Good pubs to watch UK election results?

King Ian

Myself and a few work mates fancy making a night of it - does anyone know of pubs which would have the results coverage on? (as in, showing it PROPERLY! With actual sound!)

I can't remember places which showed the US election results last year but I know there were a few

Many thanks

Dozen Wicked Words

You wont get any declarations during pub opening hours, polls close at 10pm. Even the eager beaver counters in Sunderland (or whoever it is busts a gut to declare first), wont have a result before midnight ish.

Pot Noodle =

The George

mike65

Maybe there will be in a lock-in at the Kildare Street Hotel bar!

danman

mike65 wrote: »

Maybe there will be in a lock-in at the Kildare Street Hotel bar!

Sit on the couch in your underpants and a few
bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale, couldn't beat that.....

Unfortunatly, I'll be tucked up nice and snug in my bed for work in the morning. I'm hoping that the thread on this forum gets updated on a regular basis, so I can read the blow by blow account in the morning.

getz

mike65 wrote: »

Maybe there will be in a lock-in at the Kildare Street Hotel bar!

i am surprised at the amount of irish people that are interested in the UK elections,

mike65

I think the desire for an election here is being sated by getting immersed in the UK elections, that and the fact it looks like a genuinely intriguing result could be on the cards.

ejmaztec

getz wrote: »

i am surprised at the amount of irish people that are interested in the UK elections,

The result could decide on fundamentally important matters, like the effect on Sterling, and whether shopping in the North is still a viable option.:P

There may also be a lot of people coming over to Ireland to claim political asylum, should the Tories get in, and it's best to be prepared.

who the fug

ejmaztec wrote: »

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There may also be a lot of people coming over to Ireland to claim political asylum, should the Tories get in, and it's best to be prepared.

What just like Paul Daniels promised to feck off if Labour came to power in 1997

getz

ejmaztec wrote: »

The result could decide on fundamentally important matters, like the effect on Sterling, and whether shopping in the North is still a viable option.:P

There may also be a lot of people coming over to Ireland to claim political asylum, should the Tories get in, and it's best to be prepared.

i will promise to leave my red coat at home

nesf

mike65 wrote: »

I think the desire for an election here is being sated by getting immersed in the UK elections, that and the fact it looks like a genuinely intriguing result could be on the cards.

Elections are always fun if you're into Politics!

amacachi

An election as important and close as this one is as good a sports final tbh.

Eliot Rosewater

I've an exam tomorrow, but I might just stay up 'til 4am and watch RTE's election coverage anyway. Exams happen every year; British elections only every 5!

owenc

dooferoaks wrote: »

You wont get any declarations during pub opening hours, polls close at 10pm. Even the eager beaver counters in Sunderland (or whoever it is busts a gut to declare first), wont have a result before midnight ish.

Actually the first results for england are coming in at 11pm:P:P The results will be all in by 3am!!

stroopy

Pot wrote:

The George

Seconded

LordSutch

Eliot Rosewater wrote: »

but I might just stay up 'til 4am and watch RTE's election coverage anyway.

RTE's election coverage :rolleyes: is RTE that good ?

Stroke Politics

Might be sold out....

Leviathan - UK Election Special

in association with Newstalk 106-108

Join hosts David McWilliams and Amanda Brown from 8pm on Thursday May 6th in the D4 Berkeley Hotel with a panel of experts - including Harry McGee, Scott Millar, Killian Forde, Dena Walker, Mary Corcoran, John Whelan of the Irish Exporters Association and more - to review the UK general election campaign, predict results and reflect on what it all means. There will be live rolling TV coverage as the results of one of the closest elections in a generation come in, together with musical satire and comedy from Paddy Cullivan and, of course, late pints.

Tickets €15 + booking fee from
http://tickets.ie/event.aspx/leviathan-uk-election-special-d4-berkeley-hotel-dublin-06-May-2010/WXKDP

Eliot Rosewater

Camelot wrote: »

RTE's election coverage :rolleyes: is RTE that good ?

Got set up with BBC. Amazing coverage.

nesf

Eliot Rosewater wrote: »

Got set up with BBC. Amazing coverage.

All I have is Sky News.

LordSutch

Berkeley Hotel in Ballsbridge is the only one I know of.

Eliot Rosewater

nesf wrote: »

All I have is Sky News.

BBC have this guy walking through a virtual room; the latest trick he pulled was toppling dominoes of MPs involved in the expensive scandal! All very high tech!

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Ludo

Or just go here

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

patwicklow

Camelot wrote: »

RTE's election coverage :rolleyes: is RTE that good ?

Yes why is RTE covering this??? how much is this costing???? i never see the UK TV networks covering Irish elections??? what country are we in again??

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redout

patwicklow wrote: »

Yes why is RTE covering this??? how much is this costing???? i never see the UK TV networks covering Irish elections??? what country are we in again??

Sky News actually have done election coverage here in the past.