"Voters in Hackney, East London, were turned away from a polling station after some had be

en forced to queue for more than an hour and a half"

you're right, turning up at half 8 when the polls close at 10 are just the actions of imbeciles...

User Posted Link (as updated at 22:38 GMT, Thursday, 6 May 2010 23:38 UK as it's a page that's bound to change)

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on May 7th 2010 at 00:05:38

Message Thread

Those fuckwits moaning about not being able to vote... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 6, 23:49:36
- you fucking idiot (n/m) (General Chat) - matt in london, May 7, 00:13:21
- they dont get out of bed before 4pm. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, May 7, 00:11:55
- agree, probably slept until midday went to the pub & then thought they (General Chat) - lovely old job, May 6, 23:56:16
- you're right, those people that turned up at 9, half past shouldn't expect to be able to (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 6, 23:54:37
  - Since 7am ? Behave. (General Chat) - Arganth, May 6, 23:57:04
    - since when have you ever had to fucking queue to vote? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 7, 00:00:08
      - "Voters in Hackney, East London, were turned away from a polling station after some had be (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 7, 00:05:38
        
        Let's just wait and see what the Electoral Commission review says. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 7, 00:08:42
        
        you're the one that's already judged these people as fuckwits (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 7, 00:10:37
      - Used to have to queue at Thorpe Marriott. (General Chat) - Arganth, May 7, 00:04:49
        
        we're not talking about those leaving it to the last minute though (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 7, 00:08:42
        
        Fair enough. I suppose the usual voter apathy was expected... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 7, 00:11:56
        
        so you expected queues longer than those at Alton Towers? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 7, 00:16:34
        
        A little leap of faith there Scrampers. (General Chat) - Arganth, May 7, 00:23:55
        
        and those that turn up at half 8 see a long queue and join it? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 7, 00:27:48
        
        Then they're unlucky. (General Chat) - Arganth, May 7, 00:31:29
        
        even if they did spend all day in bed, turning up half an hour, an hour, an hour and a hal (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 7, 00:40:34
        
        So, ultimately what you're proposing is... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 7, 00:45:54
        
        what you're proposing is that everyone should queue up at 7am (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 7, 00:50:30
        
        No. I'm proposing that the polling stations are open for a suitable length of time... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 7, 00:58:59

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