General Election 2019

#dogsatpollingstations

Saw my downstairs neighbour's dog outside the polling station when I came out, he got a lengthy scritch between the ears (the dog, not the neighbour).

~4000 people on the list at my polling station, split into two desks by road names and roughly equal numbers. At 9.30am the queue I was in (A-P) had 50 people waiting. The other queue only had ~5 people waiting. Bloke in charge said this seemed to be the highest turnout he'd witnessed (and he's been doing it for 20+ years).

22 minutes from locking up my bike to getting back on it again to continue my commute (thanks to Garmin Connect for telling me that). #StravaAllTheVoting

So much rain here in Tory town Bournemouth. The only canvassers I've had while WFH today so far are Labour - I hope floating voters are impressed with their commitment in the weather.

I don't spend much time on Ruislip High Street at 10am on a weekday morning.
Sparse number of pedestrians due to earlier cold rain.
In the Voting station, the tellers, 6, outnumbered voters.
On exitting, the number of pedestrians had increased, but no chance of a queue.
Rain intensified on the walk home.
Nick Hurd, (yes son of Douglas), had 57% of the vote in 2017, has stood down.
10 years of 'No Council Tax increase' from the LB Hillingdon will bolster the loss of incumbency.

In my polling station the A - P roads desk had a queue of ~20 people, the other one had none. Obviously the volunteers are doing a great job, but surely just even up the road distribution on the desks!

Live comment from my mum in Walton-on-Thames..are you voting Conservative?

NO WAY!!! Don't be daft

It's the hope that gets you

BXP4LYF

By which I mean be extremely prepared for Labour yielding favourably.

IDS, Raab, Johnson, Patel then Gove is the understanding of the likelihood as far as I understand it.

From https://public.tableau.com/profile/christabel.cooper#!/vizhome/Time_15760854433110/Timings which was linked above:-

IDS = Chingford and Woodford Green - Expected declare 3am - Pred = Con Hold (2% maj)
Raab = Esher & Walton - Expected declare 3am - Pred = Con Hold (3% maj)
Johnson = Uxbridge & Ruislip South - Expected declare 4am - Pred = Con Hold (11% maj)
Patel = Witham - Expected declare 4am - Pred = Con Hold (43% maj)
Gove = Surrey Heath - Expected declare 3am - Pred = Con Hold (29% maj)

Johnson hasn't even voted for himself. Twat. [Danny Dyer voice]

Johnson hasn't even voted for himself.

I have no idea if this is true or not.

But imagine if he loses the seat by one vote. Just. Imagine.

come on, Danny Dyer would have managed to fit in a couple of C-unts in the sentence that long.

He voted in Westminster, not in Uxbridge.

Surely an MP has to maintain their primary residence in their constituency? Or is it just the thing that is done but not a rule?

Maybe different for PM? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

You can be registered in multiple constituencies (like students usually are) but only allowed to vote in one. Convention is for MPs to vote where they're running but no rule.

If you're free and keen, they are after door knockers in chingford.

Pretty empty in my polling station (Albrighton road, dog kennel hill) when i popped over at 11am. Have seen a grand total of 0 door knockers throughout this election, and i wfh...

This area is pretty much wrapped up by labour though.

I'm voting after work, super safe labour so no bother. Been pestering my Dad and sister in Reading where it'll make a difference, both off to vote Labour later, Dad, who'll be voting for the first time at 60 odd, says he's had local Labour people round and offering him a lift to the polling station, which is good. Sister says Hugh Grant's been in town with the local candidate, which is also good, only 3000ish votes in it last time.

Box ticked. Vote done.

Now I’d like to understand how someone can walk past a food bank and justify a con vote.

Fiscal responsibility seems to be the most common argument touted to vote for Boris. Im not super hot on economics, my suspicion being that healthy, fed and educated people are likely to bring more to the table in the long term than tax breaks - any balanced articles out there anyone can recommend to help me understand the conservative rational a little better?

A tough decision today

Don't vote... Complicit if Douglas Ross gets in.
Spoil the paper... Just as above, but They know you couldn't make a decision.
Voted SNP. The only party with any hope of defeating him.

Sorry Greens 😞

Off to vote for Labour in Reading East later tonight - very happy surprise when it swung in 2017 (previously pretty safe Tory). The Cons have had the big guns out, by which I mean the Maybot, but have given my house a wide birth since I told them in the 2015 election that I thought a referundum on EU membership was a ridiculous idea and I'd never vote for a party that suggested it.
I noticed a real Labour momentum in 2017 locally that I haven't this time around, particularly I think as a backlash to Brexit (Lab candidate is very pro-remain), but I'm hoping they can hold it.

https://www.brewdog.com/blog/vote-punk?sfns=mo

As if you needed more motivation to vote.

I know Brewdog isn't the most popular brand here, but a free pint's a free pint.

Tactical vote here, LD as it’s a Tory vs LD game.

New Labour candidate locally seems pretty alright, a shame it’s a wasted vote to him though

Same. It doesn’t feel good does it?

My Lib Dem candidate is a bit of an empty suit. Worryingly he’s said this election is a choice between a Boris majority or a Boris minority government (suggesting some arrangement between Conservatives and Liberals). The local Labour guy is new, 22 but actually really good.

Google the government deficit over the last decade.