2020++ - smiling and waving and looking so fine

mark55man

Yes - never been at a GE count before only local authority ones. 

IN a way I will miss the fun of watching it unfold on telly.  Will probably be done by 4am and its mostly over by then

f0xh0les

I would be planning a really lovely breakfast and a long late morning snooze.
 Are your step counts huge?  I bet they are . I have been surprised at the amount of leaflets we have got this election.  Before it has just been Red, blue, green, and gold. This time I have had Monster Ravers, Communists, Socialist Union, that frog-faced  Fash -ionable populist I will not speak the name of, the red, the green and the gold.  Not a sign of the blues. 
I think there are going to be a good few recount requests. 
What on earth is going to be on TV during election purdah? 

doingitanyway

f0xh0les said:

doingitanyway said:

 I told a relative about my election geekiness and they will be staying up with me this year 

That is lovely!  I can totally empathise.   We will all be up together, separate, but united in our democracy geekiness.  Mr F-H has his bingo-card of current and former Education Secretaries ready.  I am prepared to be utterly useless on Friday but I am pulling an all-nighter too.  I love a swing-o-meter.  

 It will be interesting to see the actual turnout % though, I already know a couple of people who do not have acceptable ID and are too erratic  in their lifestyles to get their voting ID card sorted in time, despite being offered help, and they do actually want to vote this time.  Our poll cards have arrived in good time, at least.

f0xh0les Glad to know it isn't just me 

mark55man

back in the room - got to sleep at 7am and woke up late in the afternoon.  Obviously happy with the result although locally had too big a hill to climb

f0xh0les

Well done, and now the interesting bits  will happen.  

There are seven seats with sub 100 majorities. Hendon has a majority of  just 15.  

One of my sons tried to give me the 'my vote doesn't matter' guff on Tuesday.  I think he gets it now.  Plus I told him it was a condition of residence in my house to draw something on a ballot paper with the 'bondage pencil'.  I think he gets it now, after the close call in many seats.

I woke after my 3 hour sleep this afternoon (I still had to get DS4 out the door to school this morning so didn't get get to bed until 9am) and feel positive about their futures.  Sad the LDs are not the official opposition though. Unrealistic I know, but a nice thought. 

mark55man

Well done on 9am that is impressive!!.

I'm not sure the yellow team are organised enough to be the opposition - super organised when campaigning but too individualistic to hold a party line.  Some see that as a good thing.- and manageable when 12 but 70 is a different matter

Well I'm looking forward to 2029 hopefully that can be more of a vote on what we've done than how bad the blue team have been.

I have so much tidying and catching up to do its not true - the garden has rewilded itself.  The lounge is awash with leaflets and other paperwork.  Next week is looking pretty busy already!!

savingholmes

Glad that's over with at least. How much of your sabbatical do you have left?

mark55man

Hello SH - I'm just thinking about that probably October or November - still got a lot left to do

savingholmes

As long as you are enjoying yourself that's the main thing.

alt80

Hope you're enjoying the rest after the last few weeks mate.

I stayed up to watch the election results also. Somewhat surreal seeing it all unfold. Actually found it very difficult to put my cross in the box even though I don't live in a marginal seat. In the end I was one of the people who abandoned the Conservatives because they really had !!!!!! it up and needed out not to mention the awful conditions they have let some people live in. The city centre up here is full of homeless people and there are parts in which food banks are an absolute necessity, children growing up in awful circumstances because whatever safety nets there were have gone. As my FIL says, everyone one of us is someone's baby. I really hope the new government do something about it, no one should have to live how some people are living in the UK rn, it's !!!!!! heartbreaking to see. Anyhow, I'm glad they are out and this new government seems to be taking action even if I am still somewhat apprehensive how it is going to cost me personally (it will, the Labour government won't look after small business owners, I'm quite sure of that) and when the VAT on my son's school fees will be applied too even if it didn't stop me voting in the end.