#550

Reckon 95% of the people who say this will end up saying the same about the next leader and did about Milliband. Tories who aren’t comfortable saying they’re Tory. Something I’ve noticed amongst my own group of friends at least

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#551

The echo chamber is bigger than 2017 which gives me slightest of hopes along with the absolute confidence of some on here.

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#552

Gotta be honest, I’m an absolute wreck atm

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#553

Hope you’re all coping with any office-gammon. I’ve nearly gone full-Keegan about three times here.

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#554

Tell them they’re not voting for Corbyn, they’re voting for the party and the policies, and against a bunch of extremists who want to fuck the country, accelerate climate change and sell off the NHS.

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#555

Voted green and said they’d always voted labour before so … I get your point but didn’t seem to apply to this group anyway

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#556

Lock them in the building until after the polls close.

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#557

Decided to go to bed early before the exit polls tonight and try and get a good sleep.

The past few weeks and the relentless news cycle has been exhausting on my mental health and I don’t think an evening of TV + this thread + refreshing idiots on Twitter is going to really add to anything, whichever way it goes.

#558

THE REAL QUIZ

1. Can you take a selfie inside a polling station?

Not really The Electoral Commission advises against it because it risks accidentally giving away how someone else voted, which is against the law. However, it adds that people are welcome to share photos taken outside a polling station “to encourage your friends and family to vote”

2. Do you need to bring ID to vote?

Not unless you live in Northern Ireland, where you will be asked to show a form of photographic ID. You don’t need to bring ID with you if you live in England, Wales or Scotland.

3. Do you need your polling card to vote?

No !

4. Can you vote drunk?

Yes. You can vote if you are drunk or under the influence of drugs, unless you are disruptive.

5. Can you tell your followers how you voted?

Yes you can - but only about your vote and not anyone else’s, so you are advised not to update your account inside the polling station. The punishment for revealing how another person voted - even accidentally - is up to £5,000, or six months in prison. You are not allowed to photograph the ballot paper you receive in a polling station.

6. Can you wear political clothing?

Yes, but with caveats. The Electoral Commission says there is nothing in law to prevent you from wearing a slogan going into a polling station, with the intention of voting. You should, however, leave immediately afterwards as campaigning inside polling stations is not permitted, and this could be seen as doing just that.

7. Are pets allowed in polling stations?

Not usually. Animals, apart from assistance dogs, aren’t usually allowed inside polling stations. But outside, the #dogsatpollingstations game is strong

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#559

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staunch socialists, my grandparents :fist: my gran voted leave but i think that was a mistake coz she’d recently had a stroke and it addled her brain a bit. they were talking to us afterwards and i was surprised that she’d voted leave, and she said she should have spoken to me about it beforehand. my grandad said he talked to her about it and thought she had voted remain :upside_down_face: anyway they’d never vote for anyone other than labour, she used to work at an old folks home and he was a firefighter so you know, got to haven’t you

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#560

i have voted drunk in the past:

  • yep
  • nope

0 voters

#561

what did you pay for those votes? how much cash we talking?

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#562
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#563

was surprised at that one. might take it up as a challenge.

#564

voted drunk today!

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#565

i genuinely think they’d still vote labour if you paid them to vote for anyone else

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#566

Can you vote if you’re drunk AND under the influence of drugs tho

#567

interested in the offer you made.

#568

Yes. It’s illegal.

Electoral law states that you need to normally reside at an address in the local council you’re registered in. Students may register at both their home address and their college or university address. It is not an offence to register twice, but it is an offence to vote more than once in the same election. And there are special arrangements for people living abroad, service personnel, homeless people, etc.

Just because you can break the law, it doesn’t mean you should break the law.

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#569

Tell them politely that leaders come and go but ever single Tory is a monster. Vote Labour!