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Dogs at polling stations are the best thing about the UK election

                                                       2025-04-27 05:51:27      

  

It's UK general election day, and — if you're able to — you should absolutely get out there and vote.

But be sure to take your canine companion with you when you do.

The minute the polls opened at 7 a.m. GMT on Thursday, the UK's favourite election social media tradition was quick to start trending on Twitter.

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Behold: #dogsatpollingstations.

Just look at all those good boys and girls. If there's one thing that has a faint chance of briefly uniting people during a general election, it's dogs.

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Look at their beautiful, hairy faces. (That dog on the left has his own handle, @ablacktale, in case you want to follow him, too, btw.)

Makes you feel a littlebetter about the prospect of another election, right?