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Time for change
Interesting election results last night; the unpredictability of the swing makes me think that individual campaigns and local issues counted for much more than the party leaders’ debates and national newspaper endorsements.
Will we see a sustainable agreement between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats? It seems to me that would be the best outcome.
There must be strong emotions at work in the different parties today, fuelled by tiredness and uncertainty. Labour expected to lose a lot of seats; they lost big, but it could have been much worse for them. The Tories expected to gain a lot of seats; they didn’t get as many as they hoped for (but perhaps as many as they could have practically expected). The Liberals look to have had, in a way, the biggest upset, in that Cleggmania made a big noise but had no real impact on the electorate. That must hurt. And the political landscape in Scotland didn’t really change much.
We’re off to England for the weekend. We’re not venturing too far though; just over the border into Northumbria.
Will we see a sustainable agreement between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats? It seems to me that would be the best outcome.
There must be strong emotions at work in the different parties today, fuelled by tiredness and uncertainty. Labour expected to lose a lot of seats; they lost big, but it could have been much worse for them. The Tories expected to gain a lot of seats; they didn’t get as many as they hoped for (but perhaps as many as they could have practically expected). The Liberals look to have had, in a way, the biggest upset, in that Cleggmania made a big noise but had no real impact on the electorate. That must hurt. And the political landscape in Scotland didn’t really change much.
We’re off to England for the weekend. We’re not venturing too far though; just over the border into Northumbria.