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

BBC ^ | May 5, 2005 | anonymous

[tellw]

The Vote is under way!

[watsonfellow]

Another safe labour seat underpreforms in sounderland north.

eight percent less labour.

swing to tories-five percent.

this is in a SUNDERLAND NORTH!!!

Tories need a six percent swing, and in a safe labour seat, they got a swing to the five percent!

Exit polls are off.

BBC admitting this now.

[snugs]

They would have to elect a new Parliamentary Leader who would then be Prime Minister

[Diddle E. Squat]

Thanks for the insight.

[GiveEmDubya]

Yeah there's a lot of rumors going that the Tories have made for a good number of close races....Houghton & Washington East (next to Sunderalnd) coming in next.

[Petronski]

I think perhaps British conservatives react the same as Americans when confronted by an exit pollster: none of your damn business.

[PhiKapMom]

Paging Jackson -- even copying the "every vote must count" Dems over here! :)

[Doe Eyes]

I have a feeling the Conservatives will outperform the exit polls.

History has shown us the accuracy of exit polls.

[MadIvan]

She didn't have a broken nose, look illiterate or have a tatoo on her forehead. :)

Weird BNP candidate.

Regards, Ivan

[bahblahbah]

WTH is this little wheel thing on the BBC.

[FreedomNeocon]

My current read is that the REAL reason Torries are advancing and Labor loosing is the 'balance' vote.

Its not so much party-centric, as much as people want 'more balance', voting against the party that has been in power for 12yrs.

Same thing happend to Thatcher.

Anyway, I doubt that is the way it will be reported (since the "liberals are taking over the UK" story is so juicy for the MSM)

[PhiKapMom]

LOL!!! Bush's fault!

[GiveEmDubya]

Indeed it has! ;)

BBC: Enfield Southgate in trouble for Labour!

[Mo1]

Sky News reporting LAB hold Sunderland North

[TheBigB]

C'mon, Tories! : )

[MadIvan]

She didn't have a broken nose, look illiterate or have a tatoo on her forehead. :)

Weird BNP candidate.

Regards, Ivan

[fooman]

+5% gain for tories in suderland north. Very bullish for the tories across the country.

[alisasny]

This thread, with your input has been the best on FR since US election day.


THANKS IVAN : )

[JohnBDay]

The BNP candidate was a very attractive fascist though. :)

LOL, she wasn't bad.

[PhiKapMom]

This is great -- their exit polls off as well. Looks like somoe of their analysts are having trouble believing the results versus exit polls.

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