Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
What is the best flav... you all know what this question is:
This poll is closed.
Labour 907 49.92%
Theresa May Team (Conservative) 48 2.64%
Liberal Democrats 31 1.71%
UKIP 13 0.72%
Plaid Cymru 25 1.38%
Green 22 1.21%
Scottish Socialist Party 12 0.66%
Scottish Conservative Party 1 0.06%
Scottish National Party 59 3.25%
Some Kind of Irish Unionist 4 0.22%
Alliance / Irish Nonsectarian 3 0.17%
Some Kind of Irish Nationalist 36 1.98%
Misc. Far Left Trots 35 1.93%
Misc. Far Right Fash 8 0.44%
Monster Raving Loony 49 2.70%
Space Navies Party 39 2.15%
Independent / Single Issue 2 0.11%
Can't Vote 188 10.35%
Won't Vote 8 0.44%
Spoiled Ballot 15 0.83%
Pissflaps 312 17.17%
Total: 1817 votes
[Edit Poll (moderators only)]

 
  • Locked thread
Tortuga
Aug 27, 2011


Runner-up, TRP Sack Race 2021/22

learnincurve posted:

I just ranted about how evil may is and explained what swing seats are to the youth who delivers my pizza after he told me "it won't make a difference". He's not going to vote but he is now going to "keep an eye out on the result"

Get this, he was under the impression because he "read it somewhere" that Corbyn was bad because he wanted to abolish tuition fees and it wouldn't be fair on all the people paying back student loans.

:argh:

See also

If free movement of EU nationals remains it's not fair on the non-EU nationals.
If housing was cheaper it wouldn't be fair on people who bought houses at todays prices.
If the disabilty living allowance was raised it wouldn't be fair on the ones who killed themselves when it was cut.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

Pissflaps posted:

I'll be drinking tap water tonight.

I'll be drinking coffee because I've accidentally stayed up until 4am

c0burn
Sep 2, 2003

The KKKing

hakimashou posted:

I wore my British shoes in solidarity with you guys on your special day.



What are they I love a nice pair of Trickers me

AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer
https://twitter.com/SirDavidButler/status/872903136851226624

feedmegin
Jul 30, 2008

Rygar201 posted:

Funny to see Tower Hamelts in the news after my wife has been making me watch Chewing Gum

Good show that. Reminds me of Insecure

kustomkarkommando
Oct 22, 2012

Wafflecop posted:

Long time lurker (combat liberalism). Voted Labour where the current Labour MP won by under 500 votes last time. I think she'll hold it.

Dirty under-30 with previous Labour vote here and Lib Dem before that. In my defense it was 2010 and I was a student in Hilary Benn's (boo hiss) constituency.

Does anyone care to guess what constituency I voted in today?

'Alifax

Kegluneq
Feb 18, 2011

Mr President, the physical reality of Prime Minister Corbyn is beyond your range of apprehension. If you'll just put on these PINKOVISION glasses...

Angepain posted:

it probably also skews young so there's that too apart from pure ideology.

Young-ish, I'm over thirty and the most enthusiastic Corbyn supporters have been academics/students as old or older than me. I've been more impressed by the friends from school and younger cousins who are more politically engaged (and lefty) than I might have expected. There's only one guy from undergrad who's an insane libertarian making GBS threads up my feed.

Cerv
Sep 14, 2004

This is a silly post with little news value.

ukle posted:

There has been a cockup in Newcastle under lyme with at least one polling station not having the correct list of voters. Odds are it will force the vote there to be null and voided, I think the same happened in 2015 as well somewhere.

Barnet, and the result wasn't voided because so few people were affected & they mostly could come back later in the day anyway.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal

Pissflaps posted:

Loving this Sunderland vs Newcastle fast count rivalry.
If we had voting machines instead of this archaic nonsense then there'd be no need for the fast count and G4S could just tell us who won the day before the election.

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

:discourse:
It's what's for dinner.

The exit poll in 2015 was spot-on despite disagreeing with every other poll. We'll know at 10:00.

Imagine: there are people out there who already know whether or not we have Grime Minister Jeremy "Eat the Rich" Corbyn

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

Guavanaut posted:

If we had voting machines instead of this archaic nonsense then there'd be no need for the fast count and G4S could just tell us who won the day before the election.

We don't need to change a drat thing. Paper. Pencil. Count the pieces of paper. That's all you need.


Edit: sorry pre exit poll nerves I missed the obvious drollness

ContinuityNewTimes
Dec 30, 2010

Я выдуман напрочь

c0burn posted:

What are they I love a nice pair of Trickers me

Solovairs or go home.

I've worn some of my shoe leather out knocking on doors and now I just want to hide until next week, or maybe next election. It's all going to be great, right?

jabby
Oct 27, 2010

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

The exit poll in 2015 was spot-on despite disagreeing with every other poll. We'll know at 10:00.

Didn't the exit poll still predict a hung parliament?

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

jabby posted:

Didn't the exit poll still predict a hung parliament?

