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edited May 2019 in General

imagepoliticalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Frustratingly there’ll be no results or even on the day polls until Monday at 10pm

Those used to general elections in the UK and the drama of the exit poll coming out they might get a bit deflated to have reached 10 this evening to find the polls have closed and nothing is happening.

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  • kyf_100kyf_100 Posts: 4,951
    First like Brexit!
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936
    "Please share any info you have on the thread below."

    Can we have tallies of different fruits and veggies, like in Spain?
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,468
    🔶 Winning Here!
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,679
    The officials in my ward said up to 5pm the turnout was similar to the locals, but then there was no post work surge today.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    How come the Netherlands have released an exit poll?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,679
    I've done two very comprehensive on the day polls, asking me who I voted for and why.

    The pollsters were Populus and Opinium.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 42,005
    Expectation management, or the nation's Portillo moment?

    https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1131669660385062912
  • El_CapitanoEl_Capitano Posts: 4,239
    Expectation management.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,698
    Could we use the hiatus between now and Sunday evening to get the PB.com blockquotes issue fixed?
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    Call me Mr Picky if you will, but if three posters in a row say "I voted thusly" and a fourth says on the basis of those posts that it's looking pretty good for the thuses, I don't see how an offence has not been committed.
  • > @TheScreamingEagles said:
    > I've done two very comprehensive on the day polls, asking me who I voted for and why.
    >
    > The pollsters were Populus and Opinium.

    The fact that you were invited to do both of them shows how worthless they are and how much they are the preserve of the overly engaged.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936
    > @Benpointer said:
    > Could we use the hiatus between now and Sunday evening to get the PB.com blockquotes issue fixed?

    Trouble is, we can't decide on the alternative.

    Perhaps a series of indicative votes is required?
  • edmundintokyoedmundintokyo Posts: 17,708
    > @Theuniondivvie said:
    > Expectation management, or the nation's Portillo moment?

    Optimizing for leadership maneuvers in the next 48 hours.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,293
    Mistake in thread header title says Monday at 10pm but as revealed in the piece its Sunday from 10pm.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,698
    RobD said:

    > @Benpointer said:

    > Could we use the hiatus between now and Sunday evening to get the PB.com blockquotes issue fixed?



    Trouble is, we can't decide on the alternative.



    Perhaps a series of indicative votes is required?

    I was just wanting it to Remain as it was before it was f*cked up.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,679

    Expectation management, or the nation's Portillo moment?



    If he loses his seat I'd celebrate even more than when Mark Reckless lost his seat in 2015.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936
    > @Benpointer said:
    > > @Benpointer said:
    >
    > > Could we use the hiatus between now and Sunday evening to get the PB.com blockquotes issue fixed?
    >
    >
    >
    > Trouble is, we can't decide on the alternative.
    >
    >
    >
    > Perhaps a series of indicative votes is required?
    >
    > I was just wanting it to Remain as it was before it was f*cked up.

    But can't we do better deals with other bulletin board providers? :D
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,698
    GIN1138 said:

    Mistake in thread header title says Monday at 10pm but as revealed in the piece its Sunday from 10pm.

    Mistake in a thread header?! Are you sure?

    It's never happened before. :wink:
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,293
    > @Theuniondivvie said:
    > Expectation management, or the nation's Portillo moment?
    >
    > https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1131669660385062912

    Suspect this is very possible... Total wipeout for Con
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936
    > @TheScreamingEagles said:
    > Expectation management, or the nation's Portillo moment?
    >
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    >
    > https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1131669660385062912
    >
    >
    >
    > If he loses his seat I'd celebrate even more than when Mark Reckless lost his seat in 2015.

    I've heard eating more than one pineapple pizza in a day can be bad for you :o
  • MikeSmithsonMikeSmithson Posts: 7,382
    > @TheScreamingEagles said:
    > Expectation management, or the nation's Portillo moment?
    >
    >
    >
    > https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1131669660385062912
    >
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    >
    > If he loses his seat I'd celebrate even more than when Mark Reckless lost his seat in 2015.


    What I love about you TSE is that you bear grudges.
  • Stark_DawningStark_Dawning Posts: 9,683
    > @Theuniondivvie said:
    > Expectation management, or the nation's Portillo moment?
    >
    > https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1131669660385062912

    The Lib Dems got one seat in 2014. Surely the Cons can’t do worse than that.
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,414
    FPT @Mortimer. Yes me. I didn't want to. But I wanted to try to prevent BP winning 2 of 3 in NE. May not have been the best tactic, but am not convinced LD will get enough up here to get one.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,698
    RobD said:

    > @Benpointer said:

    > > @Benpointer said:

    >

    > > Could we use the hiatus between now and Sunday evening to get the PB.com blockquotes issue fixed?

