UK Election

[Deckard]

Well, there we go.

Conservative David Camera-on is our new PM in our first coalition government since WWII.

We should take comfort from the fact that:

• the Conservatives were denied their outright majority (haha! Take that, scum-sucking Tory press!)
• Labour weren't obliterated as many predicted they would be. Under a new leader they have every chance of coming back stronger
• We can look forward to fixed 4-year Parliaments
• Lib Dems have (apparently) been given cabinet posts
• We have been promised a referendum on electoral reform - AV is a start, and people are more likely to vote for that than full PR.
• By the sound of it, Lib Dems have managed to bag some key concessions on tax and education

And if all that fails to convince, we can take solace in the words of the Bank of England governor, that the budgetary measures necessary to deal with the deficit will end up keeping the governing party "out of power for a whole generation".

We live in hope...

EDIT: Oh no's.... George 'Gideon' Osborne is confirmed as Chancellor?!!! Fuck that shit!
I'm off to get drunk...

[Deckard]

I should elaborate on that last point.



It shouldda been Vince.

[stimpee]

Osborne is what scares me about this new govt. Clueless is an understatement.

[Sean]

Thanks for all the updates. They've definitely been helping me make sense of it all.

[Rog]

i feel sick..................

[Deckard]

Correction: it's fixed 5-year Parliaments, not 4 year. The next election will be 2015. (Sorry Rog!)