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Voters go to the polls in UK general election
BBC ^ | 7/4/24 | Paul Seddon

Posted on 07/04/2024 9:12:22 AM PDT by BigEdLB

Polling stations, set up in buildings such as local schools and community halls, are opened at 07:00 and close at 22:00 BST.

Around 46 million voters are eligible to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons.

The results for each area, or constituency, will be declared through the night and into Friday morning.

Political parties are looking to win more than half the seats, 326, in order to form a majority government.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: farage; starmer; sunak
Thread to post about results. Go Nigel Farage!
1 posted on 07/04/2024 9:12:22 AM PDT by BigEdLB
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To: BigEdLB

This may be the heaviest turnout in awhile. High Turnout bode well for Farage’s Reform Party?


2 posted on 07/04/2024 9:13:41 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Let's go Brandon)
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To: BigEdLB
Farage Chills waiting for vote
3 posted on 07/04/2024 9:16:28 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Let's go Brandon)
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To: BigEdLB

Farage will take Clacton easily and Reform should send a decent cadre of Reform MPs to Westminster, but sadly a Labour landslide is inevitable. Some people still can’t move past the old dichotomy of “vote Labour to get rid of the Tories” and vice versa. British voters are going to have to learn a hard, brutal lesson over the next 5 years before Farage will see his chance to be voted into Number 10.


4 posted on 07/04/2024 9:19:19 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: BigEdLB

The pathetic Tories have ruled for the past 14 years. They will be crushed, and deservingly so. The problem of course is that Labour will be much worse.

Farage might eventually be able to set things straight. But not this year. His Reform UK Party is projected to win only a few seats this time around.


5 posted on 07/04/2024 9:23:26 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: BigEdLB
If Brits think that things are bad now they should just wait a couple of years. They say they Maoists will have such a big majority that they will have no trouble fundamentally transforming Britain.
6 posted on 07/04/2024 10:09:03 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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To: BigEdLB

Election Night Special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt9zGiQuLzc


7 posted on 07/04/2024 10:10:46 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BigEdLB

Exit polls due to be released in about 10 minutes at 10pm BST/4:00pm EST.


8 posted on 07/04/2024 1:51:42 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: BigEdLB
Turnout...

Meanwhile...

Election day fury as thousands unable to vote after huge blunder sparks system meltdown Thousands of Britons were unable to vote due to postal ballot delays caused by allegedly prioritising parcel deliveries.

Gee, what a coinkydink...

9 posted on 07/04/2024 1:53:00 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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And then there's this...

What ID do I need to vote in the General Election today? Full list of options New voter ID rules were first implemented in 2023 and will be used for the first time in a national election for the General Election today, July 4.

Sounds great, right?

Until you scroll down in the story and see just how much qualifies as proper ID.

10 posted on 07/04/2024 1:55:51 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: BigEdLB

Exit Poll Estimating Labour with 410 seats
Tories-131
Liberal Democrats-61
Reform-13
Scottish Nationalists-10
Others-25

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn09xn9je7lt


11 posted on 07/04/2024 2:08:29 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

That Tory loss is nowhere near brutal enough for my liking. Good to see the Snp getting even more thoroughly smashed though.


12 posted on 07/04/2024 4:37:05 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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