AIBU to commend channel four for shutting down E4 during most of Polling day..

[Lardylassnomore]

N an effort to get youn people to vote?

I commend them on their action!

There's a second thread (I've suggested they join in with the watchers here).

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2363451-to-think-the-E4-switchoff-on-election-day-is-a-strange-idea

And it includes a sighting of the dancing one.

Cooking sherry all round?

I saw the Panda!! Squeeee.

Hello fellow strange people.

It's a game of noughts and crosses with that creepy clown again.

An homage to the old test card? Only much weirder.

This is bizarrely addictive.

I'm sure this has been said, but I'd have found this hugely patronising when I was under 25. Do they have any evidence that it'll help? Smacks a bit of mum turning off the telly so that the kids will play outside or read a book. Lazy too when they could have had a non party political celebration of democracy and voting with bright young things saying how important voting is. A bit late too-out godson didn't register (cross with him ) so no telly still wouldn't enable him to vote today. But sorry e4 if you've been doing all the persuasion stuff before today.

I think we should run a book on who will do the switch-on at 19.00. Darren, the panda and the clown are the protagonists so far but who knows who E4 could rope in at the last moment to 'assist' Darren?

I was going to vote tonight but now I feel compelled to go and watch the disco dancing panda...

Oh dear God - what are they drinking at E4??

Who's that woman?

The one in the white nightdress and the long black wig?

Tbh I find E4's actions a lot less patronising than the party political broadcasts and the utter guff that most politicians expect us to swallow.

She must have hidden behind the Turning On machine in order to surprise Darren - in true axe-murderer tradition.

The robotic tsetse fly hovers.

Sorry - it's a kitten in a flying machine now I see it properly.

You do all realize that this is probably deeply - deeply - significant in political terms?

Only a few minutes to go!

(Unless you're fan enough to switch to Plus One)

I've just turned e4 on to see what's happening... It's quite addictive! I might just sit and watch it all evening!

He checked his watch. Pulled a lever.

Gone!

You can catch some of it again when they likely analyze it this evening. 'What did the axe-murderer in the nightdress mean and did E4 have access to private polls?'

I was wondering if she was a Kate Bush-alike.

Axe-murderer, Glacinda. No question in my mind.

Another question: why did the drone have a kitten on it?

Beats me. I'll have to watch the political analyses this evening.