party, so I voted Labour.
LordAnubis
06-05-2009, 00:20
I like how voting tory is percieved as some sort of moral decision :p
Here's where to find the local elections:
Article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8081729.stm)
Shiny Interactive Map (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/09/map/html/map.stm)
Marcus89
06-05-2009, 00:23
I like how voting tory is percieved as some sort of moral decision :p
It's more due to I can't trust Cameron with Europe, rather than a moral decision ;)
LordAnubis
06-05-2009, 00:24
Haha, fair enough. It's just how people always seem to talk about not voting, but like you, 'brining themselves' to vote Tory.
Marcus89
06-05-2009, 00:27
Haha, fair enough. It's just how people always seem to talk about not voting, but like you, 'brining themselves' to vote Tory.
Misdirection is always fun isn't it? :D
There is no moral question when it comes to voting Tory or not. Since Thatcher, the Tories have had leaders who seem to be lesser men. As for Cameron, it would not suprise me that the party remove him after he gets them into power, hence why I cannot support the party; it likes to change direction often.
Gotlieb Alexander
06-05-2009, 00:42
I had an unfolded ballot, and voted UKIP.
The Tories can have my vote back when they have a proper method for selecting candidates and when they leave the EPP
Liam Hannan
06-05-2009, 08:45
Same. Such a high intelligence force is difficult to understand when first entering the political field. It's like ascension :D
Holds a little less water now that so many of them are openly defecting to UKIP for this election.
But yeah, a quote from one of my mates:
"The Tories are, by definition, unreasonable"
He also called Churchill a paradox, so not sure how trustworthy he is.
Mark Twain thought that every man worth his salt was a paradox - it being a sign of genius. Any fool can be straightforward...
soph41190
06-05-2009, 09:00
Haha, fair enough. It's just how people always seem to talk about not voting, but like you, 'brining themselves' to vote Tory.
Well let's think of it this way, I could never 'bring myself' to vote for Labour. It would mean completely betraying any and all of my principles.
So let us ....try to sympathise ;)
LordAnubis
06-05-2009, 10:48
Holds a little less water now that so many of them are openly defecting to UKIP for this election.
True, UKIP being seen as smaller more raidcal Tories.
So let us ....try to sympathise ;)
Mmm, when you put it like that...I guess I can sympathise :p
coruscant
06-05-2009, 11:18
I voted Conservative twice, for council and EU.
It's funny though, when friends have asked me the party I have most encouraged a vote for is the Lib Dems, mainly because a lot of people who are not so politically aware find the idea of the Conservatives a little frightening ;)I like how voting tory is percieved as some sort of moral decision :pHaha, fair enough. It's just how people always seem to talk about not voting, but like you, 'brining themselves' to vote Tory.
Yeah I find that really annoying...
CharlieB_90
06-05-2009, 13:23
I looked back and didn't see anybody post this so I'll put it here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/09/map/html/map.stm
Your thoughts?
coruscant
06-05-2009, 13:25
Only 3 have declared so it's early days yet.
LordAnubis
06-05-2009, 13:25
Shiny Interactive Map (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/09/map/html/map.stm)
Beat you to it a page ago :P
It's interesting. I was expecting Labour to make atleast 1 appearance by now. I'd like to say that those counties have fallen to the might of the Conservatives, but can see the Lib Dems gaining a lot of places tbh.
Daniel Frost
06-05-2009, 13:27
7 declared now, isn't it?
LordAnubis
06-05-2009, 13:28
Yeah, 6 Tory, 1 Lib Dem
CharlieB_90
06-05-2009, 13:33
Whoops. My bad, Oh well.
Kudos to the Lib Dems rocking Bristol! :D
LordAnubis
06-05-2009, 13:50
Stafford and Leiscestershire have also gone to the tories.
Warwickshire has gone Tory. Not a surprise but still.
The BBC haven't started putting up who, won, what seats. Its quite obvious that the LibDems got owned in the South West judging by the numbers they have put up:(.
Mind you as Nick Clegg said it looks as if they've made it up by taking seats in areas they didn't use to have a presence in. Speaking of presence Nick Clegg has suddenly found one-he was talking over the Question Time guy who's name I can't spell.
The minor parties seem to have done well and a few independents have been returned. The BNP won a seat on Lancashire CC, and sadly I don't think that's the last we'll be hearing of them this time round:(. What with Stoke, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Cumbria and Nottinghamshire all yet to declare fully.
morton700
06-05-2009, 14:11
I think the Conservatives are going to gain most of the councils (including the Labour held ones)
coruscant
06-05-2009, 14:30
The BBC are being really slow in updating the table.
morton700
06-05-2009, 14:36
Labour have lost control of Lancashire council and the Conservatives are just one seat from winning control of the council
morton700
06-05-2009, 14:39
Derbyshire has gone to the Conservatives. Even the most optimistic weren't predicting that!
Labour are gone and the Conservatives will be in power in less than a year!
LordAnubis
06-05-2009, 14:44
Wow, oxfordshire, Derbyshire, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire have all gone Tory. Only Bristol (LD) and Beford (No overall control)
Interesting indeed.
EDIT: Kent's fallen.
morton700
06-05-2009, 14:45
Lancashire is now Conservative! Everything is going right for the Conservatives!
Patriot 167
06-05-2009, 14:45
Labour have lost control of Lancashire council and the Conservatives are just one seat from winning control of the council
Happy days are here again! :D
Patriot 167
06-05-2009, 14:46
Lancashire is now Conservative! Everything is going right for the Conservatives!
The day gets even happier! :)
Daniel Frost
06-05-2009, 14:47
Tories have 66 more councillors than everyone else combined thus far.
I advise everyone stock up on food and fuel and prepare for the worst.
Suddenly they've started declaring left, right and centre.
Well with the honourable exception of the City of Bristol they've all declared right-but you get the point:p.
The West Midlands; long stripped of their CC, are now surrounded by a sea of blue...
Voted Lib Dems here. :) (Through my mum, although I was on the electoral register at the polling station.)
LordAnubis
06-05-2009, 16:08
I advise everyone stock up on food and fuel and prepare for the worst.
Indeed. Prepare for raping and pillaging, mass genocide and random kitten murdering.
liberati
06-05-2009, 18:15
Indeed. Prepare for raping and pillaging, mass genocide and random kitten murdering.
Indeed, in the wake of the revolution Dan's plotting,
Darryl'Libertarian'Jones
06-06-2009, 10:44
Indeed. Prepare for raping and pillaging, mass genocide and random kitten murdering.
Be sure to cut out your voicebox with a knife - you never know what might be a rude word to them ;).
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