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LIVE THREAD: UK Election Results (Update - Early Exit Polls Show Tory Upset)
BBC ^ | May 5, 2005 | anonymous

Posted on 05/05/2005 7:59:15 AM PDT by tellw

The Vote is under way!


TOPICS: Breaking News; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: blair; exitpolls; ukelection
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To: MadIvan

Ivan any anecdotal evidence backing up these exit polling numbers this afternoon? (of low male Labour tournout)


161 posted on 05/05/2005 10:13:00 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: conservativebabe

To be perfectly frank there's no outright hostility that I've seen towards Americans...quite the contrary, usually the first instinct to ask Americans where they come from in the States, to see if we've visited that particular part on holiday. ;)

Please keep in mind I also used to live in the Socialist Hell Hole of Islington, North London too. There's no burning American flags, or anything like that. We're glad for foreigners that speak English, to be perfectly honest.

Regards, Ivan


162 posted on 05/05/2005 10:13:53 AM PDT by MadIvan (One blog to bring them all...and in the Darkness bind them: http://www.theringwraith.com/)
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To: jdm

That is a stern looking lady!


163 posted on 05/05/2005 10:14:03 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: MadIvan

I'm not sure how the Labour Party of Tony Blair is any different from the Torie Party of John Major/Michael Howard. Both are mushy moderate friends of the U.S. on foreign policy questions, but who also believe in domestic Socialism - just not the hard core variety Socialism.

There isn't a dimes worth of difference between the two.


164 posted on 05/05/2005 10:15:17 AM PDT by ambrose (....)
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To: gopwinsin04

Nothing I've seen - but I've been working most of the day. What is definitely true is that Tory voters are consistently more motivated than Labour ones. Labour voters are more half hearted.

Regards, Ivan


165 posted on 05/05/2005 10:15:23 AM PDT by MadIvan (One blog to bring them all...and in the Darkness bind them: http://www.theringwraith.com/)
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To: FreedomCalls
He looks a bit like robert hardy (british actor..played siegfried in all creatures great and small) haha
166 posted on 05/05/2005 10:15:59 AM PDT by modest proposal
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To: Paradox
BBC Election 2005

Live election page from the BBC...things will get cranking up tonight.

2005 Results Map

This is the live color-coded map that will be filled in all night.

167 posted on 05/05/2005 10:16:25 AM PDT by GiveEmDubya
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To: Josh in PA

He's probably doing a parody of the 2004 election exit polls...


168 posted on 05/05/2005 10:16:30 AM PDT by ambrose (....)
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To: conservativebabe

It's just the application fee.


169 posted on 05/05/2005 10:17:04 AM PDT by AmishDude (Join the AmishDude fan club: "Very well put, AD. As usual." -- Howlin; "ROFL!" -- Dan from Michigan)
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To: Josh in PA

South African press has now picked up Rush's story http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1115294764422B635


170 posted on 05/05/2005 10:17:09 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: MadIvan

I am a huge Jane Austin fan. I have always longed to see the English countryside as well as London. Hope I get my wish some day.

My husband's family are of English origin-Payne. He was told the spelling was changed from Paine.


171 posted on 05/05/2005 10:17:34 AM PDT by conservativebabe
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To: concerned about politics
Vote Republican - Vote morally correct!

'Morally Correct'!   Finally, an answer to 'Politically Correct'.

172 posted on 05/05/2005 10:18:28 AM PDT by jigsaw (God Bless Our Troops)
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To: conservativebabe

ah yes paine is a lovely name because of Thomas paine and his common sense pamphlet . AT least i think that guy was named thomas paine.

Im no history major


173 posted on 05/05/2005 10:18:59 AM PDT by modest proposal
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To: MadIvan

I hope the BBC exit polls are better than the ones in the US favoring John Kerry in early afternoon!


174 posted on 05/05/2005 10:19:05 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: modest proposal

Yes, you are correct.


175 posted on 05/05/2005 10:19:31 AM PDT by conservativebabe
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To: gopwinsin04

The worst possible outcome would be a narrow Labour win. Blair would probably be dumped, or he'd be forced to kowtow to the leftist wing of his party.


176 posted on 05/05/2005 10:19:37 AM PDT by ambrose (....)
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To: ambrose

There's a huge difference - government spending and regulation has exploded under Labour rule - we've lost 1 million jobs in industry since they came to power, and added 850,000 government jobs. 66 separate tax rises have occured - albeit quietly, and using a variety of methods, one of which is to increase what we call "National Insurance Contributions" (sort of like Social Security taxes). Furthermore, Labour has cut defence spending.

The Tories will cut taxes, cut bureaucracy, cut spending (at least increases), secure the borders through controlled immigration (one of the centrepieces of their platform), reject the EU Constitution (something Labour wants us to swallow) and increase defence spending.

To say there's no difference is disingenuous. I agree that the Tories haven't been strong enough in pointing out the differences.

Regards, Ivan


177 posted on 05/05/2005 10:20:36 AM PDT by MadIvan (One blog to bring them all...and in the Darkness bind them: http://www.theringwraith.com/)
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To: GiveEmDubya
Boston & Skegness +1.3% CON

Boston a Conservative Majority??!

Obviously, it's not our Boston...

178 posted on 05/05/2005 10:22:20 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("Get in the ring!")
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To: MadIvan

The John Majors and Michael Howards strike me as being like our own domestic RINOs.


179 posted on 05/05/2005 10:22:31 AM PDT by ambrose (....)
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To: ambrose

We all saw how quickly things changed after the first exit polls in the US, Rush says there will be more numbers in a couple of hours...


180 posted on 05/05/2005 10:22:39 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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