[SunkenCiv]

Seems the SNP may have destroyed the Labour Party, and the Liberal Democrats, and driven voters in droves to vote Tory:

[snip] Every time Nicola Sturgeon promised to lock David Cameron out of Downing Street, she delivered another tranche of votes to the Conservatives. I had a suspicion that this might be happening when I turned up at my own polling station (in a safe Tory seat) and found it doing a brisk business in the middle of the morning. Then I started hearing from other Tory constituencies of queues around the block at seven pm. This was war. [/snip]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11590865/Am-I-the-only-person-in-the-country-who-isnt-flabberghasted-by-the-exit-polls.html

Ed Balls, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, was defeated.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11590925/Ed-Balls-Labour-Shadow-Chancellor-loses-Morley-and-Outwood-seat.html

Ed Miliband is expected to resign by noon, he defeated his own brother for the leadership last time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ed-miliband/11591296/General-Election-2015-Where-is-David-Miliband.html

UK stocks celebrate election results; sterling soars
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102661307

[Impy]

Makes sense. Since a Labour majority didn’t seem likely, they would have needed the SNP. The rest of the country (and half of Scotland) hates their guts and doesn’t want them holding the balance of power.

Pretty sick that the Milliband brothers ran against each other for the Labour leadership, don’t you think? Sicker still than they were the top 2 choices.