UK election 2019

[Anchorman]

Whilst delivering papers today I saw a very nice door, freshly painted, the grandest blue I've seen. A sign maybe?


Fantastic!
Since the Saltire is blue and white, SNP's quids in, then.

[ekim]

Is the General Election really on today...?!!  No one seems to be talking about it. Not CNN, not Indian channels...no one. At least not noticeably.  Even BBC has only a small news item.   

Consider yourself lucky.  It's bordering on obsession here for some and catalepsy for others.

[Nearly Sane]

Is the General Election really on today...?!!  No one seems to be talking about it. Not CNN, not Indian channels...no one. At least not noticeably.  Even BBC has only a small news item.   

Generally on polling day as campaigning is effectively suspended, there is little to cover other than the weather and turnout. The news outlets then tend to stick to reporting tgat the polls are open.

[SteveH]

Well I put up my Christmas decorations yesterday. They had a predominantly red theme. A sign maybe?

Christmas decorations go up on Christmas Eve, and come down on 12th night, should be entirely inside the house, and should not include any representsations of Father Christmas/Santa Claus, reindeer, or snowmen. A crib scene is optional but encouraged. That's the law.

[Stranger]

Is the General Election really on today...?!!  No one seems to be talking about it. Not CNN, not Indian channels...no one. At least not noticeably.  Even BBC has only a small news item.   

Not sure why there isn't foreign news coverage but the BBC and other broadcasters in the UK are severely restricted in what they are allowed to report on polling day.

Anyway, just cast my vote (for what little it's worth in my safe Labour constituency) but I can't say I'm optimistic about the outcome.

[Anchorman]

Christmas decorations go up on Christmas Eve, and come down on 12th night, should be entirely inside the house, and should not include any representsations of Father Christmas/Santa Claus, reindeer, or snowmen. A crib scene is optional but encouraged. That's the law.

   



Doesn't a crib scene come under 'graven image'?
I thought that damn camel looked superior.

[Aruntraveller]

Christmas decorations go up on Christmas Eve, and come down on 12th night, should be entirely inside the house, and should not include any representsations of Father Christmas/Santa Claus, reindeer, or snowmen. A crib scene is optional but encouraged. That's the law.

The arrival of the Christmas Decoration police. I thought the totalitarian state started after the election.

[Nearly Sane]

Marina Hyde on Fridge hiding

https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/11/fridge-hiding-the-final-frontier-in-election-wtf-ery?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true

[Roses]

What on earth have Christmas decorations got to do with this election?

[Anchorman]

What on earth have Christmas decorations got to do with this election?

 
They remind you of some of the candidates; artificial, fragile and full of air.

[Nearly Sane]

What on earth have Christmas decorations got to do with this election?

Moderator Nothing, it's just a derail from Trentvoyager's reply to Spud.


Can we meander away from detailed decoration discussion? Or you can take it to the bearpit that is the Christmas thread.

[Nearly Sane]

Westminster voting intention: CON: 44% (-) LAB: 33% (+1) LDEM: 12% (-1) GRN: 3% (-) BREX: 2% (-) via

@IpsosMORI

, 09 - 11 Dec Chgs. w/ 04 Dec

[Aruntraveller]

Moderator Nothing, it's just a derail from Trentvoyager's reply to Spud.


Can we meander away from detailed decoration discussion? Or you can take it to the bearpit that is the Christmas thread.

Scrooge.

[Roses]

I was wondering how people with vision problems manage to vote, maybe Anchorman or Susan Doris could answer that question?

[SteveH]

Back on topic:
I've just seen a reference, in a rather pompous post on Facebook, to "tactile voting". Is that braille ballot papers for the blind?
The Metro website is telling of huge queues building up outside polling stations in London. When I voted about two hours ago, I walked strasight in, and there were no other voters there.
Edited to add:
Strange coincidence that LR posted about blind people voting while I was typing that. My late wife used me as a proxy when we were married.

