[Politics] The NSC 'up all night' election night *** OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD ***

[Eeyore]

Oh, we're back to the doggies again. Ah, no. Five minutes of Larry the Cat.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I've bought a quiche. I don't know why. I don't even like quiche.

Tofu next. Mark my words.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Kwarteng and Dorries are on Ch4.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Might stay up till 2 am the early results will tell a lot and the trend the exit poll at 10 pm will be interesting I think Labour 39 percent Conservatives 24 percent rest 37 percent. I think the exit poll news will be how well the tories did, considering

 

[jcdenton08]

So excited. Were whin.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Kwarteng and Dorries are on Ch4.

And Ann Widdecombe. They say comedy is all about timing

 

[Lady Whistledown]

No news on the exit polls yet- presumably we're waiting for Fabrizio Romano to Here We Go the results.

Seeing as Bozza has closed the queuing thread, I will add on here that I had about 40-50 people waiting in front of me in Haywards Heath at about 6:30pm. I was pleasantly surprised at the number of youngsters lining up (late teens, I mean). Commendable.

 

[Weststander]

Might stay up till 2 am the early results will tell a lot and the trend the exit poll at 10 pm will be interesting I think Labour 39 percent Conservatives 24 percent rest 37 percent

How many Reform MP’s?

 

[Bozza]

Who has Professor Sir John Curtice tonight?

 

[kevo]

Anyone slightly nervous/excited?

Interesting that the Labour vote seems to have dipped dramatically over the last few days. Tactical voting? Starmer's comments about not rejoining the EU? Are the Tories going to do worse/better than expected? Could the Lib Dems form the official opposition? Reform have put the cat amongst the proverbial pigeons and with their bot-enabled social media campaign I wouldn't be surprised if they win more seats than predicted.

Overall, apart from the obvious large Labour majority, there's quite a lot still up in the air.

 

[KZNSeagull]

And Ann Widdecombe. They say comedy is all about timing

Compensated for by the marvellous Hannah Fry.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Kwarteng and Dorries are on Ch4.

Dorries looks decidedly unhinged!

Perhaps on her 2nd bottle of Vodka?

She absolutely hates Sunak and blames him for dethroning the who man she dreams of every night.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Thread not closed. Exit poll and bed for me. Gotta get up early.

 

[BN41Albion]

Hmm, not convinced by the Ch4 coverage so far... seems quite slapstick / politics for dummies

 

[nwgull]

Just voted. The ID check was farcical. Handed my driving licence to bloke on one desk who checked the photo was me, then went to a separate desk to get my voting card where they didn’t bother cross checking whether the name/address I gave them was the same as the name on my ID

Anyone else have same experience? Seems utterly pointless to require ID if they’re not actually checking the names on your ID against the polling card.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I was quite enthused to see Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell on C4, as I rather like their podcast, and then I saw Widdecombe and Dorries appear.

It's like hearing Ally McCoist on co-comms and then realising Matterface is the commentator and Danny Murphy is doing the half time analysis.

 

[lasvegan]

I’ll pay mild attention while enjoying Independence Day!

 

[HyperTony]

Right i'm pouring a drink

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I won’t make it as I’m on beer 3 and had a spliff… Maybe I should have got a bag in instead.

Prices are only going to go up

 

[Weststander]

Kwarteng and Dorries are on Ch4.

You would .