    >

    >

    >

    > Trouble is, we can't decide on the alternative.

    >

    >

    >

    > Perhaps a series of indicative votes is required?

    >

    > I was just wanting it to Remain as it was before it was f*cked up.



    But can't we do better deals with other bulletin board providers? :D

    Vanilla need us more than we need them. Maybe PB could just take all the Vanilla services but have them waive the fees?
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,038
    I was expecting half the cabinet to resign at one minute past ten.

    Or at least one of the buggers.
  • KentRisingKentRising Posts: 2,917
    edited May 2019
    Daily Express's front page is a hostage to fortune.

    Tories have played the expectation management game very well, Brexit Party less so.

    Could be in for a surprise Sunday night, 2015-size. No more than a hunch, mind. Lib Dems to win it?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,679

    > @TheScreamingEagles said:

    > Expectation management, or the nation's Portillo moment?

    >

    >

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    >



    >

    >

    >

    > If he loses his seat I'd celebrate even more than when Mark Reckless lost his seat in 2015.





    What I love about you TSE is that you bear grudges.
    This is why I'd have made an excellent Chief Whip.
  • MikeSmithsonMikeSmithson Posts: 7,382
    > @Scott_P said:
    > https://twitter.com/JoeMurphyLondon/status/1131670341791690754

    This is wrong. There was a TV debate with Cameron and DDavis in November 2005. Amazingly Davis won
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    > @GIN1138 said:
    > > @Theuniondivvie said:
    > > Expectation management, or the nation's Portillo moment?
    > >
    > > https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1131669660385062912
    >
    > Suspect this is very possible... Total wipeout for Con

    Thanks to d'Hondt voting, it is quite hard to get no MEPs at all.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,293
    edited May 2019
    I do feel sorry for Theresa May, She's been like a rabbit in headlights since 9th June 2017.

    She was finished the moment that exit poll came out (as George Osborne correctly identified, much as it pains to say it)

    Other than subjecting her to national humiliation virtually every day since what actually has been achieved in the past two years?

    1922 should have acted the day after the election. At least her humiliation is nearly over now...
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 51,720
    > @MikeSmithson said:
    >
    > This is wrong. There was a TV debate with Cameron and DDavis in November 2005. Amazingly Davis won

    There was one between IDS and Clarke too.
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 22,131

    I was just wanting it to Remain as it was before it was f*cked up.

    You don't understand. Vanilla decided that things would be marvellous with the new quoting system. They still haven't sorted out all the bits and bobs, but they're sure things will be better in about 50 years. Instead of fixing it now they have decided to blame Disqus and people seem happy with that.

  • Y0kelY0kel Posts: 2,307
    This kind of messing about with our ways of doing things by those Continentals is the reason why I voted to leave the EU....
  • BigRichBigRich Posts: 3,492
    > @GIN1138 said:
    > Mistake in thread header title says Monday at 10pm but as revealed in the piece its Sunday from 10pm.

    Yes, but is it not 9PM UK time, I may have misunderstood but I think its till they stop voting on the continent and that is surly 10PM there so 9PM in UK
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 22,131

    Expectation management, or the nation's Portillo moment?



    If he loses his seat I'd celebrate even more than when Mark Reckless lost his seat in 2015.
    IIRC Hannan and other MEPs get a payoff of about £150K when they lose their seat. Perhaps you could ask him to pay for the pineapple pizza.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,293
    > @rottenborough said:
    > https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1131672276750012416

    Well Andrea Leadsom made a pretty bold move yesterday?
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,038
    If May is going to stay in office until a successor is elected why not start the race now? May would still be PM for Trump's visit.

    It just seems bizarre to announce the date on which to announce your resignation, but still not go.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,293
    > @KentRising said:
    > Daily Express's front page is a hostage to fortune.
    >
    > Tories have played the expectation management game very well, Brexit Party less so.
    >
    > Could be in for a surprise Sunday night, 2015-size. No more than a hunch, mind. Lib Dems to win it?

