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!

[lowtaxsmallgov]

“”Jones” being THE archetypal Welsh surname”

I thought “Davis” was the archetypical Welsh name.

[GeronL]

There do seem to be a lot of solid blue constituencies left unannounced.

[BCEagles]

Expenses cost Jacqui Smith her seat by a substantial margin.

[GeronL]

same thing in Redditch, a lot of independents

[yield 2 the right]

So what is the latest, too lazy to find out myself;>)

[GeronL]

passed 200 seats as per BBC

[goldstategop]

Historically, England's electorate was confined to the propertied classes. That changed only in the twentieth century, when Labour supplanted the Liberal Party.

"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

[Norman Bates]

Conservatives are at 48% of the declared seats and growing. Labour is at 35%, and the Liberal Democrats are lagging further back than expected (i.e., media hype).

[lowtaxsmallgov]

206 + 153 + 30 = 389

Conservatives are majority at this point.

[GeronL]

BBC says

Con- 206
La- 153
LiD- 30

[yield 2 the right]

So i take it things are somewhat good in our view, right?

[goldstategop]

You may be right about at least about a strong minority government for the Conservatives. If that's correct, Brown may want to throw in the towel. If they get a majority, he becomes the next Prime Minister.

"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

[yield 2 the right]

Whew, I hope that the UK can still be pulled from the brink, God willing.

[GeronL]

if you like luke warm RINO conservatives, then yes, the election is going fairly well.

[goldstategop]

It looks good so far but until the Conservative seat tally goes over 310, no one is celebrating yet.

"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

[BCEagles]

They’re going to pass 300 at some point as well. Pretty clear that the Conservatives will be well clear of Labour.

[GeronL]

0445Local government minister Shahid Malik has lost his seat to the Conservatives in Dewsbury. Earlier, health minister Phil Hope and defence minister Bill Rammell both also said goodbye to theirs.

Cabinet Members?

[goldstategop]

If Norman Bates is correct, they can govern alone.

"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

[BCEagles]

Balls held onto his seat. Damn, he’s a real POS and I was hoping he’d lose.

[GeronL]

Morley & Outwood

UKIP might have cost the tories this seat.

UKIP re-elected Ed Balls?