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muriel_volestrangler

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14. Pretty secure - this is paper ballot voting

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 05:24 PM

Dec 2019

and the exit polls are for people who voted in person (if there is insecurity in the British system, it's in how people obtain postal votes - this has been used to rig one or two local votes, where people who have access to a block of flats have managed to register fake people there, or people have handled others' postal votes (I have a vague feeling a rule change has made that last one harder to do) - but doing that on a scale to change a whole constituency, let alone a national result, without getting caught, doesn't look possible).

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BREAKING: BBC exit poll...BoJo 368 majority. GE OPEN THREAD [View all] Soph0571 Dec 2019 OP

I concur, that's shocking. OnDoutside Dec 2019 #1

Sooo getting my Irish passport! Soph0571 Dec 2019 #3

My sister works for the Irish passport service and they were flooded with enquiries after OnDoutside Dec 2019 #9

Seriously, I come from a traditional Unionist family Soph0571 Dec 2019 #12

No harm to have both, as you are entitled to. OnDoutside Dec 2019 #19

Let's hope they got the same pollsters Turbineguy Dec 2019 #2

BBC are normally reasonably accurate Soph0571 Dec 2019 #4

I understand they have promised Turbineguy Dec 2019 #10

Heh Soph0571 Dec 2019 #13

Polls seem to be losing accuracy with each big election... VarryOn Dec 2019 #54

And Corbyn ran on health care RandySF Dec 2019 #5

Yeah he did. But this was a Brexit Eelection.... Soph0571 Dec 2019 #6

Yes, those decades of dumbing down education and news has OnDoutside Dec 2019 #22

How secure is the voting system? 2naSalit Dec 2019 #7

This is for real Soph0571 Dec 2019 #8

Pretty secure - this is paper ballot voting muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #14

Thanks. 2naSalit Dec 2019 #16

If it does pan out as predicted, it's a poison chalice. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #11

The only comfort is that he could block of the ERG no brexit bollocks Soph0571 Dec 2019 #15

I'm still going to wait for the actual results. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #20

Andrew Marr just made a good point... Soph0571 Dec 2019 #23

Well, if all this is true, the majority in those seats have bought into Johnson's nonsense, Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #31

It looks like Jo might be losing hers... Soph0571 Dec 2019 #33

That wouldn't surprise me at all. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #36

I hate to say this... BooScout Dec 2019 #17

I agree...they turned their leadership election.. VarryOn Dec 2019 #55

Ugh. geardaddy Dec 2019 #18

I wonder if Jo Swinson will lose her seat muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #21

That will be one of the more interesting calls of the night Soph0571 Dec 2019 #24

The Guardian is catching up with us muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #28

Bloody hell Soph0571 Dec 2019 #30

Of that lot, I'd particularly love Dumfries and Galloway to go SNP (or anyone else). Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #35

Ugh. Alistair Jack holds Dumfries & Galloway. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #78

I'm really sorry. This is incredibly disastrous. Mike 03 Dec 2019 #25

I actually am sitting here with a knot in my stomach on this. Soph0571 Dec 2019 #26

They are predicting that Corbym will have a worse defeat than Micheal Foot. Soph0571 Dec 2019 #27

this is a preview of our 2020 election AlexSFCA Dec 2019 #29

I wish I didn't agree with you, Alex. But I do. hedda_foil Dec 2019 #44

It is a warning sign, that's for sure. mwooldri Dec 2019 #50

Doh! StrictlyRockers Dec 2019 #32

Good lord, what the hell is going on? Afromania Dec 2019 #34

People do not like Corbyn and don't trust him. So much so that many voted for a buffoon. RelativelyJones Dec 2019 #37

Nick Cohen on Jess Phillips... Soph0571 Dec 2019 #38

Jess Phillips is extremely impressive. Mike 03 Dec 2019 #39

She kicks arse Soph0571 Dec 2019 #41

I've no idea why Cohen thinks Phillips might be a winner. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #40

