OK, so the election has been held.

[CommanderJameson]

Against the odds, Labour have scraped a victory, albeit with a much-reduced majority.

What happens next?

Trident? ID Cards? Etc?

Conservative win next time? Will it go the full distance or will the Labour government not last?

[s2art]

CommanderJameson said:

Against the odds, Labour have scraped a victory, albeit with a much-reduced majority.

Plagues of locusts, death of the first born, four horsemen of the apocalypse, rivers of blood, etc etc.

[ShadownINja]

"The British public have demonstrated their continual support of our policies and their faith in our ability to continue to pull Britain out of the recession and into the next decade of prosperity."

[CommanderJameson]

In a Parliament with a tiny majority, will Labour actually be able to do anything, other than quietly implode?

[s2art]

CommanderJameson said:

In a Parliament with a tiny majority, will Labour actually be able to do anything, other than quietly implode?

Probably noisily implode, but if they have even a small majority they can still do untold damage before the end.

[elster]

s2art said:

CommanderJameson said:

In a Parliament with a tiny majority, will Labour actually be able to do anything, other than quietly implode?

Probably noisily implode, but if they have even a small majority they can still do untold damage before the end.

Is that a bad thing. If nothing is ever decided surely the country can leave them be and carry on with the daily business of recovering from the fk up.

[s2art]

elster said:

s2art said:

CommanderJameson said:

In a Parliament with a tiny majority, will Labour actually be able to do anything, other than quietly implode?

Probably noisily implode, but if they have even a small majority they can still do untold damage before the end.

Is that a bad thing. If nothing is ever decided surely the country can leave them be and carry on with the daily business of recovering from the fk up.

How, if the chancellor and PM can still be screwing things up?

[scorp]

elster said:

Is that a bad thing. If nothing is ever decided surely the country can leave them be and carry on with the daily business of recovering from the fk up.

There is a risk that if the Tories get in for the next term they will get voted out immediately by a short-memoried public who will blame the fruits of todays mess on them. Would be interesting to let labour sleep in the bed they've made, maybe then no sane person will vote them in for the next few decades.

[Parrot of Doom]

If Labour win, they last 2 years at the most before exploding spectacularly under the weight of the debt they've generated.

[TheCarpetCleaner]

I would sell the business to my business partner, and leave the UK.

I don't even care if I live in poverty overseas afterwards. Enough is enough.

[elster]

scorp said:

elster said:

Is that a bad thing. If nothing is ever decided surely the country can leave them be and carry on with the daily business of recovering from the fk up.

There is a risk that if the Tories get in for the next term they will get voted out immediately by a short-memoried public who will blame the fruits of todays mess on them. Would be interesting to let labour sleep in the bed they've made, maybe then no sane person will vote them in for the next few decades.

I think I am hoping politicians don't interfere with running the country.

I think I would be fairly happy with Osborne as Chancellor, as his "advisors" are running the biggest companies in the world. I think you would need someone like that to control the budget.

Leave call me Dave to look good on the TV shaking hands across the world.

Maybe I have an over simplistic view, but I am not a fan of party politics as it is just school yard politics these days. The house of Commons was not set up for this.

[FourWheelDrift]

CommanderJameson said:

Against the odds, Labour have scraped a victory, albeit with a much-reduced majority.

What happens next?

I'm moving somewhere else. Seriously if that bunch of feckless, witless, moronic, thieving, success hating, culture destroying, back hand bribe taking, rip-off merchants gets back in, I'm off.

[JonRB]

scorp said:

There is a risk that if the Tories get in for the next term they will get voted out immediately by a short-memoried public who will blame the fruits of todays mess on them.

I think this a very real risk. And after one term of a Conservative government, Labour would be able to blame them for everything for the subsequent 10 years. Again.

[Bing o]

FourWheelDrift said:

CommanderJameson said:

Against the odds, Labour have scraped a victory, albeit with a much-reduced majority.

What happens next?

I'm moving somewhere else. Seriously if that bunch of feckless, witless, moronic, thieving, success hating, culture destroying, back hand bribe taking, rip-off merchants gets back in, I'm off.

And you really think that life will be any better under the Tories - I'm trying my escape now before too many people catch on to it.

[FourWheelDrift]

It will be bad under them as they try and fix the problems that Labour have created but at least it will start to get better, rather than progressively worse.

[elster]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

[s2art]

From The Spectator comments;

'Credit where credit is due, Charles Clarke has stood firm and tall in his opposition to Brown. He may have been ineffectual in his efforts (so far) but at least he has had the guts to take on the forces of hell and he is still standing and fighting which is more than can be said for Purnell, Blair, Byers, Hoon, Milburn, Reid, Hutton etc (shame on them). He might lose his seat before the job can be done.

It is going to take a silver bullet, a wooden stake, a shower of Holy Water, a ten tonne Crucifix, a dozen garlands of garlic and a squadron of knights on white chargers to oppose the juju and rid us permanently of the mincing monster and his poisonous dwarfs. Anything less and that claw will keep reaching up from the grave . . .

The ultimate horror story . . . the post election victory Brown cabinet:
Chancellor – Balls
Foreign Secretary – Cooper
Chief Secretary to the Treasury – McBride (parachuted into safe seat by-election)
Lord President of the Council – Lord Whelan
etc.'

[CommanderJameson]

s2art said:

The ultimate horror story . . . the post election victory BrownMiliband cabinet:
Chancellor – Balls
Foreign Secretary – Cooper
Chief Secretary to the Treasury – McBride (parachuted into safe seat by-election)
Lord President of the Council – Lord Whelan
etc.'

EFmore horror.

Edited by CommanderJameson on Friday 26th February 15:57

[s2art]

CommanderJameson said:

s2art said:

The ultimate horror story . . . the post election victory BrownMiliband cabinet:
Chancellor – Balls
Foreign Secretary – Cooper
Chief Secretary to the Treasury – McBride (parachuted into safe seat by-election)
Lord President of the Council – Lord Whelan
etc.'

EFmore horror.

Edited by CommanderJameson on Friday 26th February 15:57

[Brandomode] The Horror, the Horror [/Brandomode]

[Futuo]

scorp said:

There is a risk that if the Tories get in for the next term they will get voted out immediately by a short-memoried public who will blame the fruits of todays mess on them. Would be interesting to let labour sleep in the bed they've made, maybe then no sane person will vote them in for the next few decades.

That is my main worry, just hope in 4 yrs the Tories can get things sorted, but only with massive cuts etc, they have said they will hold an emergency budget after the election assuming they win of course.

If Labour won, the nation would have to chip in for a paid hitman.