Plane crashes, people not allowed to vote, bomb scares, a rather irritated Dimble, and too many innuendoes to count were just the start of my election night! Here are my favourite moments:
- The ‘Cleg surge’, could we have a ‘seriously hung’ parliament, and Paxman asking the immortal question – “would you get into bed with Peter Mandleson?” Oh and who could forget “David Cameron heads off into the night to his count”
- Some fabulous names – Charles Andrew Alexander Wood (Conservative), Leopold Dominic Barraclough, attempting to hide it by calling himself Leo, (Labour!!) and MacClaren of MacClaren (Independent)
- “The Queen is like Heineken lager; there are places only she can reach… and the queen is only activated in certain situations”
- Peter Robinson losing his seat to the Alliance party
- Dimble’s tie matched his background
- David blanket telling the truth – proclaiming a Labour loss at 1.25am. I paraphrase ‘Labour have lost – lets deal with figuring out opposition’
- The Tooting announcement – a proper stroppy returning officer putting off her best teacher voice “Can I finish please” and the best beard of the evening on the face of the Christian party dude.
- “The Queen says she won’t see anyone till 1pm” – and neither will I having been up all night watching the election.
- “X – none of the above” - a rather funny returning officer listing spoiled ballots
- Oooh recounts – how exciting!
