Impressive results and probably the biggest surprise of the last few decades.
I haven't seen the numbers yet, but I think a lot was down to the tactical voting patterns. Many UKIP voters in Con/Lab marginal seats probably switched to the Cons at the last minute, while Labour voters in Lib/Con seats didn't vote for the lib dems (to take revenge blah blah) and perhaps even at Con/UKIP marginals Labour voters didn't vote UKIP or event went Tory.
It just shows that people on the right are smarter and more disciplined and know how to play the system (look at Clegg keeping his seat due to tactical voting from Tory voters), while people on the left are a bit dumb & naive.
The Left in this country is now essentially split 3 ways (Lab, LDs and SNP), while the Right didn't split much at all after all. It just serves Labour right for not reforming the electoral system during their 13 years of dominating the government.
I also feel sorry for the Lib Dems as they didn't deserve it and they probably would have played a good role again in government, while now Cameron may now be hostage to the right of his party. In the next 5 years I bet Cameron will be looking back with nostalgia at the days of coalition with the lib dems.
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08 May 2015 06:07:51
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