A thread for the all-nighters

Or

We're winning at the moment!
My youngest granddaughter was dancing at Consett Empire tonight, so I went back to her parent's house afterwards and have just got back, having watched the Sunderland votes.
Do exit polls matter?
It was 22000 people in 143 constituencies. 150 people roughly in 40% of the constituencies.

If you want to find out when any constituency gives its declaration, go on
democraticdashboard.com
It just gives the time now on the top line.

I'm in bed with TV on - might put light out and then doze. Nuneaton due at 1ish might finish me off but there's the two Scottish ones at 2ish

What's surprising is the drop in support for libdems. So far they have polled fewer votes than the greens in two constituencies.

BBC still forecasting a Conservative win so even though I am getting tired, I am going to have to stay up.

Who's winning, durhamen? Are you watching the same tv channel as I am?

Labour 3/3

Thanks for the link dj I can go to bed happy now.

The left, Ana. Socialists. How do you know who I voted for? It's a secret vote. The green party are socialists.

Yougov exit poll.
Tory 284
Labour 263
Libdem 31
SNP 48
Ukip 2
Green 3
Plaid 3.

Looks much better than the BBC one.

Oh dj you've cheered me up - who cares about exit polls?

I have no idea who you voted for, durhamjen - did I say I did? You were the one who said 'we're winning'.

Bbc saying Danny Alexander will lose - < clutching at straws>

Brilliant! All the papers have the Tories back in power!
Hope they have egg on their faces tomorrow.

Socialists, 3/3 so far, Ana.

Dream on, GT...

Beginning to feel a bit better after the initial shock. DC still hasn't a majority so hopefully the exit polls are even a bit wrong and the picture begins to look more cheerful

Ana - you mean about Danny Boy? I was just repeating what the BBC said. I thought myself he would have a strong personal vote that would make him safe although personally I'd like to see him go

Yes I am not sorry about DA, he was always on making excuses for the ghastly things the Tories did, in effect he was their fall guy and is now paying for it.

Whitewave - yes shock wearing off here as well but am feeling resigned. Although I kept thinking 1992 I did think it would be nearly even with Tories maybe a handful of seats ahead. IT will be interesting now to see how LDs do and UKIP as well

I think the shock is still palpable on the faces of the various Labour MPs being interviewed - Yvette looks really down

She does indeed.

If the Conservatives form a government then the NHS as we know it is finished; TTIP will ensure that corporate greed bleeds every penny of profit from it.

Agreed, grannyactivist. That's the most important thing to me, and I cannot believe that the majority of the electorate do not care about the NHS.

" 5. This would also be the biggest failure of the British polling industry in its history.

Polls over the past 24 hours were remarkably similar in predicting an effectively tied race between Labour and the Conservatives. The exit poll if accurate, would be well beyond any possible margin of error in the polls. Could the entire polling industry have got it so massively wrong? If so why and how? We'll find out soon enough as the results come in."

From www.politics.co.uk

I don't think we'll recognise the NHS will we in 5 years time? People still don't understand what TTIP really means - I know dj got stick for 'banging on' about it but gosh she was so right and one day when it's too late we'll all realise that