Arrse Euro Election Opinion Poll

**BarkingSpider** · 05-06-2009, 00:47

Originally Posted by Contrarian

Originally Posted by Whet

I went round several polling stations today, and the impression I got is that it will be a VERY low turn out. So much so that I am rather disheartened.

Originally Posted by trowel

Same here, surprised how quiet things were.

:o

The ballot box at ours was so stuffed with voting slips that the bloke in charge had to keep picking it up to try and shake the slips down inside. And this was at 4.30 pm this afternoon.
Mind you, they were big voting slips...

**Contrarian** · 05-06-2009, 01:04

Originally Posted by BarkingSpider

The ballot box at ours was so stuffed with voting slips that the bloke in charge had to keep picking it up to try and shake the slips down inside. And this was at 4.30 pm this afternoon.
Mind you, they were big voting slips...

When I voted, at 8.00pm, I had to force my ballot paper into the box, it was so full. And yet, it's being purported that there was an extremely low turnout.

**CrownImperial** · 05-06-2009, 02:02

Originally Posted by trowel

Originally Posted by CrownImperial

Originally Posted by dogmeat

Fascinating. All those hands thrown up in horror at people voting BNP and in the same breath happily declaring their undying love for BNP "Lite" - UKIP.

We're doomed. Doomed, I tell you.

Well yeah.. well said. Because supporting a party closer to the center than another party means you may as well vote for the latter party, but you are a cop out?
Yeah, we've got these hypocrits who fought against the nazis and then voted tory.. and these nutters who were in the BAOR, standing against communism and voted labour..

People don't dislike the BNP because they support a reverance for British independance, but because they are pretty clearly racist, which UKIP are not.

But aslong as we have peop

Ask yourself if the people who dislike the BNP would really and truly like you.

Erm.... why?

**Bee_Gee.** · 05-06-2009, 02:22

There is apparently a Roman Party here in Pompey. I have no idea what its about!

**Gremlin** · 05-06-2009, 02:34

Originally Posted by Bee_Gee.

There is apparently a Roman Party here in Pompey. I have no idea what its about!

Toga Party shurely?

**sampaul1966** · 05-06-2009, 02:55

Labour

just kidding. The overlords might be watching. UKIP really

**Bee_Gee.** · 05-06-2009, 02:57

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Originally Posted by Bee_Gee.

There is apparently a Roman Party here in Pompey. I have no idea what its about!

Toga Party shurely?

Apart from the word "Ave" and making all roads straight, i believe togas are one of their campaign strong-points in Portsmouth area as it gives the Sailors something to look at.

**heard_it_all_before** · 05-06-2009, 05:10

Originally Posted by trowel

Originally Posted by Whet

I went round several polling stations today, and the impression I got is that it will be a VERY low turn out. So much so that I am rather disheartened.

Same here, surprised how quiet things were.

Allowing for the Postal Vote I dare say that many still won't have bothered. Amazing really, all these people chunter on about the shite state of the country and then when they have a chance, albeit a small chance, to voice their opinion most of them can't be arrsed.

It all comes back to the state of mongdom that has been inflicted upon the country by the very fools that people want rid of. The general public (gp) has very little requirement to apply and sort of thought process into many parts of modern daily life and is therfore largely incapable of making decisions for themselves.

Having been on the outside for a while now I now fully understand just how much the Army has to offer to anyone that has a brain. Most of the blue-collar workers that I come across on a daily basis are as thick as mince and don't have much brain capacity to be able to compute anything above the bare minimum that is required in their mundane liitle jobs. The widespread lack of common sense is truly shocking, even more so when some of the people tell you what their jobs are.

But the scariest thing about the GP is that it's these same people that have the power to vote.

**jagman** · 05-06-2009, 08:06

Originally Posted by Contrarian

Originally Posted by BarkingSpider

The ballot box at ours was so stuffed with voting slips that the bloke in charge had to keep picking it up to try and shake the slips down inside. And this was at 4.30 pm this afternoon.
Mind you, they were big voting slips...

When I voted, at 8.00pm, I had to force my ballot paper into the box, it was so full. And yet, it's being purported that there was an extremely low turnout.

From what I understand, hardline Labour areas are getting a low turnout, the muppets won't vote for anybody else but apparently are reluctant to vote Labour so aren't voting at all

**BarkingSpider** · 05-06-2009, 15:25

Originally Posted by jagman

Originally Posted by Contrarian

Originally Posted by BarkingSpider

The ballot box at ours was so stuffed with voting slips that the bloke in charge had to keep picking it up to try and shake the slips down inside. And this was at 4.30 pm this afternoon.
Mind you, they were big voting slips...

When I voted, at 8.00pm, I had to force my ballot paper into the box, it was so full. And yet, it's being purported that there was an extremely low turnout.

From what I understand, hardline Labour areas are getting a low turnout, the muppets won't vote for anybody else but apparently are reluctant to vote Labour so aren't voting at all

Why don't they just go and spoil their paper. At least when the figures are totted up they can see just how many people have objected to the whole thing by using their vote to protest.
I had to explain this principe to a customer of mine yesterday. She was whinging about politics generally and saying she wouldn't vote as a protest... until I explained the principle of spoiling your paper. I know it's not ideal but in the absence of a 'non of the above' box it's better than not turning up to vote at all.

**DozyBint** · 05-06-2009, 15:30

Originally Posted by BarkingSpider

I know it's not ideal but in the absence of a 'non of the above' box it's better than not turning up to vote at all.

True - not turning out is what leads to all sorts of pundits banging on about voter apathy, whereas I've never known so many people up in arms about domestic politics. There is no apathy that I can spot - maybe it's different in other parts of the country, but everyone I meet at the moment has some choice words about the state of affairs.

**dennis10** · 05-06-2009, 16:59

Does anyone remember that Dutch fellow who tried to get into Britain to show that anti islam film, but wasn't let in. He's the leader (or Fuhrer, whatever you prefer) of Hollands equivalent to the BNP.
Well they came second in the EU elections, and they didn't even stand in the last one, from no votes to second. Bumpy times ahead in the European Parliament. And after Sunday there will be even more anti-EU parties. The beginning of the end of the EU?

**Whet** · 05-06-2009, 18:27

Channel 4 has just extrapolated the council results into a mythical General Election. They would have gained 22 seats. Does this bode well for the actual GE given that the recessions tide might have turned by then?

**DozyBint** · 05-06-2009, 19:14

Originally Posted by Whet

Channel 4 has just extrapolated the council results into a mythical General Election. They would have gained 22 seats. Does this bode well for the actual GE given that the recessions tide might have turned by then?

Sorry, maybe I'm being dim but that post isn't clear to me - "they" being Labour and "gained" being 22 added to their current seat count or 22 being their seat count in total?

**Sixty** · 05-06-2009, 19:18

Originally Posted by DozyBint

Originally Posted by Whet

Channel 4 has just extrapolated the council results into a mythical General Election. They would have gained 22 seats. Does this bode well for the actual GE given that the recessions tide might have turned by then?

Sorry, maybe I'm being dim but that post isn't clear to me - "they" being Labour and "gained" being 22 added to their current seat count or 22 being their seat count in total?

"They" being the BNP as I read it, Dozy.

Edit: Although it wasn't a particularly well worded post so I could be talking nonsense.