Lessons for the Democrats
An interesting discussion of lessons the British election may hold for the Democratic Party in the US. Link: Washington Post.
Anthony Zacharzewski
Blair wins third term
Congratulations to Tony Blair, who (with the victory in Corby) has just won a third term in office.
Election results in Sussex
Norman Baker has held his Liberal Democrat seat in Lewes, while all Brighton & Hove constituencies have stayed Labour, despite a strong Green showing in Brighton Pavilion and a close race against the Conservatives in Hove.
As time goes by
Things are looking easier for the Labour party – with a majority even ahead of that predicted by the exit polls.
The future's orange
Liberals Liberals all the way so far… Could mean real three-party politics, which would be very welcome.
Postal bollocks
Lots of scaremongering and artificial outrage on postal voting from Boris Johnson and (particularly) Ian Hislop. You would think they didn’t want people to vote.
Let's not party like it's 1992
The election is being as confusing in the counting as in the campaigning. The Labour party look to have been seriously hurt by TB. Could the Tories…w…….w……….nah, surely not.
Hang on a sec
The NYT doesn’t get that British elections aren’t decided by exit polls.
So there we are
Polling day is over, and the counting is underway. The exit poll suggests a pretty sticky night for TB, but I think the marginals will be all over place.
Had a very pleasant day after voting – it always gives me a warm, satisfied feeling. I wonder whether voting is like
Bomb the base
In an otherwise unremarkable news story about the election, the NYT comments (in the second para):
The voting seemed not to have been disrupted by an explosion outside the building housing the British Consulate in New York just after polls opened across the country at 7 a.m. local time.