Blogs Liberty and Power Today's British General Election
May 6, 2010Today's British General Election
As my friends know, I'm an election junkie. Yet I'm not enamored with any of the three main parties - Conservative, Labour, and Liberal Democrat - all of whom are distinguished by their scarcely concealed contempt for large sections of the electorate. That said, as a veteran observer of British general elections - this is the thirteenth that I have followed closely - I shall be watching the results online. If any readers are sufficiently interested in what is happening in the UK, I suggest you go here, here, here, and here to make some sense of what is a rather complicated story. And if anyone is interested in my prognostications, I'll stick to my hunch when the election was announced that the Tories - that's the Conservatives - will win an absolute majority of seats in the House of Commons. Of course, as political theater, a hung Parliament would be more interesting. And, indeed, that is what the polls forecast.
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N A Mehra - 5/6/2010
I'll miss having your running commentary and analysis within earshot.
David T. Beito - 5/6/2010
If you were a voting man, who would you prefer?
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