Yep. Tory biggest party in hung parliament.

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

jabby posted:

Didn't the exit poll still predict a hung parliament?

it did, but with the Tories definitely being the governing party. The 2010 one got the Conservative majority bang on though I think. 2005 definitely called it right too.

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

:discourse:
It's what's for dinner.

jabby posted:

Didn't the exit poll still predict a hung parliament?

No - at 22:00 the BBC announced conservative majority to the shock of everyone

Microplastics fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jun 8, 2017

Rygar201
Jan 26, 2011
I AM A TERRIBLE PIECE OF SHIT.

Please Condescend to me like this again.

Oh yeah condescend to me ALL DAY condescend daddy.


Guavanaut posted:

If we had voting machines instead of this archaic nonsense then there'd be no need for the fast count and G4S could just tell us who won the day before the election.

Voting machines are the worst, take it from us. Paper ballots are more secure, by far.

Unless you are Florida of course but, honestly, those people could gently caress up wet dreams.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
I'm nervous

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

Baron Corbyn posted:

it did, but with the Tories definitely being the governing party. The 2010 one got the Conservative majority bang on though I think. 2005 definitely called it right too.

THe Tories didn't get a majority in 2010.

Kaglicious
Mar 31, 2011

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

No - at 22:00 the BBC announced conservative majority to the shock of everyone

Yeah it led to Paddy Ashdown saying he'd eat his hat if it were true (it was).

Raeg
Jul 7, 2008

The top 1% of ducks have control of 99.9% of the bread.

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

No - at 22:00 the BBC announced conservative majority to the shock of everyone

Not quite, it announce Conservatives as the largest party with 316 and then moved to majority after a few results.

Laradus
Feb 16, 2011
Have a cuppa or whatever to calm you down, and try to keep your expectations appropriate.

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

Kaglicious posted:

Yeah it led to Paddy Ashdown saying he'd eat his hat if it were true (it was).

I think that was specifically the Lib dem seat count that caused him to say that

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

Pissflaps posted:

He Tories didn't get a majority in 2010.

the conservative seat count, I'm tired.

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

:discourse:
It's what's for dinner.

Raeg posted:

Not quite, it announce Conservatives as the largest party with 316 and then moved to majority after a few results.

Oh yeah my mistake. They did. I keep confusing the two.

Raeg
Jul 7, 2008

The top 1% of ducks have control of 99.9% of the bread.

Pissflaps posted:

I think that was specifically the Lib dem seat count that caused him to say that

That and the SNP one caused so many people to question it.

History Comes Inside!
Nov 20, 2004




I feel sick

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal

Rygar201 posted:

Voting machines are the worst, take it from us. Paper ballots are more secure, by far.
:thejoke: especially with whatever clowns or actively malicious entities the UK government would get to secure them.

Marmaduke!
May 19, 2009

Why would it do that!?

Tortuga posted:

See also

If free movement of EU nationals remains it's not fair on the non-EU nationals.
If housing was cheaper it wouldn't be fair on people who bought houses at todays prices.
If the disabilty living allowance was raised it wouldn't be fair on the ones who killed themselves when it was cut.

I love this stuff, like, "If we increase peoples' wages, house prices will increase even more and we'll all be poorer as a result".

orange sky
May 7, 2007

40 minutes to gooo! I'll have some beers on your honour guys, may J-Corb win!

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

Same, surprisingly.

biglads
Feb 21, 2007

I could've gone to Blatherwycke



OK. I have half a bottle of Glendronach 21 ready for 10PM. I'm getting plastered in a very nice way whatever happens.

Quotey
Aug 16, 2006

We went out for lunch and then we stopped for some bubble tea.

Pissflaps posted:

Loving this Sunderland vs Newcastle fast count rivalry.

ukmt meet, move to sunderland next election and vote there by queueing up 5 minutes before polls close so newcastle wins?

Crameltonian
Mar 27, 2010

Jose posted:

I'm nervous

I'm serene in the knowledge that the result is going to be loving awful and TIBFJC

hakimashou
Jul 15, 2002
Upset Trowel

c0burn posted:

What are they I love a nice pair of Trickers me

Good eye they are Trickers!

Mackers
Jan 16, 2012

You were supposed to wait til the Tories won before drowning yourself in spirits :cheerdoge:

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

:discourse:
It's what's for dinner.

What is your RXT avatar about. I have tried googling to no avail.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Crameltonian posted:

I'm serene in the knowledge that the result is going to be loving awful and TIBFJC

Are you actually from cramlington?

Comrade Cheggorsky
Aug 20, 2011


i also feel a bit nervous lads

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Yvonmukluk
Oct 10, 2012

Everything is Sinister


Have some handy hope management media from our own Hbomberguy for the last half hour before polls close:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVbC0jASJYA
And with that, I am turning in. I've done my bit, theres nothing left to do except dehumanise myself and face to bloodshed. I'll handle the hope/despair in the morning.

  • Locked thread