Thursday, May 06, 2010

Vote early, vote often?

Well, it's V day (or E day??) - time to make your mark.

Voted earlier - interestingly there was quite a queue - never had that before.

Final predictions...
  • Share of vote - Con 38%, Lab 27%, Lib Dem 27%, Other 8% - mainly I think the polls still understate the Conservatives
  • Turnout - 65% - up on last time but not a massive amount. For those engaged by the debates I suspect there are nearly as many who are even more turned off by the whole process for a variety of reasons
  • Largest party - Cons but short of an overall maj. My guess is 305 seats
  • The 'it's not fair' moment - Lib Dems still won't get nearly as many seats as their vote warrants. I think such a perverse result will mean this will be the last 'first past the post' election with a move to the Alternative Vote
  • Shocks - three Cabinet Ministers will lose their seats; BNP and Green will each get a seat.

For a different take to the telly - it might be worth dipping into http://tweetminster.co.uk/ once in a while.

See you 'on the other side'...

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