British General Elections Live Thread

The Daily Telegraph ^ | 05/07/10 | Daily Telegraph

[TonyInOhio]

The 2010 General Elections in the United Kingdom are underway, and the first results will trickle in in the next few hours. Post your observations here, and let's all root for the Tories!

[goldstategop]

Its not as frightening as it sounds. The opposition won't have enough votes to unseat the Tories. In Canada, the mutual antipathy of the Liberals and the separatists keeps them from joining forces to replace the Conservative government.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[GeronL]

Are there going to be any UUP seats?

[propertius]

Tooting — Lib Dems down 4.5 per cent?? Clear tactical voting there...

[GeronL]

exactly. minority voters went to Labour from LibDem

[GeronL]

72% turnout in Guildford?

[goldstategop]

The Lib Dem surge may have already faded. What's clear is the Tories are not headed toward a landslide like Labour's big wins in 1997, 2000 and 2005.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[mewzilla]

From last month....

Good riddance to this rotten Parliament

[goldstategop]

Meaning the Muslim vote. They would never vote for the Tories.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[GeronL]

yep

[Vanders9]

Con seats usually return later than labour ones, as many conservative seats are rural, and therefore it takes longer to gather all the ballots together.

[BCEagles]

The Lib Dems are totally petering out. I had a sensation that Clegg peaked about two weeks ago, and that looks like it might be the case.

[GeronL]

aahhh... that makes sense

[GeronL]

either a bare majority or close to a majority for the Cons?

[dr_who]

Oh, I don’t disagree that it’s not all that bad. Tories have more time to figure out what they’ve been doing wrong and the socialists will have trouble further screwing up the country without a majority.

[Clemenza]

...and probably not a very well-hung parliament at that!

This is England after all, NOT Italy.

[GeronL]

1.40am (WH) Can anyone explain the man standing behind Gordon Brown. I gather he is Derek Jackson from the “Land is Power” party. What’s the fist for?

[Clemenza]

Scots and Welsh do not fancy the Tories.

[Vanders9]

Still too close to call for my money. Actually I’m quite pleased by that. It seems more people are voting, more people are making up their minds late on, and increasingly constituencies are “bucking” national trends, all of which implies more people are thinking about the issues.

[GeronL]

A Lib-Lab Coalition would be even further left than they are now.

[GeronL]

Scots and Welsh like to spend money they don’t have?