UK Politics Thread 🇬🇧

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The poll also predicted Labour winning 239 seats, the Scottish National Party (SNP) winning 58 and the Liberal Democrats winning 10. Labour's tally was further revised down to 233 as the vote counts came in.

The party's leader, Ed Miliband, is expected to resign his position, sources within the party told Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity.

Nick Clegg, who was deputy prime minister under the outgoing coalition government, announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Democrats after his party's "catastrophic" defeat.

Clegg called the loss of more than 40 of the party's seats "the most crushing blow to the Liberal Democrats" since it was founded.
In Scotland, the nationalist SNP has taken a near clean sweep of seats in the region, picking up 56 of 59 seats.

The gains came at the expense of the Labour and the Liberal Democrats, which were reduced to just one seat each in the region.

Labour lost 40 seats in Scotland and saw its regional head, Jim Murphy, and shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander lose their seats.

Danny Alexander, a Liberal Democrat minister under the last government, also lost in his own constituency.

The SNP went into the elections with just six seats from 2010.

A number of prominent MPs, including current ministers and senior leaders from across the political spectrum, have lost their seats.

The Liberal Democrats bore the brunt of the losses, their 59 seats reduced to about a dozen. The party's former leader, Charles Kennedy, lost his seat to the SNP, and ministers Vince Cable and Simon Hughes also lost in their constituencies.

The party's leader, Nick Clegg, who retained his seat, said he would comment on his future later on Friday morning.

Former Liberal Democrat leader Ming Campbell told Al Jazeera the party would have to "start from the bottom up".

George Galloway, a former Labour MP and leader of the Respect party, lost to Labour's Naz Shah in Bradford West, a seat he was widely expected to retain.

The Conservative Employment Minister Esther McVey lost her seat in Wirral West to Labour.


In Wales, the nationalist Plaid Cymru held its three seats, and in England the right-wing UK Independence Party is expected to pick up only one seat, despite gaining around 12 percent of the votes cast. Party leader Nigel Farage failed in his attempt to take the Thanet South seat from the Conservatives.


Ed Balls lost his seat too.

 

[Kitsch]

OOOG AKBAR.

 

[Kitsch]

It's looking like the "English Obama" got it next.

 

[theworldismine13]

David Cameron and Conservatives Get Majority in British Election
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/w...erge-victorious-in-british-election.html?_r=0

 

[88m3]

awful

 

[theworldismine13]

UK and US tend to track each other politically, this uk election is a sign that hillary will lose

the tiny bit of black british political power just got flushed down the toilet, so its another example of why black people need to have a hand in both baskets

 

[We Major]

Today just feels so deflated.

 

[SCORCH]

It's looking like the "English Obama" got it next.

Umunna won't even get to be Labour leader let alone PM

Today just feels so deflated.

Dark day for British politics

 

[Darth Nubian]

UK and US tend to track each other politically, this uk election is a sign that hillary will lose

the tiny bit of black british political power just got flushed down the toilet, so its another example of why black people need to have a hand in both baskets

That's why Obama won re-election after Cameron's election? English Cons would be considered Pinko Communist Marxist over here.

 

[88m3]

That's why Obama won re-election after Cameron's election? English Cons would be considered Pinko Communist Marxist over here.

he doesn't know what he's talking about

 

[Kritic]

He lost his seat.

that shyt was rigged. people cannot be that stupid...

Parliamentarian, writer, broadcaster, anti-war activist, human rights supporter, Israeli critic, and champion of Palestinian rights among other credentials Respect Party member Galloway was defeated in Thursday’s general election.

He lost his Bradford West constituency decisively to New Labour’s Naz Shah – 19,977 to 8,557. Down but not out, he commented, saying:

I don’t begrudge the Labour members here their moment of celebration, of course.”

“But there will be others who are already celebrating: the venal, the vile, the racists and the Zionists will all be celebrating.”

“The hyena can bounce on the lion’s grave but it can never be a lion and in any case, I’m not in my grave. As a matter of fact I’m going off now to plan the next campaign.”

“Bradford West will always have a central place in my heart,” he explained.

Shah thanked all her opponents in her victory speech “with the exception of one,” she said – leaving no doubt who she meant.

She outrageously claimed Galloway “demean(ed) our democracy” while campaigning. He blasted Torries and New Labour for continuing business as usual.

Millions of Brits are suffering. Corrupt politicians don’t care. Food banks are proliferating, Galloway explained. “Can you imagine what the country will look like by 2020 if these barbarians are returned” to power, he stressed.

Social justice is fast disappearing. Neoliberal harshness is official UK policy. So is partnering with Washington’s endless wars.

Galloway demands better. He was a marked man for championing what power brokers oppose.

Campaigning was rough and tumble. A Galloway spokesman denied his tactics were out of line.

“Shah has made it personal from the beginning,” he said. “She hasn’t told the truth, and she’s told untruths about George.”

It didn’t affect his core supporters, reports indicated. They were out in force. It wasn’t enough.

In 2012, Galloway defeated New Labour’s Imran Hussein overwhelmingly. This time was different.

In late April, Galloway said he’ll run for mayor of London if his reelection campaign fails. He told Sky News:

“I won’t run for London mayor if I am reelected on 7 May. If I am not reelected, I will run” in May 2016.

He ruled out running as a sitting MP – suggesting it would be impossible to represent his constituents properly. A spokesman had no further comment.

Galloway remains one of politics most charismatic figures. Supporters and critics alike agree few can arouse a crowd the way he does.

It was an honor for this writer to be on air once with him as a guest. We had a rousing discussion not heard on major Western media outlets.

Hard truths on issues mattering most are strictly verboten. Galloway features them on air and in parliament. Maybe as mayor of London next year.

http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/george-galloway-defeated-uk-general-election/

 

[We Major]

I'm proud. fukk the Tories.

 

[BeefWellingtonThe2nd]

I still don't think i've come across anyone that is pleased that the conservatives got in.

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

can someone explain to me what the point of these elections are? every time it happens nothing at all changes in my life. for better or for worse. its just exactly the same. weed a medicinal plant that grows from mother earth is still illegal. alcohol is still legal. where are the changes?

 

[Kitsch]

can someone explain to me what the point of these elections are? every time it happens nothing at all changes in my life. for better or for worse. its just exactly the same. weed a medicinal plant that grows from mother earth is still illegal. alcohol is still legal. where are the changes?