Election Day

[orwellian_trash]

So today I went and voted. I put a big X in the box I wanted and the rest is in the hands of history

Comments

[meggypeggy1]

I'm staying up to find out the result in my constituency. I think there must have been a recount, so it's close.

[meggypeggy1]

318 votes in it, I think. I gave up and went to bed at 4, and apparently the result came in at 4.56. Goodbye, Charles Clarke.

[sprout_thang]

wow - you're a Pom?

[roseyfuture]

I had the very same thought, so snap to you sista.

[meggypeggy1]

Wat?

[meggypeggy1]

Yes. Why is that wow?

[sprout_thang]

My mind's eye had you painted as a mid-Western Yank from a small to medium sized town. Why? I'm not sure.

[meggypeggy1]

Hmmm. Interesting.

[roseyfuture]

i second what sprout said,the more you know lalalala

[orwellian_trash]

I think I saw that result roll in. Charles Clarke, Jacqui Smith; all the former home secretaries are loosing their seats!

[meggypeggy1]

I don't think a hung Parliament is a bad thing. Hopefully we can look forward to a term of not very much happening, after the dust settles. You were up that late? I had to give up. I have fond memories of counts. My Dad was a councillor for a while, and it was an opportunity to slide down the bannisters at City Hall and have races along the corridors.

[orwellian_trash]

I was at an election party held by some young enthusiastic Lib-Dem supporters who were certain this was going to be their 1997. The Party atmosphere didn't last too long, haha. I stayed up to see if the Greens got the Brighton Pavilion seat, which they did, so I decided that was going to be as good as it got and went home.

[meggypeggy1]

I was surprised. I expected the Lib Dems to do better, going by the press coverage. I didn't watch the debates.