[Nearly Sane]

I was wondering how people with vision problems manage to vote, maybe Anchorman or Susan Doris could answer that question?

Covered along with many other things here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50381748

[Nearly Sane]

Ah Motherwell!


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50755464

[Walter]

Ah Motherwell!


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50755464

and it was reported that damage to the value of around £3.75 had been caused 👽

[Nearly Sane]

Agree with this.


https://davidallengreen.com/2019/12/three-things-not-happening-on-this-election-day/?fbclid=IwAR0KTLEyKkpgzj0eYznIr3C539y1LG0Eh9VEzD6_BvwkiNaFO7t4xG4mXI8

[wigginhall]

Also ironic that Boris has basically republished May's deal, with the stuff on Ireland which the EU wanted.   No wonder it's oven ready.   

And a small majority will make him reliant on ERG again.

[Sriram]

Not sure why there isn't foreign news coverage but the BBC and other broadcasters in the UK are severely restricted in what they are allowed to report on polling day.

Anyway, just cast my vote (for what little it's worth in my safe Labour constituency) but I can't say I'm optimistic about the outcome.

Ok...

But it is surprising that there is no TV reporter screaming away about the elections and its possibilities.  TV debates, analysis, predictions, exit polls, expert views....etc.etc..  All these are part of election news in India (and in US also as we can see). 

[Anchorman]

I was wondering how people with vision problems manage to vote, maybe Anchorman or Susan Doris could answer that question?

   



Blank signature guides are available for writing the 'X' on the ballot paper - on request at the polling station.
Failing that, a proxy or a postal vote are the alternatives.
I use the latter.

[Anchorman]

Back on topic: I've just seen a reference, in a rather pompous post on Facebook, to "tactile voting". Is that braille ballot papers for the blind? The Metro website is telling of huge queues building up outside polling stations in London. When I voted about two hours ago, I walked strasight in, and there were no other voters there. Edited to add: Strange coincidence that LR posted about blind people voting while I was typing that. My late wife used me as a proxy when we were married.

It might be the reference to tactile signature guides which can be provided. All ballot papers are the same - they have to be. The thin nature of the ballot paper would make brailling it difficult.

[Stranger]

Ok...

But it is surprising that there is no TV reporter screaming away about the elections and its possibilities.  TV debates, analysis, predictions, exit polls, expert views....etc.etc..  All these are part of election news in India (and in US also as we can see).

Here's the BBC explanation but it applies to all broadcasters...

How the BBC reports polling day

"The BBC, like other broadcasters, isn't allowed to report details of campaigning or election issues while the polls are open.
...
On polling day specifically, the BBC doesn't report on any of the election campaigns from 00:30 GMT until polls close at 22:00 GMT on TV, radio or bbc.co.uk or on social media and other channels."

We'll get exit polls and all the rest immediately after the polling stations close at 22:00. Exit polls are usually very accurate but coverage will go through the night (some people even watch it all) and the result should be clear by morning.

[Udayana]

Also ironic that Boris has basically republished May's deal, with the stuff on Ireland which the EU wanted.   No wonder it's oven ready.   

And a small majority will make him reliant on ERG again.

This is pretty good on that point: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/12/tory-rebel-s-last-stand

Johnson, said Clarke, was now “desperate for a deal. He’d go for anything. That’s why in the end there was no proper negotiating. It was all settled by a one-to-one meeting between him and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar [held in Cheshire 10 October]. An hour and a half. On their own. They shook hands and did the deal.”

“Now Varadkar was able to do that,” Clarke continued, “confident the [EU] 28 would be all right, because what he shook hands on was what the EU had already agreed to offer Theresa May 12 or 18 months before. It was quite obvious from what Johnson said afterwards that he hadn’t understood what he was agreeing to. He had not recognised it as the original EU proposal. He still refuses to accept that he signed up to a customs union down the Irish Sea.”