Maybe they will see the light... move back to centre Left and vote in a woman Soph0571 Dec 2019 #42

There are a few others in and around the Labour front bench I could see Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #43

Maybe abrasive is what they need right now Soph0571 Dec 2019 #45

Do you like Alison McGovern at all? Mike 03 Dec 2019 #48

Maybe. I've always found her too scattershot, and she has a bad reputation as a team player, Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #51

Blythe Valley to the Tory's Soph0571 Dec 2019 #60

I'll be staying up for the bulk of the Scottish results. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #61

Workington went Tory Soph0571 Dec 2019 #63

... Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #66

Fucking hell Soph0571 Dec 2019 #67

Many here complained about Tony Blair being too conservative Polybius Dec 2019 #76

Puke Alert: BBC World Service interviewing Farage. Mike 03 Dec 2019 #46

Now brexit is gone he is going to start the 'reform' party Soph0571 Dec 2019 #49

Unhappy but not surprised. mwooldri Dec 2019 #47

I wrote an article about this being 1983 all over again Soph0571 Dec 2019 #52

The Tory's have taken Blythe Valley Soph0571 Dec 2019 #53

They say whole areas have turned . Sunderland reduced lunasun Dec 2019 #57

These results are terrible Kitchari Dec 2019 #56

People tend towards authoritarianism cilla4progress Dec 2019 #58

I'm glad I went to GB when it was sane kimbutgar Dec 2019 #59

This is the 2nd referendum and we have lost Soph0571 Dec 2019 #62

I think a major part of this.... T_i_B Dec 2019 #83

Oh shit! BigmanPigman Dec 2019 #64

The democrats need to learn the lessons from this Soph0571 Dec 2019 #65

Nigel Dodds has been given the boot in North Belfast Soph0571 Dec 2019 #68

Zac Goldsmith loses to the Lib Dems in Richmond Park. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #69

Caroline Flint out in Don Valley Soph0571 Dec 2019 #70

By the end she was a hardcore Brexiteer T_i_B Dec 2019 #80

Jo Swinson loses her seat. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #71

posted at the same time on this Soph0571 Dec 2019 #73

SNP partisanship aside, I think it's no secret I never rated Swinson. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #75

SNP now up to 35 seats out of 38 declared, so 50+ doesn't seem to be out of the question. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #77

I think she would have been forced out if she held her seat T_i_B Dec 2019 #82

Maybe. I heard noises before she lost her seat that they might stick with her for the long haul. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #84

No point in just saying "we are the party of remain" T_i_B Dec 2019 #87

Considering this has been billed as "The Brexit Election", the level of debate has been appalling. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #88

Very true T_i_B Dec 2019 #89

It's not about debate, it's all about propaganda. Ghost Dog Dec 2019 #94

Unsurprising Labour hold in Edinburgh South by Ian Murray. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #79

Final tally in Scotland: Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #86

Jo Swinson is out by a whisker Soph0571 Dec 2019 #72

Apparently Scotland and much of Northern Ireland is sending the UK MarcA Dec 2019 #74

Already I hear Scottish separatist voices advocating Ghost Dog Dec 2019 #95

I now have a Tory MP again T_i_B Dec 2019 #81

Labour retain Sheffield Hallam T_i_B Dec 2019 #85

The Beast of Bolsover is no more T_i_B Dec 2019 #90

I heard he was too ill to campaign, which won't have helped. Denzil_DC Dec 2019 #91

It's not the only issue T_i_B Dec 2019 #92

Sadly, the harbinger of much bad coming Britain's way Pachamama Dec 2019 #93

Tories held Winchester - majority down from 10,000 to 1,000 muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #96

Full list of all the MPs who have lost their seats Soph0571 Dec 2019 #97

No way back for defecting MPs as all 11 fail in bid to win re-election Soph0571 Dec 2019 #98