Today's By-Election

[jourdain2]

This seems to have slipped into nothingness. I hesitate to post because I can't do links; but there has been a by-election today, which, until the other day, occupied a lot of thought, and debate. Nothing has been heard of it here. Does anyone have any information? Turnout? Exit polls? Bit baffled. :)

[Buenchico]

< 30% turnout:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/parliamentary-constituencies/oldham-west-and-royton/12031040/oldham-west-royton-by-election-results.html

[Jackdaw33]

Polls don't close till 10 o'clock.

[tonyav]

Could be a sub 30% turnout.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/parliamentary-constituencies/oldham-west-and-royton/12031040/oldham-west-royton-by-election-results.html

[Jackdaw33]

The lower the turnout the worse it is for Labour

[tonyav]

If Labour lose, Jeza is to blame !.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/there-could-be-a-coup-against-jeremy-corbyn-if-labour-does-not-win-a-critical-by-election-in-oldham-tonight/ar-AAfYTn1?li=AA59G2

[DTCwordfan]

One projection in the DTel, a Con or UKIP take and on the expected % split, projected forward to 2020 and the G-Election, Labour under Corbyn would secure only 73 seats in the House.....speculation of course but a bit of a sharp pull-up, perhaps.....

[Peter Pedant]

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Labout safe seat ?


I remember old Meachie in the first episode of Heart of Darkness
you know where the girl has been irradiated in a nuclear thingy and dies in her fathers arms played by Bob Peck - he turns into a tree in the last episode

Did he ever make it to Cabinet ?

[douglas9401]

Who played the rest of the father, Mr P?

[jourdain2]

Oh ....... I spent ages trying to explain to DTC that I had somehow hit a button which gave him BA and that I was working on trying to undo it because there were other answers coming in! It does not seem to have worked. When I have understood how to undo and redo I'll get on with it (it may well still stand).

[DTCwordfan]

just hit best answer again, jourdain, if there is one better in your view, of course....
:-)

[jourdain2]

Thank you, DTC. :)

[mikey4444]

Lets wait until Friday morning shall we ?I

if UKIP succeeds in getting one of its rare and almost unknown wins, than I will be the first to congratulate them.

I promise !

If Labour hold on to the seat that they have held for 45 years, then the status quo will have been maintained.

[jourdain2]

Fine, mikey :)

[douglas9401]

Whatever you want, Mikey but it could all be going down the dustpipe.

[Hopkirk]

Surely there's no way Labour can lose this, is there?

[mikey4444]

Hoppy...we live in strange times !

[DTCwordfan]

God moves in a mysterious way when it comes to the ballot box, Hopkirk.....

[jourdain2]

It was a very debatable question, Hopkirk, before Mr. Benn's speech. I have the feeling that that may just have convinced enough Labour voters to swing it for them. Myself, I am very 'middle of-the-road' these days.

[mikey4444]

Hoppy...let me predict the furore after the vote is announced !

Labour win...much reduced majority for Corbyn, therefore Corbyn is rubbish

or

UKIP win "glorious" victory for Party that was going to break the mould of British Politics !

or

Tory win....Tory Cabinet collapses in utter shock !

[Togo]

//Hoppy...we live in strange times ! //

Just an aside guys and gals. An old Chinese curse was, 'May you live in interesting times'