It's Election Day!

In the UK, every 5 years we have our General Election where we decide which party will run our country for the following 5 years. For 2015, that day is today! People up and down the country over the age of 18 who remembered to register to vote (and I really hope you did!) are visiting polling stations in their local area and marking a cross next to the candidate they would like to represent their constituency in the Houses of Parliament, or their MP.

Every form of social media I've been on today (so basically all of them) are getting involved in Election Day with Snapchat giving us extra fancy filters like this one

Snapchat getting in on the Election Day act

 And Facebook is asking you to let people know whether you're voting so statuses like these are currently filling my timeline and rightly so!

Facebook are encouraging people to share that they're a voter

I voted today along with lots of others and I've heard of people voting for all of the parties which is great. We will now have to wait until later tonight to find out who our next Prime Minister is going to be with the full coverage starting from 10:10. I will definitely be going down to our college bar to watch some of it at least. 

This election is set to be the most interesting one yet with no clear winner through the First Past the Post system (which sucks by the way but that's for another day) and another coalition will definitely be making up the next government but the big question is between who?

In other related news, Nigel Farage, the UKIP Party leader, was in Durham today and spotted in one of the local pubs, The Fighting Cocks. I'm glad he's taking Election Day so seriously rather than drinking pints in a pub 277 miles away from where he's supposed to be in Westminster...

So if you're in the UK, you're over 18 and you're registered to vote: get down to your local polling station and have your say whether it's for a party or if it's to spoil your ballot because at least if you spoil your ballot you've had your say. Not voting does not say anything, it does not count as a protest vote.

I've voted, have you?