Friday 13 December 2019

Large majority for Boris Johnson in election: Voters turned away from poll stations



People will interpret this according to their proclivities and their pet isssue.

It is clear that Labour under Corbyn, as well as the rapidly Remainer LibDems have been punished by the electoratte for nothing less than betraying the electorate qwho clearly voted to leave the EU.

There is not doubt where public opinion lies.

The Tories are of course disgusting and I doubt the folks of Middle England are voting for austerity and policies which lead to be people with cancer being told they have to find work, only to die on the walk home.

They are voting for Johnson because they have been utterly betrayed by the neo-cons in the Labour Party. No doubt, under different circumstances, they would have voted for Farage's Brexit Party.

Mike Ruppert called Britain “a basket case” 10 years ago and so it is. This is about collapse and not Right vs. Wrong as the liberal idiots paint it. If the main personages did not exist they would have to have been invented.

As the Arabs say: “it is written”.

Boris, Bigly: Exit polls show conservatives set to win election on Brexit promise

Boris, Bigly: Exit polls show conservatives set to win election on Brexit promise

RT,
13 December, 2019

Exit polls are indicating that Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will have a decisive majority in Britain’s third general election in six years that was seen as the most important vote in a generation despite 'dirty' campaigns.

The Conservatives have been forecast to win 368 seats - a majority of over 80 - with Labour suffering major losses and down to only 191 seats.

With those numbers, the Tories gain 51 seats, while Labour loses 71, a crushing defeat for Corbyn. The Scottish National Party (SNP) will win 55 seats (a gain of 20), while the Lib Dems will win 13 (a gain of 1), the exit polls predict.
The election has been described as the “dirtiest” ever in terms of shady campaign tactics. It has also been one in which some major national issues have faded into the background as the unresolved Brexit dilemma still hangs over the UK.

Some voters were even willing to switch political parties based on Brexit stance alone, causing significant worry to both camps.

"I cautioned for the last two years that Labour would be doomed if they turned their back on their traditional supporters, who supported Brexit strongly," George Galloway, a former Labour MP, told RT.

The final polls in the run up to election day predicted a win for Johnson — and now the first exit polls seem to confirm they were correct.

The odds were stacked against Johnson when he took the helm at the height of the Brexit drama back in the summer, but he won admiration from Leavers by fulfilling a promise to renegotiate parts of Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement. If the exit polls are indeed correct and Johnson wins an outright majority, he would be able to push his deal through parliament and truly “get Brexit done” — fulfilling his campaign mantra.

It won’t all be smooth sailing for Johnson, however, as he will still be tasked with the challenge of negotiating a satisfactory EU-UK trade deal by December 31, 2020, which will be no easy feat. What’s more, controversies that plagued the last four months of his leadership — including recent scandals over the NHS — will no doubt spill over into his new government.

Reacting to the exit poll results, a Labour spokesperson said Thursday night that it was "too early" to call the result, but admitted that the party faced a "challenging" election and one in which Brexit was "at the forefront of many people's minds."

Indeed, it will be the early hours of Friday before it becomes clear if the exit polls match the final results, but they typically have been very accurate in UK elections.

Both parties worried that the cold, rainy weather would impact voter turnout in the first December general election in nearly 100 years, but social media was flooded with pictures of long queues at polling stations all over the country, portending a good turnout.


UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had been given a strong new mandate from the British people, celebrating his Conservative party’s landslide electoral win as a “historic” chance to carry out his Brexit agenda.

At this stage it does look as though this one nation Conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate,” Johnson said, drawing cheers from supporters.
To get Brexit done, and not just to get Brexit done but to unite this country and take it forward, and to focus on the priorities of the British people.

 https://www.rt.com/uk/475752-boris-johnson-brexit-people-will/

 https://www.rt.com/uk/475750-corbyn-disappointin-election-night/




General Election voters 'turned away from polling stations' without being able to vote

Voters furious as they are turned away from polling stations


12 December, 2019
People in Merseyside have today complained that they have been turned away from polling stations without being able to vote.

A number of people have contacted the ECHO - while others have taken to social media to reveal that they have been turned away from polling stations without having cast their vote.
18-year-old Ellis Bennett was shocked when he went to his local polling station in Woolton Village, only to be told that he was not registered to vote.
He says he registered weeks ago
Ellis said: "I turned up today ready to vote but when I gave my name they said I wasn't on the list.
"They put me on to someone at the council who said I wasn't the first person to complain about this - I definitely registered weeks ago.




Ellis said he never received a polling card but presumed this was just a postal error - he never 
thought it would mean he couldn't vote.
He added: "When I registered they asked me for photo ID and everything and I gave it - I can't 
see any reason why I wouldn't be registered.
"I am fuming, this election is the biggest issue facing the country and we need young people 
to get out and vote."
He said on social media he had seen numerous other people complaining about similar 
incidents.
He added: "It seems to be happening with a lot of young people, it is really worrying."
Someone else who has been unable to vote today is Joanne Mills.
Joanne is from Halewood and went to vote this morning at her local polling station in Hollies 
Road, but she wasn't able to.
She said: "It was weird, my name was on the list but it had an A next to it and a line crossed 
through it.
"I have since been told that this is because I am a postal voter - but I did not ask to be.
"When the postal voter paperwork arrived at my house with my polling card I binned it and 
thought it was a mistake as I have always voted at polling stations.
"The people at the polling station this morning had no idea why my name (and a number of 
others) were crossed out, so he asked for my card and said come back after work later and I 
will look into it for you.
"If this is happening across the country people will be confused and turned away. Why send 
polling card and postal votes to you if you can’t use the card?"
Another Liverpool voter took to social media to complain of a problem.

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