UK General Election 2010

[Londim]

Labour up again. This is ridiculously close.

[Kamsaki]

Cameron is claiming that Brown has lost his 'mandate to rule', sounding pretty smug and triumphant (Not sure which polls he's looking at).

The polls are one thing, but the map is another. Remember, the results so far have been mostly Scotland, north england and the south west. It'll be interesting to see what mainland England does.

Incidentally, since South Belfast actually did go to the SDLP after all (thereby undermining my source earlier), and the Alliance are cross-community Belfast is now technically a Nationalist city! How surreal is that!

[Grand Armenica]

Now what are the Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein, and Alliance Parties?

[United Southernours]

Now what are the Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein, and Alliance Parties?

They are regional parties, really, such as your Greens and Libertarians.

[La Habana]

Labour ahead by 5.

[Helertia]

Alistair Darling back in, with a 3% swing towards him, pretty typical for Scotland right now.

[Eradium]

Cameron is claiming that Brown has lost his 'mandate to rule', sounding pretty smug and triumphant (Not sure which polls he's looking at).

The polls are one thing, but the map is another. Remember, the results so far have been mostly Scotland, north england and the south west. It'll be interesting to see what mainland England does.

Incidentally, since South Belfast actually did go to the SDLP after all (thereby undermining my source earlier), and the Alliance are cross-community Belfast is now technically a Nationalist city! How surreal is that!

Yeah, I'm waiting for the centre-south of England to go completely blue.

[Dregruk]

The Tory line of "Britain has rejected Labour" is really starting to do my nut in...

Labour back to a 6 seat lead.

[United Southernours]

2,758,545 - Tory
2,447,617 - Labour
1,703,111 - Lib-Dem

Something dosen't seem right...

[Chumblywumbly]

Alistair Darling back in, with a 3% swing towards him, pretty typical for Scotland right now.

If this sort of swing carries on to next year, Salmond's fucked.

[Grand Armenica]

Now what are the Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein, and Alliance Parties?

They are regional parties, really, such as your Greens and Libertarians.

What about the Democratic Unionist Party I believe I've heard of a similar party in Germany? I also have to ask what's with the Nationalist parties actually winning seats?

[La Habana]

Labour ahead by 8.

[Chumblywumbly]

2,758,545 - Tory
2,447,617 - Labour
1,703,111 - Lib-Dem

Something dosen't seem right...

That would be the voting system the Tories wish to keep in place.

[Helertia]

2,758,545 - Tory
2,447,617 - Labour
1,703,111 - Lib-Dem

Something dosen't seem right...

If you mean seat numbers, than yeah, thats usual. First Past the Post is a horrifcly unfair way to run elections, but.

[Helertia]

Alistair Darling back in, with a 3% swing towards him, pretty typical for Scotland right now.

If this sort of swing carries on to next year, Salmond's fucked.

Good. Never liked him.

[The blessed Chris]

Ahahahahahahahaha. Jacqui Smith is reported to be losing her seat.

[Waterlow]

Now what are the Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein, and Alliance Parties?

They are regional parties, really, such as your Greens and Libertarians.

What about the Democratic Unionist Party I believe I've heard of a similar party in Germany? I also have to ask what's with the Nationalist parties actually winning seats?

DUP are Northern Irish, pro-United Kingdom rather than Ireland, conservative-ish.

SNP are centre-left favouring independence for Scotland.

Plaid Cymru are proper left favouring independence for Wales.

etc.

[United Southernours]

Now what are the Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein, and Alliance Parties?

They are regional parties, really, such as your Greens and Libertarians.

What about the Democratic Unionist Party I believe I've heard of a similar party in Germany? I also have to ask what's with the Nationalist parties actually winning seats?

Nationalist Parties only win certain seats due to contempt against the major parties, and they'd rather see someone they know who will fight for them (I/E SNP will try the best for Scotland) as opposed to a Tory who will fight for what the leader wants.

[Helertia]

Ahahahahahahahaha. Jacqui Smith is reported to be losing her seat.

What, where?

[Sidebody]

Now what are the Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein, and Alliance Parties?

They are regional parties, really, such as your Greens and Libertarians.

What about the Democratic Unionist Party I believe I've heard of a similar party in Germany? I also have to ask what's with the Nationalist parties actually winning seats?

DUP is the larger of the unionist (i.e. protestant) parties in Northern Ireland

[United Southernours]

Ahahahahahahahaha. Jacqui Smith is reported to be losing her seat.

UNBAN MICHAEL SAVAGE!!!!

[Tagmatium]

I never wanted it to be this close, damnit.

[Eradium]

It annoys me that the conservatives are saying 'lul, labour r lusers! We must b victors!', at least in a slightly more eloquent way.

I also heard that the Cons plan to cut the number of MPs by 10% and rig the election boundaries (well, they did that last time but it still didn't beat the Labour landslide), anyone heard anything else on that?

[Grand Armenica]

Now what are the Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein, and Alliance Parties?

They are regional parties, really, such as your Greens and Libertarians.

What about the Democratic Unionist Party I believe I've heard of a similar party in Germany? I also have to ask what's with the Nationalist parties actually winning seats?

Nationalist Parties only win certain seats due to contempt against the major parties, and they'd rather see someone they know who will fight for them (I/E SNP will try the best for Scotland) as opposed to a Tory who will fight for what the leader wants.

Okay that makes sense now where would the Liberal Democrat be in relation to United States politics? They actually seem sort of Quasi-Libertarian if Wikipedia is to be believed.

[Helertia]

Okay, 206 seats and Labour still has a narrow lead. However, they're running out of their key areas, from now on we'll be seeing the Tories A; zoom ahead and B; really start nabbing them from Labour. Lib Dems, I'm thinking not much doing.

I'm really wondering what'll happen in Newton Abbot - Thats me - With a expenses hit Lib Dem MP and a irritatingly well supported and financed Tory bloc.