Valiant and proud lefties election night thread

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On the upside, MiL who is to the right of the Daily Mail also voted Lib Dem so perhaps the grandmafia have cancelled each other out. (Am aware that I am wittering, but DH has refused to listen and I am too nervous to stop...)

Wlifsellout, can we please swap mothers...?

MNHQ has posted up the the Depressed Lefties thread on the menu on the right.

I think we need to let them know there's a new thread

stonking headache
large coffee and family bag of crisps - check
cold Chablis for later - check

lol @ shiny faced posh boys loving your mum Wilf

Sorry BIWI I only just saw yours - for election stuff you mean?

We could do a little poll:

a) who's drunk?
b) who's on strong meds?
c) who would like to be on strong meds?

It's not that simple though. People expected Labour to be better. Whether their expectations were reasonable or not a lot of people hoped there would be a noticable reduction in child poverty. We can quote research and reports and stats at each other but where I live there is a noticable difference just not a good one. There are more people living in poverty, more kids relying on free school dinners, more long term unemployed despite all the farcial measures in place to get them off the stats. I voted Labour with clenched teeth. I am so angry with them. What I mean is, there are some of us who did / couldn't bring themselves to vote Labour who are to the left of Labour. No one represents what I want so I ended up voting for a party I feel doesn't represent me at all to keep the Tories out. I hope Gordon or his replacement recognise tthat the votes from
people like me aren't a pat on the back.

Iyswim.

b)
would like to be c)

Or better on a celebratory a)

Our fruit and veg man has broken the Tory habit of a lifetime and voted BNP. Is this a good thing?

a) will be by 9pm
b)Only Ibuprofen
c)Would probably consider all Class A's by 10.05pm

Can I also add that I feel even more nervous than I usually am when there are elections here in b Italy? (I'm used to defeat here)

Soon to be on option b).

Am currently comfort eating.

(defeat in Italy that is)

God I wish I was in the UK for this election especially as I would probably be in Tory hating Glasgow. (have voted for the last time under the 15 year rule unless I move back )

Ach well if it goes the wrong even Sarkozy will look like a good option tomorrow. (sorry)

I am starting to wonder about this result - as you say Prolesworth - surely all these people have not turned out for the Tories???

Kirkcaldy voter, yeeahh!

Got to put my cross next to Gordon, I felt proud.

Just can't undertand why he gets such a terrible press, think he is honest, capable, decent, serious, moral, fair, just, ok I could go on.

Come on Gordon, please voters, see sense.

I share your view monkeysmama. I would be happy with a hung parliament that led to electoral reform that meant I could vote socialist.
But we have to get there first.

Am drinking already. Friends arriving soon. Am fairly convinced it will be bad news tomorrow but at least if the Tories get in then they will lose the next election and Labour can regroup. Which they need -
my heart says they have the right idea but my head says they've lost the plot. And I struggle to forgive them for Iraq. So though my heart sinks at the thought of waxy Dave getting the keys to number 10, I am probably a bit more conflicted than a lot of people on this thread. But may I stay anyway??

I'm really nervous about how it's going to go as well.

queasy lol at taffeta. Depends whether he's in Barking and Dagenham I suppose.

Speaking of Obama - can you imagine what he would think of Davey C

Someone from the Labour Party rang me at 5pm to ask me to go out and vote for them. I must be a political dimwit because I didn't know they rang people up.

Worryingly, someone I know rang me for advice on who to vote for - they were considering voting BNP. I rang my mum to tell her this and she said exactly the same thing had happened to her.

Our seat had 1 and half thousand votes between Labour and Tory at the last election, so I am concerned.