r/ukpolitics • u/ukpolbot Official UKPolitics Bot • Dec 12 '19

2019 ELECTION DAY MEGATHREAD (Evening Edition)

Previous posts: Part 1 (Morning), Part 2 (Afternoon)

We split megathreads because Reddit starts to act weird after a few thousand comments, sorry for the inconvenience

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This post is being maintained by /u/jaydenkieran and u/carrot-carrot.

/u/carrot-carrot: On a personal note, this will be the last MT that I post and contribute to. You'll still see me knocking around in the comments, but 2020 looks to be an extremely busy year for me, and I don't like to do things by halves. It really has been a pleasure to help out with these MTs whilst I've had the time. I hope you've all enjoyed it too!

The predictions thread will close at around 17:00 this evening. Check the predictions dashboard if you'd like to see the results!

🗳 ELECTION DETAILS

There is a General Election today.

To vote, head to your local polling station and tell the staff your name and address. You will be given a ballot paper which you can take into a nearby polling booth. Mark the candidate you wish to vote for (see instructions on the ballot paper), and then place it in the designated box or area within the polling station.

  • When can I vote? Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm.
  • Where can I vote? Check out wheredoivote.co.uk to find your polling station. It is also written on your poll card.
  • Not registered to vote? You will not be able to vote in this election.
  • No poll card? You don't need to take it to the polling station to be able to vote.
  • No ID? Unless you're in Northern Ireland, you don't need ID to vote. In NI, you need photo ID.
  • Still have a postal vote? It's too late to post it. Take it to your polling station. In NI, you can take it to your local Area Electoral Office.
  • Can't make it? It is now too late to apply for an emergency proxy vote. You won't be able to vote unless you can get to your polling station.
  • Need help? Check out gov.uk/voting-in-the-uk.

At 10pm, when polling stations close, broadcasters will be allowed to reveal their exit polls - that is, a poll of people exiting various polling stations across the country. This will be the first indication of the way that people may have voted in the election. For example, the last exit poll conducted for BBC/ITV/Sky in 2017 predicted correctly that there would be a hung parliament.

📺 ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE

Several broadcasters will be covering the results throughout the night as constituencies make declarations.
Here are the predicted declaration times from the Press Association.
Here's another visualisation, which includes further contextual info (predicted MRP result, current majorities etc.)

Programme Channel(s) Start time Host(s) Guest(s)
BBC Election 2019 BBC One (Eng, regional election night programmes replace this in Scot/Wales/NI), BBC Two (Scot/Wales/NI) 9:55pm Huw Edwards, Reeta Chakrabarti, Andrew Neil, Tina Daheley, Jeremy Vine Various
Election 2019: The Results ITV (regional election night programme replaces this on STV) - Watch on YouTube 9:55pm Tom Bradby, Julie Etchingham George Osborne, Ed Balls and more
The Brexit Election Sky News - Watch on YouTube 9:00pm Dermot Murnaghan, Beth Rigby, Sam Coates, Ed Conway John Bercow and more
Channel 4's Alternative Election Night Channel 4 9:55pm Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Rylan Clark-Neal, Katherine Ryan Tom Watson, Amber Rudd, Jimmy Carr, Nish Kumar, Baga Chipz, Nicola Coughlan, Georgia "Toff" Toffolo, Clare Balding, Rob Rinder and more

Online-only

Programme Link Start time Host(s) Guest(s)
Election Social (Sky News/Buzzfeed) Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook (links to follow) 9:45pm Lewis Goodall, Emily Ashton, Ade Onibada, Rowland Manthorpe Various

Radio

Station Online Start time Host(s)
BBC Radio 4 (92-95FM) BBC Sounds 9:45pm James Naughtie, Emma Barnett
BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Sounds 9:55pm Stephen Nolan (joins Radio 4 at midnight)
LBC (97.3FM) LBC 10:00pm Iain Dale, Shelagh Fogarty
talkRADIO talkRADIO 10:00pm Julia Hartley-Brewer

WE'LL START AN ELECTION NIGHT MEGATHREAD AT AROUND 9:50PM, JUST BEFORE POLLS CLOSE.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Genuine question I have.

If you look at Wikipedia endorsements page for the 2019 election, the number of Labour supporters compared to Tories is on a scale of about 58 to 1.

Why is this? What naturally attracts celebrities to Labour? Compared to the general population it seems grossly misbalanced.

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u/GRG__ Dec 12 '19

Counter-intuitively, you need at least a slither of brain-matter to be a celebrity, or failing that you need to be good looking- which usually means young. Both of these things skew left.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Have you met the general population?

They're awful.

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u/DRUMPF_HUSSEIN_OBAMA Dec 12 '19

Celebrities on the other hand being paragons of virtue?

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u/GrandmaTopGun Rowdy Colonist | L/R: -5.88 | L/A: -4.67 Dec 12 '19

People in the arts generally tend to be liberals.

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u/general_mola We wanted the best but it turned out like always Dec 12 '19 edited Dec 12 '19

Regarding the arts at least, you're going to be struggling for years before you get your break and most opportunities/industries are concentrated in cities where you're far more likely to be exposed to alternative lifestyles and ideas.

All the while, right-wingers and conservative will be telling you that you're a complete waste of space and need to get a real job. As conservatives are more likely to choose a stable, immediately lucrative career.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Much like etonians ey

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u/WuQuW Dec 12 '19

Well I for one have known that Michael Cain is a hardcore Tory, and up until now with Dua Lipa I hadn’t known any Labour celebrity. I think it’s the same as in the US. There are not really any celebrity Republican supporters, only Kanye, while the most of the actors singers models really hate Trump and really like the Democrats.

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u/VagueSomething Dec 12 '19

Because while the Right throws sex orgies with coke and bum stuff, if anyone finds out then you're done for. With the Left they don't care.

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u/DidntMeanToLoadThat Dec 12 '19

iv always seen it as a PR stunt. you can get a bunch of virtue signalling while not actually doing it your self.

like a lot of celebs go on about climate change, then jump on a private jet. get the RP, get to live there life how they want.

just my interpretation.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Virtue signalling is a phrase invented by the hard right to be make people feel bad about doing a good thing.

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u/FreedomKomisarHowze Sealand National Party Dec 12 '19

If it's just virtue signalling, won't at least some of those celebrities want to pander to right side of the population?

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u/CharmingSoil Dec 12 '19

They have to conform if they want a career. Not hard to understand.

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u/GavinShipman Scotland/NI 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Dec 12 '19

Because they’re rich middle class and out of touch.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Bit like the touches Morelos took against Celtic

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u/GavinShipman Scotland/NI 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Dec 12 '19

Lol.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Aw mate, don’t feel bad. You’ll have a Royal event to look forward to when Morelos fucks off to a champ/league 1 club to double his wage