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

[MmeLindt]

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

sounds like a bit of a feeble excuse to me that they turned up with polling cards......

Well I turned up without my polling card (didn't get it!) and the women in front of me had hers........it took no longer to find me on the list and tick me off than it did her

well ok perhaps slightly longer for me as I made a tit of myself despite having reminded myself all the way there to give my OLD address where I am still registered to vote as hadn't managed to change it in time initally gave my new address

OYBBK - probabl the same as we said about the American elections time before last with all that mess up in Florida or wherever it was........

tis a crap excuse toccata - its not like sheffield uni suddenly appeared between elections!

Yes I agree that those who turn up before 10 should be able to vote, but it seems that this would still have meant that not everyone there could have voted.

I think the case has finally been made to figure out a secure method of online voting.

dodgy claimes going on at chester....

yes but I can accept that people who turned up AFTER 10pm couldn't vote......sucks a bit but it makes sense. But if they got there BEFORE 10 then they should have been allowed to

exactly right toccata.

For OYBBK Germany not talking about folk not being able to vote yet.

There goes GB

thanks MmeLindt Is the financial roller coaster the big news there tonight?

I need a wee.........no more results due for a little while is there???

Then may make more coffee and reheat my chilli cheese bites........

Hopeforthebest
Just had a look at Bild.de - did you read about Oliver Bierhoff's wife losing the baby?

Fab, people turned up in time but were turned away. It is not hard to work out a way of dealing with people who are playing by the rules that ensures they do get their vote in. Otherwise it's not really a democratic election, is it?

OYBBK
The election is the top story in the serious press, and the tabloid Bild is headlining with the Football team's manager and his wife losing their baby.

Where are the announcements? They're taking ages tonight!

Slightly squishy? Heineken lager? Am I imagining the conversation on BBC?

think they're taking a bit longer tonight - think between 2-3am is usually quite busy they sort of trickle in before then

Where is Tony King then? My election night experience will not be complete without the incomparable Tony King.

Sorry, I think I misinterpreted what jux said.

Peter Hennessy was my supervisor at uni. He's fab.

Oh great, on fb my sister is spouting rubbish now about mps causing recessions with their overspending! And my SIL is saying she hasn't even voted! It's 'boring'!

Sister is a student MW, started out at a surestart centre and SIL is a single mum, working 20 hours, on TCs as well. I would think they both have good reason to vote!!

well, I am afraid I am flaking out.
I may drop by after DD wakes me for a feed in the night.
Have fun all.

do you think it was raining by any chance