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Sunday, May 9, 2010

No 10, Browning Street, London


No 10, Browning Street
The Great British Election Fiasco

The lady at the heart of BigotGate shrugged her shoulders in disgust and declared that she would simply not vote in the General Election. However, the right to vote is so precious that if she did not vote for the Labour Party, she in effect voted for one of the other parties, probably the Conservatives. If we vote for our party, that is a vote against all others. If we do not vote we give our vote away.

Poor Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats. He gained big recognition and popularity in the debates, but come the day he was severely let down by voters and actually lost five seats. They may have liked what he had to say and the way he said it, but they chose to confirm that Britain is a two-party electoral State, and they were not going to change a thing. Consequently, after Labour and the Conservatives all the others are normally completely wasting their time in Parliament. Except for the Lib Dems on this occasion because of the very daft rule that says you have to attain 326 seats to be able to form a majority government. Why not a simple majority?

The Lib Dems get to flex a little muscle for a short time as their support must be sought by the Conservatives or Labour in order to form a government. However, presumably a new election will be called within a year and the Lib Dems will go back to wasting their time along with the other members of the fringe.

Gordon Brown returned to Downing Street the morning after having lost the election as though he owns the place. He seemed to be declaring to the world that this is my house and I have a right to it. Call it No. 10, Browning Street. But it is Downing Street, and the rightful occupant is David Cameron; and Brown, The Interloper is on borrowed time. To say that electoral reform is long overdue is an understatement, because to have a hung parliament with 302 seats is a travesty. This must be seen as a universal embarrassment to the British establishment.

Stay tuned for The Great British General Election, Take II.

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