The election has been framed largely as an ideological battle between The Conservative Party leader Theresa May and The Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
There’s also the little matter of the health of the Union as calls from Scotland’s SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon for a second referendum on Scottish independence seem to hang in the balance with the incoming election results.
Below are the results of the District Magazine Exit Poll on an election considered by boffins and busybodies to be the most important to Ireland ( ..after our one, anyway). Here’s who we met.
(image via HuffPostUK)
Name: Kieran.
City: Putney, London.
Age: 38.
Occupation: Post-Rock / Electronic Music Producer.
Response:
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— Four Tet (@FourTet) June 6, 2017
Name: Ben.
City: London.
Age: (He wouldn’t tell us).
Occupation: Full-Time Badman / Record Label founder.
Response:
tories out because they're racist, sexist, classist scum making life worse for everyone not because they're 'weak and wobbly' obviously
— Ben UFO (@BenUFO) June 6, 2017
Name: Jamie.
City: Hackney.
Age: 32.
Occupation: Grime Performer.
Response:
If you hear someone say BRAP as they post their ballot, give them a smile and a polite nod on their way out.
— Jme (@JmeBBK) June 8, 2017
Name: Jack.
City: Glasgow.
Age: 31.
Occupation: Celtic F.C. Historian and Buckfast Connoisseur.
Response:
Tomorrow I will be voting Labour. I can't tell you who to vote for, but I urge you NOT to vote Conservative.
— JACKMASTER (@jackmaster) June 7, 2017
Name: Ross From Friends (so he told us, anyway).
City: (South) London.
Age: ?
Occupation: High Quality Audio Distorter / TV Personality.
Response:
https://twitter.com/russfrumfrunds/status/869291683187494915
Name: Robert & Grant.
City: Bristol.
Age: 52 and 57 respectively (109 combined).
Occupation: Trip Hop Pioneers.
Response:
We have been lucky enough to make a good living from music.
I respect the need to pay back into society in order… https://t.co/Fe7RPAUSYa— Massive Attack (@MassiveAttackUK) June 7, 2017
Name: Ben.
City: Berlin via Wales.
Age: Never told us…
Occupation: Techno Puritan.
Response:
My postal vote is in for Labour. Do what you can to keep the Tories from further ruining our economy, the NHS and stripping our human rights
— Benjamin Damage (@BenjaminDamage) June 7, 2017
Name: David Kennedy, aka Pearson Sound.
City: London.
Age: N/A
Occupation: Record Label Founder and Disc Jockey
Response: He didn’t say much but showed us a picture of his friend Ben (who we came across earlier) and told us he was voting Labour. Here’s the photo
Good morning everyone! Today's the day!
Please Remember To Vote Labour (Or Vote Tactically To Keep The Tories Out) pic.twitter.com/ySY3PeN3hE
— Ben UFO (@BenUFO) June 8, 2017
Name: Leon.
City: Pembury.
Age: We forgot to ask.
Occupation: Electronic Music Composer.
Response:
https://twitter.com/vynehall/status/872771346815700992
Name: Erol.
Age: 43.
City: London.
Occupation: Producer, Promoter, and Remixer.
Response:
I voted weeks ago by post. I voted for a fairer system and for our NHS to remain safe. If you have yet to cast a vote, please don't waste it
— erol alkan (@erolalkan) June 8, 2017
(image via POLITICO)
*we’re open to suggestions, here…
Name: Paul Rose
City: A British man living in Berlin
Age: Wouldn’t tell us
Occupation: Electronic Musician
Response:
https://twitter.com/ScubaOfficial/status/872452871920513024
If it were DJs, musicians, and promoters running the UK, they’d be doing so under the socialist regime of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. God forbid something like that ever occurs.