    I'm sticking with YouGov... And AveIt... Brexit Party 35-40% :D
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    No way the Tories are getting less than 7% in the South East region. Hannan is exaggerating to make a point.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,217
    > @AndyJS said:
    > How come the Netherlands have released an exit poll?

    Because this regulation goes WAAAAY OTT of what was actually required by the EU.
  • KentRisingKentRising Posts: 2,917
    edited May 2019
    > @GIN1138 said:
    > > @rottenborough said:
    > > https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1131672276750012416
    >
    > Well Andrea Leadsom made a pretty bold move yesterday?

    Stat: no one has ever won a Tory leadership election having failed in a previous one.

    According to the Speccie, anyway.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,698
    BigRich said:

    > @GIN1138 said:

    > Mistake in thread header title says Monday at 10pm but as revealed in the piece its Sunday from 10pm.



    Yes, but is it not 9PM UK time, I may have misunderstood but I think its till they stop voting on the continent and that is surly 10PM there so 9PM in UK

    Portugal has the same time zone as the UK. Not sure if the allow voting to 10pm local time on Sunday though.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,217
    > @DecrepitJohnL said:
    > > @GIN1138 said:
    > > > @Theuniondivvie said:
    > > > Expectation management, or the nation's Portillo moment?
    > > >
    > > > https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1131669660385062912
    > >
    > > Suspect this is very possible... Total wipeout for Con
    >
    > Thanks to d'Hondt voting, it is quite hard to get no MEPs at all.

    Dan Hannan will keep his seat, he might be the only one mind - but it is TOUGH for him to lose his specifically due to the no of seats in the SE region compared to anywhere else creating a low quota.
  • TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,454
    edited May 2019
    > @KentRising said:
    > > @GIN1138 said:
    > > > @rottenborough said:
    > > > https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1131672276750012416
    > >
    > > Well Andrea Leadsom made a pretty bold move yesterday?
    >
    > Stat: no one has ever won a Tory leadership election having failed in a previous one.
    >
    > According to the Speccie, anyway.

    Howard lost in 1997. Not the immediate one before? Or not an "election" as he was the only candidate?
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,414
    > @Pulpstar said:
    > > @AndyJS said:
    > > How come the Netherlands have released an exit poll?
    >
    > Because this regulation goes WAAAAY OTT of what was actually required by the EU.

    Seems to be habitual with the U.K.
  • brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352
    AndyJS said:

    No way the Tories are getting less than 7% in the South East region. Hannan is exaggerating to make a point.

    Especially as PB Tories seem to have succumbed to Stockholm Syndrome and still voted for them.
  • solarflaresolarflare Posts: 3,710
    > @SandyRentool said:
    > If May is going to stay in office until a successor is elected why not start the race now? May would still be PM for Trump's visit.
    >
    > It just seems bizarre to announce the date on which to announce your resignation, but still not go.

    Knowing May she'll probably tomorrow announce which day that she's going to announce the day that she's going to decide what day she's resigning on.
  • edmundintokyoedmundintokyo Posts: 17,708
    > @solarflare said:
    > Knowing May she'll probably tomorrow announce which day that she's going to announce the day that she's going to decide what day she's resigning on.

    She'll announce the date, but not the year
  • isamisam Posts: 41,118
    GIN1138 said:

    Mistake in thread header title says Monday at 10pm but as revealed in the piece its Sunday from 10pm.

    Very bizarre, it is right on one platform and wrong on the other!



  • AndreaParma_82AndreaParma_82 Posts: 4,714
    Netherlands is counting right now. They won't release official results until Sunday...but let's guess how long they will stay "secret" in the social media era given parties have reps at polling stations looking at the count.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited May 2019
    Will May stay on as PM until the new Tory leader is selected? We don't usually have caretaker prime ministers in this country.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,468
    May wasting even more time.
  • MauveMauve Posts: 129
    > @BigRich said:
    > > @GIN1138 said:
    > > Mistake in thread header title says Monday at 10pm but as revealed in the piece its Sunday from 10pm.
    >
    > Yes, but is it not 9PM UK time, I may have misunderstood but I think its till they stop voting on the continent and that is surly 10PM there so 9PM in UK

    From what I recall reading the other day the polls in Italy are open until 11pm local time on Sunday, so 10pm here
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,772
    AndyJS said:

    Will May stay on as PM until the new Tory leader is selected? We don't usually have caretaker prime ministers in this country.

