Brendan F wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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And remember to say how you vote !

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 The reason I prefer not to say unless I'm bullied into it is that it defeats the object of the exercise of it being a free vote if everyone knows beforehand how the vote has gone and there's really no need for anyone to know until the tournament starts

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 Hi Brendan - Im sorry if you think I bullied you? If I did I apologise, that wasnt my intent. 

the aim of this is a prediction competition - ie someone or someones will win. By getting it right. And to do that, its important to know what people vote. I can collate that after the fact, but its harder work than doing it as people vote. 

im not personally sure it influences people in terms of what they themselves then vote, but your point is taken. 

once again, I apologise if you feel Ive bullied you, that was never my intent and I hope others dont think Im a bully, its something ive never been called before - and Ive been called lots of things!

thank you for voting and your wishes are respected 

I had intended to remove bullied from my post as I didn't want to make it personal. The reason I was mindful was, given the imminent election, how weird that would be if we were instantly expected to announce our vote after making it.