Early BBC Exit polls

[Synnical]

Labour majority of 66 seats, down about 100.

Streaming Live BBC5:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/election2005/election_special.shtml?rhppromo

[Dr Ron]

1. Exit polls?

Haven't we learned not to rely on exit polls?

[liam_laddie]

5. exit polls

We used the results in Ukraine to force a second election.
They're damn accurate; 8,000 sample is accurate +/- 1%.
Maybe you were being satirical, or sarcastic?

[sonicx]

6. the american 2004 exits polls said Kerry would win

[Spectral]

13. And Kerry did win.

The Repugs stole that election by messin with the software.

[newyawker99]

14. Hi Spectral!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Mass]

7. They are typically very good in Europe.

I have never seen an exit poll not announce the results in Great Britain. That would be a first.

[liam_laddie]

2. BBC print version

link to text <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4513605.stm>

[undeterred]

3. The night's not over yet

[babsbunny]

8. What a creepy little Man

[newyawker99]

15. Hi undeterred!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[On the Road]

4. If the Reluctant Responder Principle Works

than Labor voters should be a little more reluctant to respond, and Labor does somewhat better than the polls would suggest. We'll see what happens.

[Mass]

9. Liberal Democrats losers as well

If the results are correct, the liberal Democrats are winning very few representative (2 according to the exit polls).

This is a very bad news because it will tilt the chamber toward an even more pro-Bush position.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/britain_election

The BBC and ITV projections, based on a survey of 13,000 or more voters in 115 closely contested districts, suggested Labour would win 356 seats, ahead of the main opposition Conservatives with 209. The Liberal Democrats, the only major party to oppose the Iraq war, were projected to win 53 seats — for them a disappointing gain of two seats.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

10. If This Holds, It's Probably the Best Possible Result

Labour remains in power, which is good for the UK in general, but Blair's influence is sharply diminished while the influence of Labour's anti-war back-benchers grows.

Hopefully Brown will take Blair's place in the not-too-distant future as a result.

DTH

[Anarcho-Socialist]

11. That is very much my view too n/t

[kansasblue]

12. Blair comes on tv.

and says 'It's important that this all be over tonight' and things begin to change.