UN UK Snap election 8th June 2017 - Oh boy another U turn.

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Ginger Piglet said:
Exit polls don't take into account postal votes though, or do they? If what Pillock says is true then this may explain it...
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They do not, they ambush you as you leave the polling station after making eye contact with you as you go in. Least by my experience and I doubt they'd change that methodology.

This is 30,000 people from 140 randomly selected polling stations. How these fall into rural and urban seats is anybody's guess, especially as both parties were quietly rubbishing rumoured exit polling earlier on.

It's possible, that for ease of polling they've gone for potentially busier polling stations, or turnout has been way higher than expected.

Labour's supposedly done badly across the Midlands Marginals, Yorkshire and the North East according to local sources reporting to journos and the BBC folks are saying the same, but have been pleasantly surprised elsewhere.

EDIT: Unite were panicked enough by the postal votes in Ealing Central and Acton due to postal votes, so it's possible there's a weight to come yet.
 
Exit poll 'doesn't reflect mood on doorstep'
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Matt Hewitt

BBC East Midlands Today

Posted at22:33
The agent for Rushcliffe Conservative candidate, Ken Clarke, says the exit poll putting the Tories short of an overall majority doesn't reflect the mood he's witnessed in Nottingham - even in the more traditionally Labour areas.

Mr Clarke is standing for Parliament for the last time. As Father of the House he was the longest serving MP in the Commons at the end of the last parliament.
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We could get a majority yet...
 

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So a thing to note is how big Sunderland's majority is. If there's a shift away, even though Labour will still win, then it might give you an idea of how accurate the poll is.
 
Ponderous Pillock said:
So a thing to note is how big Sunderland's majority is. If there's a shift away, even though Labour will still win, then it might give you an idea of how accurate the poll is.
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That and we should wait for some of the key marginals to come in too (Hello Nuneaton)

CCHQ are apparently sceptical about the exit polls. Labour are celebrating of course.

Fuck sake Gove, why did you dissuade Boris from being PM?
 
Theres chatter that Jeremy Cunt may have lost his seat.

Oh please god let it be true.
 
Political scientist Prof John Curtice says unless the exit poll is incredibly wrong, the prime minister has failed to achieve a landslide or big majority.

He says it's unlikely that Labour will end up with more seats than the Conservatives, so it will be the Tories still in power.

He adds that he cannot rule out the possibility that the Conservatives will have an overall majority, but it could be the same as 2015.
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76 seats dudes.

EDIT: https://twitter.com/kitty_donaldson...ww.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-2017-40171454

We may be waking up to a new PM after all. (Hi Boris!)
 
Majority increased by about 2,000 over in Newcastle Upon Tyne for Labour.

EDIT: Exit Poll is out by about 5% on that seat.
 
The Grand Master of the Kind and Gentle is on. I get the impression he's sceptical of the exit poll too.

First result: Newcastle Central. Labour win. Not a surprise, but how much by?

EDIT: Is this vote stacking or proof of the exit poll being correct?
 
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