UK General Election **June 8th**

[jimibt]

Not enough safeguards against fraud

Electronic thumb prints ?

there in lies the rub... we don't want to sleepwalk into everyone requiring biometrics in order to be a normal law abiding citizen.

[ShaunWhite]

Just to let my good friend Shaun know, I am feeling very calm today

It's been a bit of a ding dong but I hope we all managed to remain as 'friends'. We've all got more similarities than differences at the end of the day. (if that doesn't sound too tree-huggy)

[sebking1986]

Did anyone see what dropped the price so quickly just now? No massive single chunks went in that I can see so assume someone pulled out a load of money sat on the lay side?

[max_usted]

Where are you?

I split my time between Hammersmith and Dumfries and Galloway (for various reasons) -

- Hammersmith is something like 1.02 for Labour. Andy Slaughter is quite a high profile MP and there are issues with Charing Cross Hospital potentially closing, so these odds seem accurate.
- Dumfries and Galloway is 1.1 on Conservative and 3.2 for SNP.
- In the other southern Scottish constituencies, the odds are theoretically strongly pointing towards Tory wins as well (but this is as much because there isn't any backing money, just some lays).

Difficult to predict but I think the SNP's second referendum drive is pushing people Tory in south Scotland.

[dragontrades]

Any ideas why?

[cybernet69]

Any ideas why?

Probably a spoof trader / bot that suddenly pulled its money.

[ShaunWhite]

My local polling station says the turnout has been "really good"

[cybernet69]

My local polling station says the turnout has been "really good"

Mine did too most of the day, which is very unusual, even for a General Election.

[LeTiss]

Just been......I had to queue up!

I've never had to wait to vote before

[ruthlessimon]

Just been......I had to queue up!

I've never had to wait to vote before

Dead here in Lordswood. But labour voters don't like the rain

[scribbles]

Potentially a continuation of Brexit, seemed odd that talk of low turnouts hadn't factored this in.

Trite to say, but if the Tory's don't win then opinion's on brexit have shifted, Corbyn respects the result but his double speak makes me believe he would negotiate a version of a soft Brexit.

[cybernet69]

The first clue as to which way the vote may have gone will come shortly after polling stations close at 22:00 BST, when the BBC/ITV/Sky Exit Poll is published. Similar exit polls carried out at the previous two general elections came very close to predicting the result correctly.

Someone from one of the above text me to say they expecting the turnout to be as high as 71%

But not being an expert on such matters, i have no idea what bearing, if any, that would have on the result.

[ShaunWhite]

I still don't get why no overall majority is so short when the higher majorities are shortening

[Euler]

Not any longer, exit polls forecasting 50/50 no majority

[LeTiss]

It's gonna be a long night!