General News UK Conservative Party Win Outright Majority

A sad day for Britain.

 

So this means there'll be a referendum on the UK staying in the EU?

 

You had a shadow chancellor called Ed Balls?

Poor fellow...

 

Let's hope the referendum to leave the EU fails so the United Kingdom isn't that laughingstock of Europe. Congrats on five more years of Cameron I guess? Hopefully Miliband will resign his leadership of the opposition and Labour will get a better leader. Remember folks, 60% of the UK voted Center left or left. That's why the left in the UK needs to become organized!

 

I hate the Tories, but that was kind-of to be expected. Well, it could have been worse...

 

I'm still trying to get over how many big names from Labour lost. I thought Douglas Alexander & Jim Murphy would be as bad as it got, but Ed Balls? I don't think a shadow chancellor has ever lost their seat like that.

It's a Portillo moment and then some.

 

It is a sad day for the NHS.

 

Fantastic news. David Cameron has proved that his modern Conservatism has the support of the British people, and his critics in the Party, who want to turn the clock back, will have to keep their views to themselves.

 

This. They'll probably have a recession sometime soon, as is inevitable with conservative policies.

 

Erm, I think you will find that capitalism means economic growth. Socialism means stagnation. Certainly the Labour Party's borrow and spend policies up to 2010 left a toxic legacy which David Cameron's government began to get to grips with in the last term, and will now carry on sorting out.

 

Get to grips with by punishing the poor and cutting taxes for the wealthy?

 

You mean 'enabling wealth creators to thrive and making sure that limited welfare goes to those who really need it' I think.

 

Could be worse, could be That Balls! 0_0

but srs: they'd have referendum now right? surely this will solve the polish/bulgaro-romanian problem.

Can't see how this is bad thing for them - I don't think Cameron is homophobic either.

 

How's those welfare cuts and bedroom tax doing for you?

 

UKIP get almost 4m votes - 1 seat
SNP get under 1.5m votes - 56 seats

Not very Democratic.

 

All trickle-down economics does is make the rich richer, the poor poorer, and harder to move in between classes. Just look at what it's done here in the States. Conservative economics resulted in the deregulation of Wall Street, causing the financial meltdown of 2008. Elections have consequences.

 

I'm not strongly pro any party, but it's conservatives which have dragged us out of the huge recession caused by Labour between 2005-2010.

This. I'm willing to say I have a dislike of UKIP, I feel they're over-radical and wanted change far more than is necessary at this time in my opinion. Not to mention some of the plain ridiculous things they've come up with. That said, there's a few select issues which they have a point about. I wouldn't be against a little UKIP influence as I think either conservatives or Labour would need to address, the fact there is little to none with the above figures seems a little flawed.

I've also wondered about the fact you vote for a local politician the same time you vote for the country. Example (not my actual views):
I might find Nick Clegg of the Lib Dems to be a superb leader for the UK, but the local Lib Dem MP in my region to be an absolute clown. How do I vote for Clegg? By voting for the clown in charge of this area...