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[Broken Joystick]

If you guys want the perspective of a 19yr olds twitter sphere the mommentum has been full on roll in favour for Corbyn for the last month the tl was gr8 😂
My guys hate May it was cool seeing stormzy, jme and lowkey come out for labour

It's been incredibly refreshing and great to see grime artists and the like come out and get young people involved. It's been one of the better things to come of this election in my eyes. Hopefully they've planted a seed and the young will continue to vote and stay involved.

 

[liquidtmd]

Exit poll been hacked by Russia?

Russia too busy tonight laughing their asses off at Trump sweating over Comey

Putin mentioned he may tune in to see Chester declare at 3am

 

[gngf123]

Oh shit.

This is Clegg's seat right? There were rumours that he might be at risk of losing his seat.

 

[djplaeskool]

I need Jeb! edits for every major election going forward

 

[whyamihere]

This is Clegg's seat right? There were rumours that he might be at risk of losing his seat.

Yeah, Clegg's seat.

 

[Chinner]

I think the exit poll is probably best case scenario. I have accepted Tories will win, but anything less than impressive has greatly damaged May.

 

[Monty Mole]

Katya in Brussels has nothing to say

 

[Spaghetti]

Oh shit.

The Cleggening begins.

 

[Izuna]

The Cleggening begins.

Fuck

 

[Colin.]

What channel would be best for watching the results coming in?

 

[Messofanego]

What's their usual bias ? Am not a regular BBC watcher.

Neutral to liberal bias.

 

[gngf123]

Yeah, the only reason I'm worried is because we were hit by that exit poll hope-bomb.

If the Tories lose any seats and Labour gain any, that's a fucking win.

Yup this is where I am.

Even a +10 from the exit poll still ends up with the Conservatives losing seats compared to before the election. It might not be what I want but I'll take it. It's much better than I expected.

 

[King Gilga]

I don't believe any positive tidings.

I will sleep on this expecting the worst, waking up to whatever the reality is. Better result? Nice. Bad result? Expected. Meh result? Well it could be better.

 

[Vimes]

It passed in the Scottish Parliament so it will likely go ahead once Brexit happens. At this point though it shows the Scots would rather leave the EU than leave the UK. Even with the remain majority.

The unionist parties will try and argue this, but the current sitting session of Scottish Parliament has voted in favour of it and 34 seats is still over half of the Scottish seats available. It just looks bad because of how ridiculously well they did in 2015.

In short, because of Brexit, Indy2 is not going away.

So if I'm to understand Boxer's take, it's that indyref2 will happen, but the exit polls for SNP suggest the result will be Remain in the UK.

 

[Zyae]

Exit polls are never accurate

 

[kharma45]

What channel would be best for watching the results coming in?

I'd stick with the bbc

 

[excowboy]

What chance that strong and stable Theresa, who is the only person capable of negotiating a successful Brexit, is going to be warming the back benches in the not too distant future? Worth a flutter?!

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Sky News sources saying May is "reeling at" the exit poll.

Mr May thinks now is the time to take the bins out and head down the pub.

 

[kmag]

Curtice seems to be walking back from the exit poll at a rate of knots.

I also keep on expecting him to say, 'Great Scott' for some reason

 

[Real Hero]

Exit polls are never accurate

Not true

 

[Meadows]

Putin rigged U.K. Election for Jeb

 

[AHA-Lambda]

So if I'm to understand Boxer's take, it's that indyref2 will happen, but the exit polls suggest the result will be Remain in the UK.

pretty much so yes.

 

[Audioboxer]

BBC Scotland saying it could be Labour getting seats back.

So if I'm to understand Boxer's take, it's that indyref2 will happen, but the exit polls for SNP suggest the result will be Remain in the UK.

Until Brexit actually happens the average person doesn't really see much if anything changing. Once we know the deal and short term outlook it will make things more real for everyone. The next worry was living under Tory reign for the next 10 years but that might be challenged tonight.

 

[Goodlife]

Exit polls are never accurate

They really are

 

[Dr Zhivago]

https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/872939681788432389

Where is their data coming from, I wonder?

 

[Little Old Man]

Katya in Brussels has nothing to say

"Fucks sake David, it's the middle of the night, I got nothing to discuss"

 

[Orbis]

Exit polls are never accurate

Wrong.

 

[War Peaceman]

Not true

Yeah in the two before the last one they got it exactly right. Which is nuts.

 

[Dopus]

Exit polls are never accurate

This isn't true at all.

 

[kmag]

Exit polls are never accurate

in 2001 and 2005 they were out by 0 seats.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

BBC Scotland saying it could be Labour getting seats back.

I can happily live with that, Kezia has been doing rather well this campaign too

 

[~Kinggi~]

Damn reading this thread is like the Trump election night thread. Hope shattered.

 

[JonathanEx]

If you want a five minute laugh, BBC Two's little comedy Election Spy did continue tonight: it's quick and you can watch on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tlymm

 

[Zyae]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/fiveth...s/ten-reasons-why-you-should-ignore-exit/amp/

 

[Royal_Phalanx]

They called the referendum correctly as well, though that might have been easier to predict.

 

[Mr. Sam]

I'm going to bed. Keep the faith, comrades.

 

[CarlisleDavid1979]

Copeland and Barrow back to Labour.

BBC sources. Youth turnout bigger.

 

[djplaeskool]

As an American, perhaps I have a bad read on the UKIP, but how are the Conservatives failing to capture all of that party's loss?

 

[ElectronicOldMen]

BBC exit poll expert guy says the exit poll off-ness could be down more to exaggerating swings in direction in any direction than just a blanket Cons doing better than expected thing. Either way that isn't massively promising.

 

[Royal_Phalanx]

Have a job interview tomorrow, so will clock off at 1am or so. I hope for the best, and expect the worst.

 

[Morat]

I'm going to bed. Keep the faith, comrades.

See you in the morning....comrade

 

[Fordy]

so what does projected SNP loses do for indyref2?

 

[Beefy]

LibDempress
We are getting a lot of calls so just to be clear: No Coalition. No deals.
https://twitter.com/LibDemPress/status/872935171414249473

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Damn reading this thread is like the Trump election night thread. Hope shattered.

No.
The vast majority of us were hoping for a Conservative decline, a Labour victory was never on the cards.
Even with some variation if the exit poll is any indication we got exactly what we hoped for.

 

[BossDarkseid]

As an American, perhaps I have a bad read on the UKIP, but how are the Conservatives failing to capture all of that party's loss?

They assumed it was theirs, rather than fought for it.

If it turns out this way.

 

[milanbaros]

Expecting about 339 for Cons and 240 for lab based on analysis of the early seat voting.

 

[Izuna]

LibDempress
We are getting a lot of calls so just to be clear: No Coalition. No deals.
https://twitter.com/LibDemPress/status/872935171414249473

YUUUP

Bless

 

[tomtom94]

As an American, perhaps I have a bad read on the UKIP, but how are the Conservatives failing to capture all of that party's loss?

UKIP became a "protest party" at the last GE - captured many burned Lib Dems from 2010 election. Entirely possible that they swung back.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

As an American, perhaps I have a bad read on the UKIP, but how are the Conservatives failing to capture all of that party's loss?

UKIP has a lot of ex-Labour voters - white working class from formerly industrial areas struggling with job losses and economic insecurity. Lots of them wanted Leave as a fuck you to a system that failed them; that doesn't meant they're now Comservatives.

 

[OrangeGrayBlue]

Exit polls are never accurate

Except for that time they were, and that other time they wete.