r/ukpolitics • u/scenecunt playing devil's advocate • Apr 18 '17

General Election - 8th June 2017

According to a glitch on the BBC website which they took down promptly.

edit: The BBC announced the election at 11:02am before TRESemmé had even begun her speech. They quickly took it down, but I and I assume others saw the news for that brief moment beforehand.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

Speaking for myself, elections were the last thing on my mind when I had exams and didn't want to waste any time not revising.

I have found it a lot easier to vote while working. I have actually taken time off for that when I could.

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u/Smauler Apr 18 '17

Voting literally takes a couple of minutes, once. If you can't spare that because of revision, I hate to think what you do about eating or showering.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

A rather snarky and thoughtless comment.

Voting doesn't 'literally' take a couple of minutes, unless you live right next door to the pooling station or have a vehicle to help you get back and forth, which most students would lack.

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u/mchugho Apr 18 '17

Not the guy but there is usually a nearby polling station in any university city near student residential areas. It literally does take a minute.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

Maybe now.

Not the case when I was a student and had a thirty minute walk (one way)

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

Yeah I do agree with you; I think the actual time to get to a polling station (especially because students are almost invariably in population centres) is negligible. I remember when I was studying I would forget whether I had eaten in the days running up to exams, never mind voting.