Exit polls are rarely dramatically wrong, so oof, that’s not fun to see. #GeneralElection2019
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The Electoral Commission (or really, whoever is responsible for political advertising) should really extend the ban on attack ads to online sources. Shit like this should be as unacceptable on Facebook and YouTube as it is on ITV and Channel 4.
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The amount of reports of queues at polling stations and people abandoning them in order to go to work just emphasises how much election day outta be a national holiday or on a weekend.
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A senior Russian politician loudly supporting Boris Johnson? Gee, I wonder why…
Vote vote vote. (@ Clifton Cathedral in Bristol) https://www.swarmapp.com/c/kF13iS0nRmX
Probably for the best, as I’ll be voting for her.
Hustings was jovial but I was pretty turned off by Labour candidate’s answer to question of electoral reform—which is one of my passion subjects.
Trump cuts short NATO summit after all the other world leaders make fun of him. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/04/trump-describes-trudeau-as-two-faced-over-nato-hot-mic-video
Ultimately the electoral system is just stupid and tactical voting shouldn’t even exist, but them’s the rules of the game right now.
The Greens are very much “my party” policy-wise and I’m in Bristol West, where they tend to do well.
But the current (Labour) MP also votes pretty much in-line with my ideals, and I’m conscious of the need to vote tactically to keep one of the Brexit-backing parties out.
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