Posted on 05/06/2010 11:31:36 AM PDT by 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!
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I’m no expert on UK politics and I don’t like Cameron has gone The Full Obama. Using the Hope poster and hiring Obama’s advisors and pr people. His global warming views and some others aren’t the best. But he’s better than Brown. And any conservative win will be a good thing for the GOP and conservatives here I think. Thatcher’s win in 79 presaged Reagan in 80. And Cameron, Sarkozy and Merkel will be a trio of right leaning leaders in Europe which should be a good counterweight to Obama. Throw in Harper in Canada and Netanyahu in Israel and Obama is now the furthest left leader among our allies.
We’ll see what happens. Labor had 13 yrs, more than enough time.
Careful. The City of London or as they call it ‘The City’ is actually just a small part of London and along with Westminster forms a constituency. The Conservatives have held on to this. The City of London is the heart of London’s financial district.
13 years is a good run.
But the tories now have to take the blame for the coming sovereign debt crisis
Nooooo, I far prefer the poll by poll bit by by results we get in the US - it’s like a sporting event. You watch 470 or so elections some are blow outs, some are real close and you just hang at the edge of your seat one each one.
Like did you watch the NY23 election last November? Can you imagine just waiting for 8 hours for the announcement of a result? Or several hours of back and forth? Give me the several hours of back and forth.
Maybe. Right now I see 49.3% Conservative, awaiting more updates.
don’t they seem to do worse in the big cities?
"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
236/479 = 49.3%, still tracking at 320.
true, but we wouldn’t have to wait 8 hrs here. all our voting is computerized. we’d get the results much, much faster.
it’s not really a big deal, i just think it does add a touch of sportsmanship to things. like how they shake hands at the end of an nhl playoff series.
239/482 = 49.6% extrapolates to 322
Very close...
"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
i’m kind of hoping for another brooks brothers riot
I don’t know, I am just an AMerican wishing that Britain would retain it’s pro Christian heritage, culture, and history and Pro western civilization standing in the world!
Yes, that would be preferable.
But Labour has allowed a decade of unlimited immigration
WHat happened to Boris the Red?
The sun is setting on Western Civilization. Its time has passed. What its heir, and whither...?
It looks like they may fall a few seats short. Sitetest’s prediction of 320 may be a shrewd guess. I’d say now it likely ends up in the 315-325 range. With luck a bare majority of 326 or 327 perhaps.
Good night.
Nothing. He replaced Red Ken. Nearly as bad.
"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
The tories really had hopes for Hammersmith, oh well.
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