UK General Election 2024 - July 4th

How are you likely to vote?

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My plan is to walk down to vote at around 9am, walk back to get my passport at around 9:20am, walk down to vote at around 9:45am, then refresh the BBC's live coverage every ten minutes for the rest of the day.
 
I intend to sleep as much I can before 10pm. I'm debating not drinking, but then I might get FOMO, so maybe just some prosecco, so I can pop a cork out the front door and yell "fuck the Tories".

I definitely want some snacks.
 
ButterTart said:
My plan is to walk down to vote at around 9am, walk back to get my passport at around 9:20am, walk down to vote at around 9:45am, then refresh the BBC's live coverage every ten minutes for the rest of the day.
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I hope you're planning an aghast rant about how you never used to need to passports in the interim, and at least one expletive.
 
Tisch said:
I hope you're planning an aghast rant about how you never used to need to passports in the interim, and at least one expletive.
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Oh, I've already planned to say something about it all being a silly to-do and how we won't have to do this sort of thing when we're living in Keirtopia.
 
I've got an after work event & I'm driving to Suffolk at noon, so need to plan some serious sleeps somewhere. So currently planning ro watch from 1am to 6am, with sleep everywhere else between.
 
Also taken the day off tomorrow. We’re off to the pub to watch the exit poll then it’s back home to hopefully watch the succession of TORY LOSERS.
 
I originally had today off work because I was due to work on Saturday but the bastards futzed with the scheduling so I'm in the office. Plan is therefore to get home, have something light to eat, nap until about 9-ish and then feel anxious until the exit poll. I'll decide on the alcohol situation depending on how that looks. If the Tories are getting annihilated (i.e. less than 80 seats) or the Lib Dems will be the Opposition, I'll start drinking. Otherwise, I'll hold off.
 
Voted. Unfortunately I currently have the Covids, so despite the polling station being empty I felt very seen in my surgical mask.

I expected them to ask me to pull my mask down to check my ID, but I probably wouldn't have grabbed my passport out of my hand.
 
The Daily Star as ever, summing up a national mood perfectly.

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I didn't realise "bellend" was considered suitable for the front page of a newspaper. Quite into it.
 
I left home extra early today thinking there would be a big queue to vote before going to work. Literally in and out in under 2 minutes.
 
Alex said:
Jeremy Hunt will be safe after he’s pulled THIS out of the bag



Enjoy the tap water Bramley !
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"Enjoy the tap water Bramley" is a late iconic entry for this awful chapter.

"Let them eat cake", but after 14 years of Tory ruin.
 
I genuinely just cried at voting. Properly welled up at the occasion of it all meaning the Tories will be finally gone.

I’ve had to sit down in my car for a bit to calm down. (Well, and post all about it on social media :D :disco: )
 
Also no one at ours exit polling or checking addresses outside. Shame, as I wanted a Tory to ask me so I could refuse.
 
I’m finding it oddly fascinating watching people go in and out. It’s probably just me, but there’s a genuine spring in people’s steps, almost a determination. I can’t say I ever sit outside polling stations to notice if it’s a normal thing.
 
Sheena said:
Also no one at ours exit polling or checking addresses outside. Shame, as I wanted a Tory to ask me so I could refuse.
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I was pulled over outside by someone wearing a sticker of one of the candidates - so clearly not impartial - who wanted my polling card number. Thought I was being exit polled but she didn't ask who I voted for. Just took my number to keep track of who's voted so we're "not bothered later". Never had that before and not sure I see the point...
 
I love a trip to a random civic building! Stoke Newington town hall (of Britney’s ‘Criminal’ music video fame) was always fun. My new one is an adorable church community hall.
 
I intended to vote on the way to or from work, but decided I want to make more of an EVENT of it, so I've purposely left my passport at home so I have to go out and do it later as more of a MINDFUL MOMENT :disco:
 
We have an amazing civic centre here which has laid completely empty for YEARS and the council recently just announced their future plans for it:


nothing :)

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Lucille said:
I love a trip to a random civic building! Stoke Newington town hall (of Britney’s ‘Criminal’ music video fame) was always fun. My new one is an adorable church community hall.
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Mine's ADORABLE as well :bruised:

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It was always the local council housing office until a few years back, then became a homeless shelter during COVID, but has now been reimagined as a COMMUNITY ART SPACE, while very much retaining all the ALLURE of the first two.
 
Tisch said:
I was pulled over outside by someone wearing a sticker of one of the candidates - so clearly not impartial - who wanted my polling card number. Thought I was being exit polled but she didn't ask who I voted for. Just took my number to keep track of who's voted so we're "not bothered later". Never had that before and not sure I see the point...
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It's fairly standard. Most parties send people to do it- it's so they don't knock on your door later on, encouraging you to vote for them, I believe.

You can refuse- it's totally voluntary- but I've never worked out whether they are obliged to share the information between them, as there's usually at least one each for the major parties. Indeed, there were three (empty) chairs outside our polling station. I wanted to give the info to Labour and not the Tory and give them a bit of hell about it :D
 
Mine is rather pleasantly Portsmouth Museum. A 5 minute walk, it's halfway between my home and my office and looks like this:

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I'm working at the election count overnight because of my very important role in the media (I present on GB News).

Already feeling exhausted and that's just from practising my Oscars-style look of impartial commiseration when the Tories get #ZeroSeats of the three being counted here.
 
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