Hail Brittania!
The British people have spoken but we don’t know what they’ve said.
-Paddy Ashdown
- The Conservative Party failed to gain a majority despite widespread dissatisfaction with the economy and fatigue after 13 years of Labour rule.
- The incumbent Labour Party gained its smallest share of votes in almost 80 years, yet still came in second despite polling only 29% and losing almost 100 seats.
- The Liberal Democrats garnered only a tad higher percentage of votes than 2005, far short of pre-election polling numbers, and lost 13 seats (while gaining 8 new ones) despite general expectations of a net gain of at least 20.
Ambiance 
amba12 said,
May 9, 2010 at 6:44 am
So . . . who’s on first??
Score one for Ambivalence . . . or is it “None of the Above”?
wj said,
May 9, 2010 at 9:29 am
It would have been more exciting if, as the polls indicated at one point, the Liberal Democrats ended up with more total votes than Labor . . . but less than 1/3 as many seats in the Commons. And we thought having only two parties across most of the country made for problems!