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** Official MN Election Night Thread - let's hold hands and wait together **

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MmeLindt · 06/05/2010 08:40

Just starting this so that we can all post our thoughts throughout the day.

My wish for today is that as many people as possible GO OUT AND VOTE.

I cannot vote as I have been living abroad for over 15 years so if anyone wants to vote for me, I would like to vote for Gordon Brown. Voting by MN proxy

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MrJustAbout · 07/05/2010 05:10

Did I hear right - were the first words in Hazel Blears' speech "fly my pretties"?

mspotatochip · 07/05/2010 04:18

vomiting baby here tomorrow should be interesting lots of beebies for toddler. These results are so nuts its fascinating but kind of unsettling.

Delighted to see two asian women mps. Go ladies!

caramelwaffle · 07/05/2010 04:18
toccatanfudge · 07/05/2010 04:18

no they don't have seats (thank god!) but they do have seats in Europe....

Tolalola · 07/05/2010 04:17

oooh you poor lot, no idea how you're all still awake - I'm on the other side of the Atlantic so it's only 11.15 on Thursday night here and I'm already completely knackered!

toccatanfudge · 07/05/2010 04:17

Tory have gained 39 seats now - and still only just over half way through.....

ASecretLemonadeDrinkerDAVE · 07/05/2010 04:16

Does th BNP curernetly have seats? Or did they win something to do with the european thing? Poor ol' Dimbleby needs tucking in bed with a hot water bottle and a teddy bear! Funny old business with the recounts in N.I, hope Sinn Fein get it

caramelwaffle · 07/05/2010 04:16

i can't believe it's tomorrow already with NO discernible result

toccatanfudge · 07/05/2010 04:15

lib dem vote is now up 1.2% though....

Kaloki · 07/05/2010 04:14

Got MIL coming over sometime later today.. oh god.. kill me now!

caramelwaffle · 07/05/2010 04:14

Good grief the birds have started singing outside!

SHADUUUUUUP !

Alibabaandthe40tories · 07/05/2010 04:14

TAF - agree it is just awful that the seats don't translate AT ALL out of votes for Lib Dem.

I am in favour of moving to larger constituancies (sp - I know) and then making up another chunk of the house with MPs from a party list voted for under a PR system. It would redress the balance significantly while still checking the rise of parties like the BNP.

toccatanfudge · 07/05/2010 04:12

I am going to be a Zombie in the morning...........I don't care - I'll live........and you never know I may actually sleep really well tomorrow (or should that be tonight?)

caramelwaffle · 07/05/2010 04:12

Really wrong IMO toccata !

Kaloki · 07/05/2010 04:11

tolalola they are definitely going a bit loopy! It's really odd, I'm getting tired so keep doing a double take when they say something strange!

Kaloki · 07/05/2010 04:10

No, thank god lemonade

Alibabaandthe40tories · 07/05/2010 04:10

This is so interesting - and poor Jeremy Vine and his swingometer are almost obselete because the results are so variable.

Tolalola · 07/05/2010 04:10

no, no bnp seats yet, thank goodness.

think all the bbc announcers are losing the plot...

caramelwaffle · 07/05/2010 04:10

No seats ASLD

toccatanfudge · 07/05/2010 04:09

Look at these figures so far though

Con - 159 seats 5,300,917 votes (35.8%)
Lab - 123 seats 4,020,087 votes (27,2%)
Lib - 23 seats 3,283,554 votes (22.1%)

that's what's bloody wrong with our voting - just 800,000 votes makes the difference of 100 seats

caramelwaffle · 07/05/2010 04:08

Oops x-post I meant "stick that up your...."

ASecretLemonadeDrinkerDAVE · 07/05/2010 04:08

has the bnp got any seats yet?

caramelwaffle · 07/05/2010 04:07
Grin
ASecretLemonadeDrinkerDAVE · 07/05/2010 04:07

I am very suprised at the labour support, I really thought they would be coming up third.

toccatanfudge · 07/05/2010 04:06

0404The Times highlights one of the night's firsts: "At a stroke, Britain now has its first two Asian female MPs."

Stick that up your beep beep beep BNP

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