Things That Should be Uninvented

[Not so ancient mariner]

Where debating politicians are involved, good questions are two a penny: - it's good answers that are like hens' teeth!

[towny44]

Since the most interesting part of any election is watching the results, why do the polls not close earlier so we can watch the results in prime time?

[Silver_Shiney]

or else start the counting on a Saturday morning, when more people would be around to watch?

[Not so ancient mariner]

I used to love watching paint dry - but it's not the same these days.

[Silver_Shiney]

We'll gloss over that one, Notso...

[Manoverboard]

.... why do the polls not close earlier so we can watch the results in prime time?

Cos some of the working type people wouldn't be able to vote at their allocated Polling Station.

[towny44]

.... why do the polls not close earlier so we can watch the results in prime time?

Cos some of the working type people wouldn't be able to vote at their allocated Polling Station.

That's a double benefit then since most would probably vote for the wrong party anyway.

[Not so ancient mariner]

.... why do the polls not close earlier so we can watch the results in prime time?

Cos some of the working type people wouldn't be able to vote at their allocated Polling Station.

That's a double benefit then since most would probably vote for the wrong party anyway.

So the vote would be skewed by all those unemployed people, and night shift workers who would able to vote - and heaven only knows who they'd vote for!!

[Mervyn and Trish]

I think elections should be done like a TV talent show with a phone vote. Each week we vote one off and at the end the one left would be Prime Minister.

Then, again like TV talent shows, after three months we'd have completely forgotten who won.

[qbman1]

Good plan .....and we could have Amanda Holden flashing her tits throughout the entire process !!

[towny44]

.... why do the polls not close earlier so we can watch the results in prime time?

Cos some of the working type people wouldn't be able to vote at their allocated Polling Station.

That's a double benefit then since most would probably vote for the wrong party anyway.

So the vote would be skewed by all those unemployed people, and night shift workers who would able to vote - and heaven only knows who they'd vote for!!

I doubt the unemployed and great unwashed would be able to find their way to the polling stations, and we can bring forward voting to start at 5:00am to accomodate any night shift voters. Or like me they could apply for a postal vote.

[Manoverboard]

... and we can bring forward voting to start at 5:00am to accomodate any night shift voters ...

Nope, that would mean that the poor old souls who opt to work in the Polling Stations would be having to set off at 3:00am or thereabouts ... and just for a trickle of voters given that the vast majority of shift workers surely end their shifts at 06:00, 07:00 or 08:00.

[david63]

Isn't it about time we had electronic voting - that way we could all vote at one minute past midnight and the result declared at two minutes past midnight - job done and we could then all get on with our lives, simples

[qbman1]

.....but would we still have to have all this pre-election guff ?

[Mervyn and Trish]

.....but would we still have to have all this pre-election guff ?

Don't tell me you've been paying attention?

I regard that 5 minutes between the BBC Regional News and the One Show as a pee break.

[towny44]

Isn't it about time we had electronic voting - that way we could all vote at one minute past midnight and the result declared at two minutes past midnight - job done and we could then all get on with our lives, simples

I'm all for electronic voting via the internet, but having a 1 minute political quickie every 5 years would somewhat spoil old David Dimbleby's enjoyment.

[Manoverboard]

Electronic voting, how would it work ?

We could have 4,000,000,000 Chinese kids breaking the code and voting for EweClip

[Mervyn and Trish]

We could have 4,000,000,000 Chinese kids breaking the code and voting for EweClip

Well at least that's a better turnout than we usually get.

[Not so ancient mariner]

Isn't it about time we had electronic voting - that way we could all vote at one minute past midnight and the result declared at two minutes past midnight - job done and we could then all get on with our lives, simples

I'm all for electronic voting via the internet, but having a 1 minute political quickie every 5 years would somewhat spoil old David Dimbleby's enjoyment.

Having a 'political quickie' has, over the years, landed several notable M.P.s in trouble!! It's the old MFI scenario!

[qbman1]

5 minutes ?! How much have you been drinking ?

[brillo]

UKIP !!!!!!!!