Far Right win 30% in Austrian Election

[gosub]

BST oopps

 

[Pickman's model]

BST oopps

utc i think you'll find, which is a time standard to gmt's time zone.

 

[gosub]

actually no it is 1500GMT. Polls shut in 51 mins

 

[1%er]

The resurgences of the far right in Europe and time zones become the important issue, politics of the privileged and paranoid

 

[Pickman's model]

actually no it is 1500GMT. Polls shut in 51 mins

Austrians vote in closely watched presidential runoff | News | DW.COM | 22.05.2016


UTC & GMT – Same Difference?

 

[gosub]

If you really have nothing better to do and really think its worth banging on about take it up with reuters

 

[Pickman's model]

If you really have nothing better to do and really think its worth banging on about take it up with reuters

oh i have. now, how about stopping posting vapid passive-aggressive wank and moving on?

 

[gawkrodger]

edit: completely wrong thread

 

[gosub]

I've got a shit loads of thoughts running round in my head right now, which I can't crystalise til that result : very little of to do with timezones.

 

[Pickman's model]

I've got a shit loads of thoughts running round in my head right now, which I can't crystalise til that result : very little of to do with timezones.

yes, i'm well aware it's not a massive issue, i thought it might be worth clarifying because people might like to know just when the result would emerge.

 

[gosub]

yes, i'm well aware it's not a massive issue, i thought it might be worth clarifying because people might like to know just when the result would emerge.

which i took from the reuters report.


the election v.sig

 

[bi0boy]

The resurgences of the far right in Europe and time zones become the important issue, politics of the privileged and paranoid

Germany was the first European country to institute daylight saving time, which it did during the first world war. During the second world war, Hitler imposed German time on the countries that Germany invaded. He even managed to get Franco to switch Spain's timezone to match Germany's, even though this wasn't appropriate for it's geographic location. They still haven't got round to changing it back: Spain: out of time

 

[Pickman's model]

which i took from the reuters report.

yes, and not very helpful it was too. you could easily have said "4pm or 1600 hours".

the election v.sig

you don't say

 

[Pickman's model]

The resurgences of the far right in Europe and time zones become the important issue, politics of the privileged and paranoid

you're the only person saying they're an important issue, to me it's only significant insofar as it elucidates the time the results are released.

 

[treelover]

Austria election: far-right candidate and rival tied at 50% in exit poll

 

[treelover]

When the Freedom party last rose to prominence, entering government under its late leader, Jörg Haider, in 2000, it was still firmly rooted in Carinthia, in the deep rural south. Under the party’s current leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, and Hofer, who is one of Strache’s close allies, the FPÖ has expanded, managing to win voters both in Vienna’s working-class districts and more bourgeois areas such as the Wels town centre.

Fear of migrants and loathing of elites drive a small Austrian town to far right

So much for 'Red Vienna'

sad as Hofer party in Wels where they have a mayor has cut lots of community facilities, etc.

 

[The39thStep]

There was an analysis of voting demographics which showed that the 'less educated' voted more for the far right rather than the 'opposition ' . Think they meant working class which makes you wonder where the left is in terms if any relevancy .

 

[bi0boy]

Very close atm

 

[bendeus]

Was reading *somewhere that postal votes, which are expected to be strongly in favour of Van Der Bellen, won't be counted until tomorrow. Hoping that this nudges him over the line.

E2A: *in the Graun article linked by treelover above

 

[gosub]

Was reading *somewhere that postal votes, which are expected to be strongly in favour of Van Der Bellen, won't be counted until tomorrow. Hoping that this nudges him over the line.

E2A: *in the Graun article linked by treelover above

Just wonder how well those boxes are guarded.... This is the edge of surreal nightmare territory.

 

[teqniq]

 

[gosub]

 

[brogdale]

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[free spirit]

Looks like it's gone to the Independent / Green.

 

[free spirit]

dbl post

 

[brogdale]

Looks like it's gone to the Independent / Green.

Good, if genuine.

 

[Ax^]

how did Schwankung only get 1.7 %

 

[free spirit]

 

[brogdale]

Great, but what a shithouse electorate; 50% happy to elect Hofer.

 

[ffsear]

Another reason to get out the EU