The UK election is full on, and getting interesting.

live update page, and a tweet from that page

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/liveevent/

BREAKING NEWS

Police have been called to some polling stations to move on people who wanted to vote but couldn't because they were still queuing outside at 10pm. In the Manchester Withington constituency, about 200 people were turned away. A spokesman for the returning officer for Manchester said: "The law states that the doors to polling stations must be closed at 10pm exactly, and no-one may be issued with a ballot paper after 10pm."



Very confusing situation about what happens to those still queuing to vote at 10pm. According to the Birmingham City Council website: "You can process votes if people are in the polling station before the poll closes. We understand there were two 'lock-ins' in Birmingham. More details when we get them."

labour just took the first seat, labour district so no surprise there.

What was surprising is the lib dems did not do as well as expected, lost votes.

on edit, i meant to say the lib dems did NOT do as well.

What concerns me more is the Tories are already laying plans to steal power in the event of a hung parliament (I posted to my journal about it if you're interested).

It is obvious and sickening and transparent from the way the commentators are talking about labour and Gordon Brown. Reminds me of faux news.

The Tories are already laying the groundwork for it and Paxman is actively telling Labourites that they should ignore the Constitution. Brown (who I don't much like but prefer to Cameron) has been the subject of an outright hate campaign from the press for the last three years.

"Sky News is showing footage of a dispute between would-be voters and election officials in Islington South, after dozens were turned away when polls closed at 10pm. There are also reports that some failed voters in Sheffield are blocking roads around polling stations to stop ballot boxes being removed."

Seems there are reports of voters being locked out from all over.

"0017Counting at a centre in Londonderry has been officially suspended following a security alert. About 500 people have been moved out of the Templemore Sports Complex after a hijacked car was abandoned in the car park. The gymnasium where the count was taking place has been closed and the doors sealed. Army bomb disposal experts are on the scene."

from the live feed link posted above.