UK Elections 2016
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Here's the breakdown of how the parties make up the @LondonAssembly #LondonVotes https://t.co/E76rx1ogmE
11:49 PM - 06 May 2016- Reply
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Britain's Labour set to take London after bitter mayoral campaign
Reuters UKSadiq Khan, a Muslim opposition lawmaker, is on course to be elected London's mayor on Thursday, loosening the ruling Conservatives' hold on Britain's financial centre after a campaign marred by charges of anti-Semitism and extremism. -
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An electoral register error in Barnet is causing issues for voters this morning.
Voters are being turned away from polling stations in London because they have the wrong lists
The IndependentThe London mayoral election started with an “absolute shambles” in one borough as voters were turned away from polling stations given the wrong electoral lists. Hundreds of residents in Barnet said were told they could not vote without their polling card, while some carrying the document said they were also refused. -
10:08 AM - 05 May 2016
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It's #PollingDay here in #Scotland, Hamish has cast his vote, and is off to work! https://t.co/vnnTQmLYhU
10:13 AM - 05 May 2016- Reply
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It's #PollingDay! The right to vote was a hard won struggle - please exercise that right today. #SuperThursday https://t.co/GRmFeGVCq1
7:14 AM - 05 May 2016- Reply
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Reports of London voters being turned away in Barnet, council said voter list problems are being resolved https://t.co/DM1XOM7JT6
10:35 AM - 05 May 2016- Reply
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I'm at East Finchley Library where now seems to be electoral business as usual, voters had brought polling cards https://t.co/Gtb6xJe9KO
10:36 AM - 05 May 2016- Reply
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What is the #VoteyMcVoteFace hashtag about?
This is a joke based on a past poll to choose a name for a polar research ship. The UK's Natural Environment Research Council decided to open up the options for naming a new vessel to the public. Among other choices such as 'RSS I Like Big Boats & I Cannot Lie' and the more sensible 'RSS David Attenborough', 'Boaty McBoatface' was one of the public suggestions and eventually (thanks to promotion on social sites) it won the vote.
However, the suggestion was shunned in the end and a new name has yet to be announced.
As a result, the " ____Mc___Face" template has been applied to various situations and today - likely because it rhymes with the original - that means #VoteyMcVoteFace. -
East Finchley Labour Cllr @ArjunMittra RT'd resident who said she'd been left in tears by voting list problems http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChrzejMUUAABxHC.jpg
by Elizabeth Culliford via twitter 5/5/2016 10:09:41 AM -
London mayoral election final call: Sadiq Khan leads by 14 – https://t.co/ihfubdcYVC https://t.co/HrU5ZYhOeC
11:07 AM - 05 May 2016- Reply
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Not loving the Americanised name #SuperThursday . Nothing particularly super about my local PCC election. This is #PollingDay11:27 AM - 05 May 2016
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#dogsatpollingstations is a thing again
Dogs At Polling Stations Are The Best Thing About Today
The Huffington PostSorry Fido, voting is for humans. -
Could the polls be wrong again? Zac Goldsmith out to 7/1 to be elected London Mayor.
https://t.co/MIiopzZSAc https://t.co/aWemf1YvG0
11:29 AM - 05 May 2016Delete- Reply
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At Barnet's Hoop Lane polling station where @jenlipman tweeted that she was turned away from with a polling card http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Chr9FmBWEAAEGIt.jpg
by Elizabeth Culliford via twitter 5/5/2016 10:40:53 AM -
Hoop Lane poll clerk Ashley Hamilton: This a.m 'most intense' of 3 yrs as clerk, said 1.5 hrs of problems now sorted http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Chr-QsqXAAApcrX.jpg
by Elizabeth Culliford via twitter 5/5/2016 10:46:02 AM -
29 y/o Hendon activist Ben Samuel told me he was turned away from polling station due to voter list issues this a.m., said it was 'chaos'by Elizabeth Culliford via twitter 5/5/2016 10:55:57 AM
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Your vote counts. Your ability to vote comes from centuries of struggle that YOUR ancestors fought for!
#PollingDay https://t.co/lJV4e17vkY
12:01 PM - 05 May 2016- Reply
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Today is a VERY important day. Pickles and I are off to vote for the first time #PollingDay https://t.co/qyAVedWHex
12:06 PM - 05 May 2016- Reply
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Everything you need to know about the Welsh Assembly election #Wales2016 #PollingDay https://t.co/PWTSF6sixR12:26 PM - 05 May 2016
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As long as you are in the queue before 10pm you can vote! Don't leave it too late https://t.co/GVuFb5TvMe
10:55 AM - 05 May 2016- Reply
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Northern Ireland First Minister, Arlene Foster (C), and Paul Robinson (L) greet Geoff Bartholomew from the Green Party after casting their votes for the Assembly Election, at Brookeborough Primary School in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland May 5, 2016. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
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Tiny N. London poll station tucked away, complete with portaloo. No #dogsatpollingstations to report. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChsJo7NXAAQiFYa.jpg
by Elizabeth Culliford via twitter 5/5/2016 11:35:46 AM -
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1/3) 28 y/o Gemma Isaacs told me she won't be able to vote today, turned away from Mill Hill East as not on list http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChsLRtEWUAAK7zQ.jpg
by Elizabeth Culliford via twitter 5/5/2016 11:42:50 AM -
Great to bump into people from St Luke's at the polling station! Vote hopefully! #LondonMayor2016 #PollingDay https://t.co/WtfXxOHqTg
12:41 PM - 05 May 2016- Reply
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2/3) Gemma says is registered voter but didnt tk polling card. No record of her on list, told 'sorry, you cannot vote'. Says was one of manyby Elizabeth Culliford via twitter 5/5/2016 11:48:07 AM
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3/3) At Mill Hill East polling station. Gemma says she doesn't understand how election not now 'null and void' http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChsN0BkWUAEc9Bj.jpg
by Elizabeth Culliford via twitter 5/5/2016 11:53:58 AM -
12:45 PM - 05 May 2016
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10:45 AM - 05 May 2016
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Here’s Penny the Pomeranian in Greenfield, her owner just voted - you should too! #dogsatpollingstations https://t.co/jqT9jITtWa
9:15 AM - 05 May 2016- Reply
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1:11 PM - 05 May 2016
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12:07 PM - 05 May 2016
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What is #dogsatpollingstations about?At some (not all) polling stations in the UK, you can't take your dog inside (unless it is a guide dog or similar companion) so people traditionally tie their pooches up outside for a few minutes while they pop inside to vote.This means that assorted cute dogs are tethered outside a newsworthy building and this is catnip to photographers who might be running out of angles to cover the paper signs and posters of a local building through the day.As a result, the tag appears on social media sites as a cuter side to the democratic process (depending on your views of the politicians involved).Woof! -
by Elizabeth Culliford via twitter 5/5/2016 12:20:49 PM
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Popped into Greenwich to vote this morning. two people in front of me in the queue, and no-one waiting when I left. #Elections20162:02 PM - 05 May 2016
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Strong quake near Mexico City kills at least 226, rescuers dig through collapsed buildings
MEXICO CITY Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a major earthquake grew to at least 226.
