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To: Brilliant
Tories might be on their way to an upset - last nights pictures of Blair pressing the flesh with the masses, looked more like pressing the flesh with the gang, there were tiny crowds and not too much enthusiasm
6 posted on 05/05/2005 11:48:29 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: SF Republican
Rush said the exit polls at the moment he talked about it showed a defeat for Labour.

British voters don't vote for prime minister directly in England. Blair's not on the ballot except in his own district. The winning party in parliament selects its leader.

It's also been stated that stay-at-home non-voters will have an important impact as there will be so many of them.

Labour adherents are conflicted because they oppose the Iraq war, so rather than vote against their party, they'll sit tight.

Some other factors are causing voter apathy, too much detail to go into here.

About the only thing exiting the Tories this election is immigration. This may play a bigger role in this election than is thought. People don't want to talk about this subject openly or in pre-election polls. But the factor is there.....and who knows what role it will play.

Carry on.

Leni

26 posted on 05/05/2005 11:58:27 AM PDT by MinuteGal ("The Marines keep coming. We are shooting, but the Marines won't stop !" (Fallujah Terrorists)
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