LIVE THREAD: UK Election Results (Update - Early Exit Polls Show Tory Upset)

BBC ^ | May 5, 2005 | anonymous

[tellw]

The Vote is under way!

[SauronOfMordor]

Can anybody post the current numbers?

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Uhhh....what's a rictus?

[hole_n_one]

Commentary about how Blair was not thrilled with discussions about his private life

5 times a night Blair.

Does that mean what I think it means?

[bernie_g]

The supercilious anchorman is Jeremy Paxman. At some point this evening, he's probably going to get angry with some politician for lying to him, and gut them quite mercilessly.

It's often amusing to watch because he's an expert at it.

[West Coast Conservative]

Andrew Sullivan thinks Blair is in deep trouble:

BLAIR IN DEEP TROUBLE: The latest Peterborough result is another 7 percent swing against Blair. The Tory victory against the Liberal Democrats in Torbay is also very bad news for Blair. If a swing of 6 or 7 percent against Labour continues, then Labour could actually fail to win this election. I repeat: Labour might not win at this point. This is shaping up to be a huge blow against the prime minister. Developing hard ...

[Colonel_Flagg]

It's in London and went to Labour by 13 points in the last election. One might consider that a surprise.

[Mo1]

Someone is gettting into a car .. LOL!

[GiveEmDubya]

Recount in Rochdale...Labour/LD contest

[Petronski]

rictus

n : a gaping grimace

[snugs]

Thanks FRmail if it goes up I will never get my ping

[fooman]

LD takes East Dunbartonshire!

[prairiebreeze]

Recount in Rotschdale.

Might not have that spelled right.

East Dunbartonshire, I believe Lib Dem has it.

[MadIvan]

Lib Dems peeled off a Labour seat in Scotland.

[Kiss Me Hardy]

Q: Uhhh....what's a rictus?

A: The look Bill Clinton gets on his face when Hillary strips off Old Crusty and wants to get amorous.

[GiveEmDubya]

AND Labour has just lost East Dunbartonshire to the Lib Dems

[snugs]

He always smirks

[Betaille]

Then I think it's time to get rid of Howard. What I'm seeing is a huge dropoff for Labor with smaller dropoffs for Tories. This is a huge wasted opportunity. The Tories need someone more attractive and with more energy. I looked at the internals of some polls and it seems that Conservatives are only winning among those 65+... that is not a coalition on which to build a future party.

[Petronski]

Rictus is one of those words that sounds like exactly what it is.

[Dog]

We'll know Blairs goose is cooked it Ohioshire goes Tory.