May 2010
6 posts
this week in politics
Sorry about the week’s absence, exams and such have taken up my time recently. So what’s happened since I last wrote? Well we’ve only gone and got a new Prime minister and a new government. Not any old government though, a coalition government, between the Conservative party and the Liberal Democrats. Who’d thought that would have been the outcome a couple of months ago.
So how did this happen?...
this week in politics
So, a hung parliament, who’d thought we’d have that outcome? Will we have a Con-Lib or a Lab-Lib government? Politics has never been so exciting! Well not for a while anyway…
In the end it was a disappointing election for all three parties. Labour lost a large amount of their seats, the Lib Dems lost some seats and the Conservatives didn’t win a majority government. So what’s going to happen...
07:30am election update!
It’s been a long night. And yet, at this point there’s no clear outcome. As projected the Tories are on their way to becoming the largest party, but aren’t quite close enough for a majority. As this point it stands like this:
Cons; 285 / Lab; 231 / Lib Dem; 50 / other; 27
It’s still all to play for & it’s still heading for a hung parliament, of one kind or another! Labour & the Lib...
this week in politics
Just over 24hours and the polls will close on this year’s election. The parties are all out trying to persuade the voters, but its up to us to decide who will run our government over the next 5 years.
The Tories are now ahead in polls by a few clear points, the lib dem surge is now falling away and the labour party are gaining a couple of points, but what does this mean for tomorrows election?...
this week in politics
In under a week we’ll have some kind of new Government unless Labour manages to pull off a masterstroke of some kind. We could be having a hung parliament or the Conservatives could gain some more support and get their majority Cameron is so desperate to achieve. All three tv debates are over and the countdown is on till Thursday.
The polls show the Tories on about 34%, if this support is put...
