Posted on 05/01/2008 7:35:06 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Election latest: David Cameron inflicts worst drubbing in 40 years
The Conservatives made sweeping gains across the country early today as voters gave Gordon Brown a huge rebuff in his first electoral test as Prime Minister.
David Cameron chalked up important successes in the North, the Midlands and the South, securing his top target of Bury in Greater Manchester and taking control of Nuneaton and Bedworth, and Southampton.
The Conservatives also took seats in Labour strongholds of Sunderland and Wigan.
Labour suffered one of its worst electoral humiliations, with its national share of the vote dropping to 24 or 25 per cent. The Tory share was projected at 43 or 44 per cent, better than its most optimistic predictions.
The Conservatives also took seats in Labour strongholds of Sunderland and Wigan.
Labour suffered one of its worst electoral humiliations, with its national share of the vote dropping to 24 or 25 per cent. The Tory share was projected at 43 or 44 per cent, better than its most optimistic predictions.
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I’ll look forward to see how our MSM reports it . . . .
I like Gordon Brown, he’s pro-American. We can’t ask more than that.
First Italy, now England.
Maybe there is hope for Europe...
France and the UK moving right. The Witch, Snobama, or the RINO relic move America left. Something wrong with this picture.
It doesn’t matter. The so-called “conservatives” there are as anti-American as any rabid frenchman!
Only slightly less stale then the formerly conservative tories
How mind blowingly young Cleese looks. I remember when I thought he was old.
Otherwise, what the Hell are the 'Conservatives' over there conserving, anyway?
How do the British keep up with all the names of the over 600 constituencies?
Red Ken may have survived. Dang it.
And other than the bright yellow color he doesn’t appear to have “English” teeth.
Brown should have been lowering interest rates since before he left his last job.
Anyway, about the only good from the Tories taking over is that most of them are against joining the EU’s common currency/Euro and other rubbish.
So Brown’s loss is a greater blow against the EU than anything.
But obviously no hope for a conservative government here in the US.
go visit - you’d love it........
What is this - a general election? Doesn’t this mean Brown loses the prime ministership is his party is out of power?
I guess it had to get really bad in these countries before the people woke up.The same thing applies in the US.It will have to get real bad here before conservatives attain power again.With barry or the witch we are assured of some really “crappy times” coming up.
All one hears is how Bush is out of touch with the rest of the world, how the Europeans don’t respect him, how he has alienated our allies, blah, blah, blah...
And yet the governments of Germany, France, Britain, and Italy have all shifted to be more amenable to conservative policies than when he took office. It’s called leadership. The poll driven democrats, and the Clintons in particular, wouldn’t know it if it swam up and bit them on the rear end...
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