UK General Election - 12th December 2019 | Con 365, Lab 203, LD 11, SNP 48, Other 23 - Tory Majority of 80

[prateik]

Checked the odds earlier today.. pretty much guaranteed win for the Tories if those are anywhere close to being accurate.


They'll have to be wrong by a crazy margin for it to even be close.

 

[FlawlessThaw]

Could the conservatives be betting on labour to scaremonger their supporters? Or is that illegal (and way too tinfoil hat)?

I suspect people are getting too giddy from the Labour side and there are a lot more bets on a hung parliament than initially perceived.

 

[esmufc07]

The exit polls weren’t very accurate last election were they?

It predicted a hung parliament. 1992 and 2015 they were wrong (predicted hung parliaments but ended up with Tory majorities).

 

[Pexbo]

I suspect people are getting too giddy from the Labour side and there are a lot more bets on a hung parliament than initially perceived.

Bookies can also manipulate it. People are more likely to bet on something at 10/1 than they are at 50/1.It’s win win for the bookies in that scenario.

 

[17 Van der Gouw]

#youthquake trending on twitter.

Anybody have to queue with lots of youngsters at polling, or just being overhyped on Twitter?

 

[Penna]

I have to disagree. Email your council and they’ll send you an application form, post that back, get postal voting pack , fill it out and post that back. You can opt to postal vote on all upcoming elections of all types until further notice on the application form too.

We were doing it from abroad, so everything took a little longer. We applied online, had to send something on an attachment (can't remember what) and then the packs arrived - we couldn't rely on the prepaid postage from our part of Italy, so I spent an hour in the Post Office (not exaggerating) to send our votes back by express post!

 

[Mr Pigeon]

I asked Paddy Power and he said Gaitan's nearly 32, don't be stupid. Unless we get van Gaal back, he might.

LVG for PM

 

[Ayush_reddevil]

First time voting in the UK and I was surprised by how different it is to voting in India . No security, no inks ,no id checks and ballot papers

 

[EwanI Ted]

Voted Green in the end. If there was a need to stop the Tories I’d have voted tactically, but they’re not winning here so I was able to avoid voting for both of them. Awful election.

Our polling station was really quiet when I voted at 5.30 and was still quiet when my wife voted five minutes ago, compared to 2017 when it was heaving. I live in a big student area and wonder if they’ve all gone home and are voting elsewhere?

 

[SuperiorXI]

#youthquake trending on twitter.

Anybody have to queue with lots of youngsters at polling, or just being overhyped on Twitter?

Not me. Voted 10 mins ago and was in and out.

 

[MikeUpNorth]

188!

Ok, keep us updated. Thanks.

 

[Pexbo]

I think people assuming the high turnout is all youth are going to be disappointed. I reckon there’s going to be a lot of gammon our voting who usually don’t give a shit about politics.

 

[hobbers]

or just being overhyped on Twitter?

Anything trending on twitter is overhyped by definition.

 

[Fluctuation0161]

Wtf are they actually shutting themselves? Why am I doing this up myself?!

They probably had that email planned weeks ago

 

[esmufc07]

Let's just imagine it's 1997 and Labour are about to get 418 seats.

 

[17 Van der Gouw]

Ok, keep us updated. Thanks.

Here's an easy guide for you Mike.

The exit poll is at 10pm on BBC1 and ITV

 

[Rajma]

#youthquake trending on twitter.

Anybody have to queue with lots of youngsters at polling, or just being overhyped on Twitter?

Don’t want to get sucked in but it’s very tempting.

 

[esmufc07]

Here's an easy guide for you Mike.

The exit poll is at 10pm on BBC1 and ITV

Mike isn't even from up North.

 

[DavidDeSchmikes]

If you were to use Twitter as a judgment of the election result, you'd think Corbyn would win a landslide election

 

[sebsheep]

Mike isn't even from up North.

is his name even Mike?

 

[Ayush_reddevil]

I am on a night shift in a hospital and will be following the results with all the patients waiting for hours to be seen or get beds . Think Tories will get a majority unfortunately

 

[MikeUpNorth]

Mike isn't even from up North.

North London init.

 

[Stanley Road]

I reckon labour will win by 650 seats to none. Bet your house on it, i have

 

[Rajma]

If you were to use Twitter as a judgment of the election result, you'd think Corbyn would win a landslide election

Pretty much.

 

[esmufc07]

North London init.

I lived there when I was a kid. I miss Camden.

 

[Kaos]

I think people assuming the high turnout is all youth are going to be disappointed. I reckon there’s going to be a lot of gammon our voting who usually don’t give a shit about politics.

This is my concern too. I know what high turnouts generally tend to favour Labour, but the country has a worrying number of "Get us out" cultists who've decided to adopt the Church of Brexit as their religion.

 

[Kaos]

North London init.

Which constituency?

 

[Fingeredmouse]

Can I watch? No homo obviously. For research purposes.

Sorry, was just off at the Klan meeting discussing "Why is there no International Men's Day?". Again. Sure as long as you dress as Greta Thunberg. Holding a "Homeless and Hungry. Please Help" sign written in biro on a cardboard box lid. And let me strangle you. For research purposes.

 

[MikeUpNorth]

Which constituency?

Comrade Corbyn, though for various reasons I won’t go into, I am voting in a constituency outside London.

 

[Solius]

I feel like if you're subscribed to get Tory emails you're likely planning to vote.

 

[DavidDeSchmikes]

Pretty much.

but those hashtags though........I do feel that it's going to be a hung parliament.

 

[Fingeredmouse]

but those hashtags though........I do feel that it's going to be a hung parliament.

#Itsthehopethatkillsyou

 

[esmufc07]

Comrade Corbyn, though for various reasons I won’t go into, I am voting in a constituency outside London.

Could you go into them to pass the time.

 

[MikeUpNorth]

Could you go into them to pass the time.

How long have we got?

 

[17 Van der Gouw]

but those hashtags though........I do feel that it's going to be a hung parliament.

Nah, Twitter is overwhelmingly pro Labour.

 

[Buster15]

I was torn between voting Labour or the Tories, so in the end I voted for the Nazi’s.

So you voted Tories then.

 

[esmufc07]

How long have we got?

A little over 2 and a half hours until we all want to kill ourselves.

 

[horsechoker]

"Conservatives get majority despite record youth turn out"

Will probably be the headline

 

[Kaos]

I feel like if you're subscribed to get Tory emails you're likely planning to vote.

Do the bulk of Tory voters even know how to use email?

...I'm just joking you snowflakes, obviously Yahoo are still in business for a reason.

 

[Rado_N]

Why do people keep talking about odds as if bookies know anything?

 

[Klopper76]

I read a post on Facebook (I know) saying that the Tories included in their manifesto (page 48 apparently) plans to make sure that the courts can't block them from doing things like proroguing parliament in the future. Apparently the Nazi's did the same thing in Germany in the 1930's.