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 May 6 2011, 01:27 PM
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No wonder some people find politics a difficult subject to become engaged in...... zzzzzzz... Has the turnout been so high that the counting clerks are just struggling to compute it all? Moutains of 'X's to thumb through? Is there an event on at Newbury Racecourse that's distracting them? ....Or is it more the fact that the turnout was so low that every single vote counts, and therefore has to be counted over and over again....
They started counting at 9.45... It's now 14.30 and not a single result through yet.... Someone tell them they can take their shoes and socks off if it helps them counting to twenty..... Boring!! I'm off to the pub.... |
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May 6 2011, 01:41 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 15-May 09 From: Newbury Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (spartacus @ May 6 2011, 02:27 PM)  No wonder some people find politics a difficult subject to become engaged in...... zzzzzzz... Has the turnout been so high that the counting clerks are just struggling to compute it all? Moutains of 'X's to thumb through? Is there an event on at Newbury Racecourse that's distracting them? ....Or is it more the fact that the turnout was so low that every single vote counts, and therefore has to be counted over and over again.... They started counting at 9.45... It's now 14.30 and not a single result through yet.... Someone tell them they can take their shoes and socks off if it helps them counting to twenty..... Boring!! I'm off to the pub.... Its Garvie. He wants his 2 votes recounted! 
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May 6 2011, 01:57 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 7,847 Joined: 23-May 09 From: Newbury Member No.: 98 |
I hate doing this, because I'm sure they are all working hard. However, UK doesn't seem able to do elections well anymore. Last time (albeit not West Berks) we had the debacle where voters were 'locked out' by some dumb decision making and sluggish admin. This time, our local station was a few minutes late opening - then the tellers seemed all of a fluster trying to issue voting slips, which again slowed proceedings still further. Worse, there have even been reports of bad behaviour by party runners at the door. I'm old enough to remember the excitement generated in the 1970's - when running a slick ballot was a showcase of good local givernment practice. All gone.....and they still expect us to take elections seriously!
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May 6 2011, 04:02 PM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ May 6 2011, 02:57 PM) I hate doing this, because I'm sure they are all working hard. However, UK doesn't seem able to do elections well anymore. Last time (albeit not West Berks) we had the debacle where voters were 'locked out' by some dumb decision making and sluggish admin. This time, our local station was a few minutes late opening - then the tellers seemed all of a fluster trying to issue voting slips, which again slowed proceedings still further. Worse, there have even been reports of bad behaviour by party runners at the door. I'm old enough to remember the excitement generated in the 1970's - when running a slick ballot was a showcase of good local givernment practice. All gone.....and they still expect us to take elections seriously! What if AV is voted in? How long will the process take then? |
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May 6 2011, 04:40 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ May 6 2011, 05:02 PM) What if AV is voted in? How long will the process take then? If it is voted in they are giving it an extra month to count them and an extra thousand people.... No doubt there will still be complaints of slowness. 
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May 6 2011, 04:43 PM
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Going by the results already in from around the country, it's a NO by about 66-75%.
Bye-Bye AV |
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May 6 2011, 06:09 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ May 6 2011, 05:40 PM) If it is voted in they are giving it an extra month to count them and an extra thousand people.... Been reading the Daily Mail again? |
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May 6 2011, 06:18 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 6,085 Joined: 13-May 09 From: Newbury, Berkshire. Member No.: 33 |
QUOTE (blackdog @ May 6 2011, 07:09 PM) Been reading the Daily Mail again? Sorry, I don't read your paper. I stick to the Economist and the Times (occasionally Guardian and Telegraph). |
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May 6 2011, 11:19 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,933 Joined: 14-May 09 From: Newbury Member No.: 55 |
Why are so many people so quick to slate the daily mail, here's a newsflash, all papers have an agenda of some sort, and they all want to sell papers.
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May 7 2011, 08:30 AM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ May 7 2011, 12:19 AM) Why are so many people so quick to slate the daily mail, here's a newsflash, all papers have an agenda of some sort, and they all want to sell papers. As is all types of commercial media outlets. The Daily Mail are notorious for their 'selective' political editorial by seducing our subconscious cynicism and prejudices. Or put in another way: they print a lot of 'bullsh*t' to wind us up. |
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May 7 2011, 09:16 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 6,085 Joined: 13-May 09 From: Newbury, Berkshire. Member No.: 33 |
QUOTE (Strafin @ May 7 2011, 12:19 AM) Why are so many people so quick to slate the daily mail, here's a newsflash, all papers have an agenda of some sort, and they all want to sell papers. Maybe because they deserve it. I agree that all papers have their 'agenda' but their agenda seems to be to stir up rather than give the correct facts. |
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