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Anyone know what is going on in UK elections?
5-5-05 | Edcoil

Posted on 05/05/2005 11:39:41 AM PDT by edcoil

The Radio saysexit polling suggests Tony Blair's goverment taking a beating in the election in the UK. Anyone have any real knowledge of what is happenning?


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1 posted on 05/05/2005 11:39:41 AM PDT by edcoil
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To: edcoil

First exit polls will be released when the polls close in two and a half hours.


2 posted on 05/05/2005 11:42:25 AM PDT by Canard
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To: edcoil

No, but I heard Rush say the Tories might be on their way to an upset. Seems premature to say that, though.

If so, the most interesting thing is the fact that the media once again got it wrong, bigtime. Do these guys ever say anything that's true?


3 posted on 05/05/2005 11:42:51 AM PDT by Brilliant
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Wow! Do you really think the Tories could pull it out? They've been labeled racist for their immigration stance. Frankly I don't believe they have a chance in hell but Labour or Conservative is fine by me.


4 posted on 05/05/2005 11:45:51 AM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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Tories might be on their way to an upset - last nights pictures of Blair pressing the flesh with the masses, looked more like pressing the flesh with the gang, there were tiny crowds and not too much enthusiasm
6 posted on 05/05/2005 11:48:29 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: edcoil

"Blair Wins!". Well, that's the foregone conclusion of the pre-election "polls" and the UK media.

I don't know.


7 posted on 05/05/2005 11:48:38 AM PDT by MisterRepublican
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Supposedly it's a big upset.

Namath pulled it off.

8 posted on 05/05/2005 11:49:03 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Cops to Jennigirl: Can we stop looking for the blue van now?)
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The towel heads are stffing the ballot boxes.
They aren't stuff'n them for the Tories that's for sure. They want Blair to stay in.
9 posted on 05/05/2005 11:50:04 AM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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I would be shockd if the Tories make up any ground, much less a landslide.


10 posted on 05/05/2005 11:50:42 AM PDT by Pikamax
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well those exit polls sure did predict President Kerry's landslide in the US didn't it.


11 posted on 05/05/2005 11:50:48 AM PDT by DM1
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To: Pikamax

me too.


12 posted on 05/05/2005 11:51:25 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: JBlain

"They aren't stuff'n them for the Tories that's for sure. They want Blair to stay in."
nope they want the Lib Dems so that Britain can be COMPLETELY emasculated and dominated by the Franco German Muslim axis


13 posted on 05/05/2005 11:51:44 AM PDT by DM1
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" They aren't stuff'n them for the Tories that's for sure."

Actually some of them are. See the story in The Times earlier in the week about the Bradford constituency.


14 posted on 05/05/2005 11:51:48 AM PDT by Canard
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To: edcoil

What's the Tory position on Iraq and the WoT?

Anyone? Anyone?


15 posted on 05/05/2005 11:52:34 AM PDT by Guillermo (Vote for Pedro)
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To: edcoil

there is a live thread on here somewhere.


16 posted on 05/05/2005 11:52:34 AM PDT by mathluv
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To: edcoil

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1397239/posts?q=1&&page=301


17 posted on 05/05/2005 11:53:02 AM PDT by mathluv
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In summary: Howard would have done exactly the same thing, but wouldn't have lied to Parliament and the electorate about the reasons for it and legality of doing it.


18 posted on 05/05/2005 11:53:53 AM PDT by Canard
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To: edcoil

Rush said he had exit poll results showing the Tories doing well. This has not been confirmed anywhere else, least of all in the UK where freedom of speech is different from what it is here and leaking them is a crime.

I would be wary of this story because we'll know the truth when the polls close in 2 hours anyway.


19 posted on 05/05/2005 11:54:27 AM PDT by HostileTerritory
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To: edcoil

You heard it on the "radio"?

What station? Who said it? When? Context?


20 posted on 05/05/2005 11:54:42 AM PDT by ambrose (....)
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