Exit polls also showed Kerry in a landslide.
Blair is the prime minister, which means his position rests on his ability to garner support from his liberal colleagues.
It only took a minority of Tories to sack Lady Thatcher.
If the BBC figures are correct, then Labour will have a much reduced majority in the House of Commons.
Conventional wisdom holds that this means the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, will take over shortly.
He is more popular among left-wing Labour members, but he is not quite the anti-American that many on this site portray him to be.
It's amazing how Democrat lies get taken for truth even here.
No, exit polls did NOT show Kerry in a landslide. Someone simply created an internet rumor that the first couple hours worth of exit poll data showed Kerry in a landslide. It was a poorly constructed hoax, with the state of Michigan even listed twice with bizarrely different data.
The official exit polls announced by the news media were very much on target with the actual results.