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Valiant and proud lefties election night thread

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MarionCole · 06/05/2010 15:35

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LadyBlaBlah · 06/05/2010 17:32

Count me in too. I am alone here tonight, doing Doritos and Coors Light

Having waves of optimism followed by gut wrenching tsunamis of dread

policywonk · 06/05/2010 17:34

Will someone volunteer to hold my hand at 10pm when the exit polls come in? DSs are going to be at ex-P's tonight so I'm going to be sat here with only some fizzy wine and a pile of Twiglets for company.

Smilehighclub · 06/05/2010 17:34

valiant proud and anxious

no wine in the house should I get some

policywonk · 06/05/2010 17:34

oh x-posts LBB

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LadyBlaBlah · 06/05/2010 17:40

I think I am going to need MN at 10pm tonight. Hand holding indeed !

newyorkshire · 06/05/2010 17:40

come on guys...we knew what to do, so others will too!

Rangirl · 06/05/2010 17:41

Count me in.Although I am so depressed about the Tories geting in I will have to either go to bed or drink lots

RebeccaRedheart · 06/05/2010 17:44

Marking my place. I have hope in my heart

zisforzebra · 06/05/2010 17:44

DH has bought lots of chocolate and we have plenty of vodka to see us through. Am not terribly optimistic though.

onebatonevote · 06/05/2010 17:45

hiya

tiredlady · 06/05/2010 17:46

Feeling gloomy and anxious.

Can't help remembering election night in '97, watching Michael Portillo's face as he lost his seat. One of the best moments of my ENTIRE life.

scurryfunge · 06/05/2010 17:47

Putting my optimistic head on and marking my place

PinkFuschia · 06/05/2010 17:48

Marking my place. As a pinko LibDem and a PinkFuschia I guess I'll to be drinking rose tonight

Totally about the Grauniad coming out for the LibDems and then plastering DC all over the fucking front cover. But the Indy's Johann Hari is SO my boyfriend.
www.johannhari.com/

RedBlueRed · 06/05/2010 17:49

I'm in the positive, optimistic camp. Its going to be good news, I can feel it in my waters.

cinnamontoast · 06/05/2010 17:50

Just had a LibDemmer round here, chasing me up to vote (am going this evening with DD). Told him I was a Labour voter but had seriously considered tactical voting for the first time ever as Labour won't get a look in here and we've got a very good Lib Dem MP. We talked about the possibility of a coalition and he said that personally he just couldn't see the LibDems going in with the Tories as their policies had so much more in common with Labour: both progressive parties, who had common ground on Europe, benefits, inheritance tax and even on the economy. Also, the Tories would never agree to PR, as they would have too much to lose. It cheered me up, as on balance he's right. A hung parliament is probably a poisoned chalice either way for the LibDems, but they're going to alienate more of their supporters if they end up bolstering Tory policy. So the only thing we have to fear is an outright Tory majority and there's only an outside chance of that. Am I being naive or is there a bit of a silver lining here?

policywonk · 06/05/2010 17:50

I LOVE Johann Hari. (Not sure he's great boyfriend material though - well not for a lady of the female persuasion

Lilyloo · 06/05/2010 17:52

Just back from voting fingers crossed i suppose...

policywonk · 06/05/2010 17:52

cinnamon - I v much hope you're right, but yesterday's polls did seem to be moving towards outright majority territory (if a pathetically small one bolstered by weirdy Ulster Unionists)

smallishsheep · 06/05/2010 17:53

for you, tiredlady

geekgirl · 06/05/2010 17:54

tether, I'm German... came here when I was 17.
I get to vote in the German elections

policywonk · 06/05/2010 17:55

Anyone fancy coming to this on Saturday? Could be a nice little rioting opportunity, esp. if Cameron is trying to overturn the constitution with the help of Murdoch

50ftQueenie · 06/05/2010 17:56

Do you think lefties are naturally pessimistic? I too fear that that hideous wax-faced puppet will be in tomorrow. Will the sun actually rise in the morning if there's a Tory government in power? I seriously doubt it.....

tethersendisnigh · 06/05/2010 17:58

You're in the same boat as my DP, geekgirl... seems odd, doesn't it?

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