    Yes. There is always a PM.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 71,238
    > @AndreaParma_82 said:
    > Netherlands is counting right now. They won't release official results until Sunday...but let's guess how long they will stay "secret" in the social media era given parties have reps at polling stations looking at the count.

    Not long:
    https://www.politico.eu/article/timmermans-netherlands-european-election/
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 48,733
    > @MikeSmithson said:
    > > @Scott_P said:
    > > https://twitter.com/JoeMurphyLondon/status/1131670341791690754
    >
    > This is wrong. There was a TV debate with Cameron and DDavis in November 2005. Amazingly Davis won

    I remember it. I thought DC won. I didn't really know who he was beforehand.
  • CatManCatMan Posts: 3,060
    edited May 2019
    Yes, the Cannes Red Hot Carpet Club *have* got too racy. I've no idea what the f*** they are mind you...
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936
    > @AndreaParma_82 said:
    > Netherlands is counting right now. They won't release official results until Sunday...but let's guess how long they will stay "secret" in the social media era given parties have reps at polling stations looking at the count.

    Bloody typical. Are we the only country in Europe that plays by the rules?
  • TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,454
    > @Foxy said:
    > > @MikeSmithson said:
    > > > @Scott_P said:
    > > > https://twitter.com/JoeMurphyLondon/status/1131670341791690754
    > >
    > > This is wrong. There was a TV debate with Cameron and DDavis in November 2005. Amazingly Davis won
    >
    > I remember it. I thought DC won. I didn't really know who he was beforehand.

    Right. The perception was that Davis won (Cameron 'sounded too much like Blair'!) but not by enough.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,772
    RobD said:

    > @AndreaParma_82 said:

    > Netherlands is counting right now. They won't release official results until Sunday...but let's guess how long they will stay "secret" in the social media era given parties have reps at polling stations looking at the count.



    Bloody typical. Are we the only country in Europe that plays by the rules?

    The Dutch like their sundays off.
  • isamisam Posts: 41,118
    Peterborough By Election


  • AndreaParma_82AndreaParma_82 Posts: 4,714
    Prepare for Saturday when results will leak from random French colonies no-one remember they were still part of France

    > @RobD said:
    > > @AndreaParma_82 said:
    > > Netherlands is counting right now. They won't release official results until Sunday...but let's guess how long they will stay "secret" in the social media era given parties have reps at polling stations looking at the count.
    >
    > Bloody typical. Are we the only country in Europe that plays by the rules?
  • KentRisingKentRising Posts: 2,917
    > @RobD said:
    > > @AndreaParma_82 said:
    > > Netherlands is counting right now. They won't release official results until Sunday...but let's guess how long they will stay "secret" in the social media era given parties have reps at polling stations looking at the count.
    >
    > Bloody typical. Are we the only country in Europe that plays by the rules?

    Yes.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 51,720
    > @TheWhiteRabbit said:
    >
    > Right. The perception was that Davis won (Cameron 'sounded too much like Blair'!) but not by enough.
    ------

    In that debate David Davis said his plan to renegotiate with the EU involved a second referendum.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 38,868
    Hmm, I'm starting to the Labour might finish 4th nationally behind the Tories in 3rd.
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,414
    Grieve will VONC a Tory No Deal.
    This point seemed not to compute with Suella. The ERG haven't quite twigged the Tories have no majority.
  • DadgeDadge Posts: 2,052
    The Brexit Party is now at levels of support that could it see it winning a general election. It needs about 30%. This complicates an over-complicated situation still further. Is this now a Sword of Damocles hanging over parliament? It would appear that we can't now have a pre-Brexit general election without the threat of a Farage premiership. Ever since May embarked on her Blue Brexit strategy, Corbyn has been content not to co-operate, in order that an early election would eventually be called that he had a good chance of winning. Is that dream now over? If so, I really can't see any earthly reason why he wouldn't direct his party to support the WAB.
  • KentRisingKentRising Posts: 2,917
    edited May 2019
    > @Gallowgate said:
    > May wasting even more time.

    Exactly, it's stupid. 'I'm going, but you can't start your leadership pitches until 10th June so I can play being PM for two more weeks'. What a nonsense. And that's just the start! Then there has to be the leadership contest that will take weeks, all the while she's still there, the zombiest of zombie leaders.

    Contrast with Cameron, who basically did a runner the morning after the ref vote.
  • MauveMauve Posts: 129
    Suella Braverman on Newsnight says they need a leader who believes in Brexit and is willing to go for No Deal, whilst also keeping the Tories together. Grieve saying that he would support a vote of no confidence to stop a No Deal Brexit.

