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Because I don't have a driving licence or a passport, and the electoral commission have seen fit to take away centuries of a brits right to turn up and vote without a photo ID. So sadly not voting this time.

If the Tories get chucked out I think I’ll cry in relief, literally for ages.

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As I'm no longer eligible to vote, having voted in every election since I was 18, I will be doing something else, pottering in the garden, reading, watching a film, marking, lesson planning....

This - I think the Tories have really managed to improve political engagement among the young. All the ones I know are angry.

Will doze on the sofa and eat ice cream and snacks all night. I'm not a big alcohol person but if I weren't pregnant I'd be making dirty cocktails.
Alas I'll have to decide if I can be bothered to make ice cream milkshakes with no alcohol or I'll just eat ice cream solid with toppings (most likely - no booze no point in blending).

I don't think cocky, nor massive, just hopeful for a decent working majority.

Ooh I need to get planning! Have told my CLP I’m taking the day off and can help give lifts/teller duties/count observation etc but DP is up for an all nighter & champers on ice - I’m usually a skeptic over polls and would rather row back on the optimism until we’ve actually won….definitely taking Friday off though. I usually get tired about 1am and go to bed. The last two elections (plus 2019 and Brexit) DP came to bed at 6am practically in tears and I remember thinking WTF?!

I do think there will be a bigger turnout of young voters than expected this year. Talking to DD, it'll be her first time voting and she said all her friends will be using their vote. They're seeing their futures being fucked over in every way possible.

Electoral Calculus has taken the boundary changes into account and is still predicting a Labour majority.

Personally, I am pretty confident that bar some major unexpected event between now and election day there will be a Labour government on July 5th.

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Can't speak for anyone else, but I don't feel cocky at all. I would love a Labour landslide or just a solid progressive majority tbh, but despite the healthy poll lead, under FPTP it just doesn't necessarily translate into seats, especially after the boundary change gerrymandering. So it would definitely be stupid to count chickens imo.

Aside from on here, I think apathy is running lower than usual though. It'll be interesting to see what turnout is. My guess is that it will be healthy, except perhaps in areas where school holidays will already have begun and people are away.

Early night for me as I'll be getting up to train or work at 4.30am. Probably have a quick look at any results when I get up and again between clients

The only year I stayed up for was 1997 when I was 22 and it felt like a really important part of my future. Might actually stay up slightly later than normal this year though!

It may well be closer but every poll has Labour to win. Even ones run by ex-Tory party workers using very unusual methodologies.

They last time there were polls with one party having such a huge clear lead was in 1997.

I think it is going to be a lot closer than people think. I also think apathy might make it closer too. People are too cocky for a massive Labour win on here.

Cheese, chutney, crackers and beer. Can't wait. Love an election!

I genuinely have never heard of people staying up all night for this. I didn’t even realised people actually watched it, apart from maybe a select few. But it seems loads of you do. I will just see the results on my phone news notification thing when it’s announced.

DH stayed up until the small hours for that one but I went to bed because DD was only a very small toddler so I knew I would have to be up early.

I remember waking up briefly when he came to bed and he said Portillo had lost his seat and Martin Bell had taken Tatton. But then I went to sleep again and next morning thought I must have dreamt both those things!

In the past I have usually not stayed up because of work, but we are both retired now so... Hmmm! Must pace ourselves or we could get plastered. Snacks required for sure.

@IClaudine Also neither can you say what Starmer would have done when faced with NHS chiefs wanting to clear bed spaces. No one has any idea. In a crisis, all bets are off. So where would COVID patients go? Wards in the sky? Labour liked the idea of taking advice - so did the Tories over this!

If the exit poll is good news and doesn't predict a close result, then you can relax!

No short memories here.

I didn't agree with the war in Iraq and marched against it. But if the Tories had been in power at that point, they would have backed the US too, don't delude yourself.

TBF I don't think you can hold Starmer accountable for what Blair did over two decades ago.

I care about it too much to stay up. Will keep away from it because my nerves won’t stand it. The next day hopefully will be a very good one (but I’m not thinking about it).