Day 128

Today (8^th June May) was Election Day. I voted early, on the way to get my morning paper, and was slightly surprised at being the only person at the polling station (aside from the polling staff) and that there was only one party (Labour) member outside the station, when normally you get at least the ‘big’ three covering each station. Maybe because it’s a safe Tory seat? I then spent the rest of the day trying to ignore the election and the forecasted Tory landslide.

Non-election highlights were getting the great Hannah Peel’s cover of Praise You (the original version, although it kinda works as a cover of Fatboy Slim’s version). I’m a sucker for downbeat, plaintive covers. 

Election related highlights include Frankie Boyle’s new show, Frankie Boyle's New World Order, and the exit poll showing an improvement for Labour and an unimprovement for the Tories. 

Election lowlights were trying to watch Channel Four’s alternative election night coverage on my laptop, which was practically impossible – I’d watch one minute, then it would buffer for two minutes, play for one minute, buffer for two, and so on and on. Rebooting the router and the laptop didn’t help, so I just read until Frankie’s show started (on the iplayer, which worked perfectly no delays for buffering or nothing).