LIVE THREAD: UK Election Results (Update - Early Exit Polls Show Tory Upset)

BBC ^ | May 5, 2005 | anonymous

[tellw]

The Vote is under way!

[snugs]

Labour is very tony right now with the Conservatives.

Dont you believe Labour is still a socialist party with social views and policies.

[tellw]

If the election is a referendum on the Iraq war, then Tony Blair must win. He's the bravest politician in Europe since Winston Churchill.

[snugs]

I don' think so a reduced number of labour seats would in a way be a victory I hope maybe I am being over optimistic for a Labour victory of only 60. That is 61 too many for my liking but it would mean that Tony Blair cannot run rough shod over all view points.

[FreedomCalls]

The speakers at Labour Party conferences have at least stopped addressing the crowd as "comrades" during their speeches. It always made me cringe to hear that.

[PhiKapMom]

My sentiments exactly about Blair! Don't trust him and never have.

[Right_in_Virginia]

What's labour's "seat count" now?

[disgruntledinCa]

HMM. I don't fault Blair for that sitting on this side of the pond. We all had the same data and I believe Kerry tried that same tactic on Bush last year. Regardless, I'm pulling for Howard...

[GreenLanternCorps]

You are making me hungry, but I think I'll have something closer to home:

I put a Skyline reference in a UK election thread. I am an addict!

[snugs]

Are you serious or are you a troll or mentally disturbed please do not refer to Blair in the same book let alone the same sentence as Winston Churchill.

Apologies to anyone who takes offense at my post but I am sitting here opened mouthed at this comment.

[Holicheese]

Not an excuse.

[PhiKapMom]

I don't agree that reelecting Labour and Blair is a referendum on the War. Just which Party voted to back Blair on Iraq and who tried to take him out? Because Blair did the right thing on Iraq (even if he did take his good sweet time, etc. while Churchill stood up and spoke what he thought -- wouldn't compare the two), doesn't mean that the British people deserve another five years of liberal politicians.

Blair also supported the EU which I thought was WRONG.

[watsonfellow]

where are you reading this? (the low-turnout info)

I hope people aren't reading the speculation on this thread and then using it to reinforce the idea that Labour is in trouble.

We have yet to see any verifiable info regarding turn-out.

[PhiKapMom]

I didn't take offense and agree with you 100% -- to compare Blair to Churchill is ludicrous.

[snugs]

Blair emphasized more on immediate threat to UK from Iraq etc that Bush did as Michael Howard pointed out the other evening when questioned if he said Blair had Bush lied and Howard said no because the US also went to war on regime change and breaking of UN resolutions.

[what's up]

I agree...I appreciate Blair's cooperation in Iraq, but disgusted by how he and Labor coopted some of the Tory agenda and called it their own. Ugh.

Yet...with lots of word-crafting and sleight of hand, the socialist domestic agenda carries on stronger than ever. Blair is like Clinton in that regard IMO.

[TheBigB]

I think everyone heard it on Rush.

[watsonfellow]

Well my question was directed towards OneTory.

I doubt very much if Rush commented on Labour's Yorkshire seats.

[snugs]

Here here what many in the US either forget or maybe do not know Blair in fact dragged his feet initially on the war demanding that we went back to the UN for another resolution which failed.

IMHO Howard would not have done so and gone on 1441 and regime change due to threat to the area surrounding Iraq.

[what's up]

Howard said no because the US also went to war on regime change and breaking of UN resolutions

Very interesting. Howard sounds like he's with it. I hope he makes it to PM at some point.