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Election night 2005 - Brits, what's the score?
mr.Curmudgeon:
Last night was British election night.
So it looks like Tony Blair is back (no suprise), but his Labour party may have suffered substantial loses in seats. What does this mean for the future political career of Mr. Blair?
Those of you on the other side of the pond...how do you expect this election night to play out?
mrC
fredster:
Bush and Howard and Blair WIN
Just more proof of how mariginalized the opposition is.
markb:
Firstly a very quick explanation of how our Government works for those who don't know:-
The country is divided into approx 640 seats each one defining a certain geographical location, for which there is an election at each one. The government is formed by the Party that collects the most seats, the aim is therefore to get more than 320 seats and have a majority (over 320 seats) which means the winner can literally dictate policy to the other parties.
Labour's majority at the last election was 160 seats wich meant that even if they had an unpopular policy they could still afford a large number of their own party to vote against it and still push it through (this happened often) Now with a majority of around 60 seats it means that a swing of only 30 Labours MP's (members of parliament) can negate some of the more unpopular Labour Party ideas which undoubtedly will happen.
Personally think the cut in the Labour Party majority is a good thing as they will be unable to push through a lot of upcoming bills without taking the sting out of them to appease members of their own party, things such as the European Union, ID cards etc
As for Tony Blair, well who would have said that Margaret Thatcher would have went when she did commanding a majority in parliament? so who knows?
ChadTower:
And the US media has been cramming down our throats for months how supposedly unhappy England is with Blair and how his days are completely numbered. ::)
I don't particularly like the direction of the world right now either, but damn, they shouldn't be lying so constantly.
JCL:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 06, 2005, 09:49:38 am ---And the US media has been cramming down our throats for months how supposedly unhappy England is with Blair and how his days are completely numbered.
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