Well, for the first time in nearly 20 years the Conservative Tories have the most seats in Parliament, though it is not quite a majority which would allow a clear mandate and finally unseat Labour's stranglehold on the political landscape for the first time since Margaret Thatcher.
What's strange (sarcasm), is how a month ago the American media was ecstatic that the progressive Liberal Democrat (redundant) Party candidate, Nick Clegg had gained so much momentum, with one headline blasting that he was as "Popular as Churchill," having garnered a 70% approval rating following the first televised debate.
So it's a complete surprise (again sarcasm) that the Lib Dems actually lost seats during the election. Media on this side of the pond are now scrambling in the wake of this embarrassing showing for socialism, saying that the Conservatives must now deal with the Libs in order to secure power. Whatever. The people have spoken, and Britons are afraid of the legacy of debt heaped on them by 20 years of liberal Labour rule.
America should get a clue, but the spin is more likely to be that conservatives failed to get a majority instead of the fact that Labour lost theirs, with the message being, "don't bail on Bama and Dems here just because other countries are seeing the light." Or in the case of Greece, having finally been exposed for the failures of ultra-leftist governments.
It's going to be fun to watch them fall one by one.
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