    Nothing has changed. Again.
  • isamisam Posts: 41,118

    > @TheWhiteRabbit said:

    >

    > Right. The perception was that Davis won (Cameron 'sounded too much like Blair'!) but not by enough.

    ------



    In that debate David Davis said his plan to renegotiate with the EU involved a second referendum.

    In one a decade later, Cameron said his didn’t
  • mattmatt Posts: 3,789
    edited May 2019
    Pulpstar said:

    > @AndyJS said:

    > How come the Netherlands have released an exit poll?



    Because this regulation goes WAAAAY OTT of what was actually required by the EU.

    And there, in one line, is much of the reason for leaving the EU. The addiction that our politicians and civil servants have for going above and beyond the requirements they need to perform to pass.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 51,720
    > @MaxPB said:
    > Hmm, I'm starting to the Labour might finish 4th nationally behind the Tories in 3rd.

    What about the Greens?
  • MikeLMikeL Posts: 7,712
    edited May 2019
    Bizarrely Opinium Westminster poll (26/25/22) is not too bad for Con.

    Brexit will split very heavily for Con rather than Lab - so even if Brexit got around 10% Con would be well ahead of Lab.

    As for Boris, he will surely tack to the Centre if elected - he won't want the economy to be damaged any more than anyone else and I suspect he couldn't care less about Brexit.

    It will just be a question of cobbling something together that passes as reasonable and that he can get through.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 38,868
    Scott_P said:
    That's idiotic, if Boris becomes PM then it stands to reason BP will fade and our star rises again.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,772
    Dadge said:

    The Brexit Party is now at levels of support that could it see it winning a general election. It needs about 30%. This complicates an over-complicated situation still further. Is this now a Sword of Damocles hanging over parliament? It would appear that we can't now have a pre-Brexit general election without the threat of a Farage premiership. Ever since May embarked on her Blue Brexit strategy, Corbyn has been content not to co-operate, in order that an early election would eventually be called that he had a good chance of winning. Is that dream now over? If so, I really can't see any earthly reason why he wouldn't direct his party to support the WAB.

    He's too stupid to see what's happening might be one reason.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 42,005
    More anecdata.
    My partner worked a stint as polling clerk in Hyndland in the west end of Glasgow, 52% turnout in that station which is pretty huge for the Euros. Hyndland would tend to be part of Glasgow's remain central.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,156
    https://twitter.com/TomSeston/status/1131631560103473152?s=20

    So in conclusion not much to conclude on turnout either way
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 38,868

    > @MaxPB said:

    > Hmm, I'm starting to the Labour might finish 4th nationally behind the Tories in 3rd.



    What about the Greens?

    5th behind both. I also think the LDs will do well at their expense.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,217
    Just imagine the poll boost Farage will get if the House of Commons revokes A50 :o !
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,772
    https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1131678289767145472

    Has she one last can kicking left in her?
  • SaltireSaltire Posts: 525
    Has to be said that it feels like the same as the referendum in the first place where the SNP have made just bare minimum to get their vote out. Partly this is because it is by no means a unanimous point of view of their membership to vote Remain and the Nats leadership knows this. Living in a very strong Nat area there has been no activity apart from the usual boards out at the polling stations.
    Turnout at my polling station was well below that of a local election at 9pm so it might be that they again underperfom in a Euro election. Not sure who would benift most from this, Greens, Lib Dems or Labour.
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 21,675
    edited May 2019
    Might this happen?

    New Hard Brexit Tory leader triggers the FTPA and calls a general election with the election date set after 31 Oct.

    As such we cannot avoid a hard Brexit.

    The election becomes all about who gets to negotiate the future relationship from a fait-accompli WTO position.

    Farage's gang stands in Remainer held seats and becomes a minor coalition partner to the Tories is a Leave majority parliament running a WTO Britain,
  • MikeLMikeL Posts: 7,712
    It makes no sense for TMay to go on 10th June.

    New Con leader won't be elected by then - so would mean she stays on for two weeks and then hands over to Lidington for approx six weeks before new leader takes over.

    Surely that can't be right - would be a total mess.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 38,868
    Pulpstar said:

    Just imagine the poll boost Farage will get if the House of Commons revokes A50 :o !

    I think we'd be in BP majority/landslide territory if that happened. All of the waverers would fall in line. I know I would.
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