Morning After Pill

FRIDAY, MAY 07, 2010

Morning After Pill

Totally knackered after a marathon local election count that took an extraordinary 7 hours to deliver a result. But briefly...

Locally, the Tories did incredibly well. 

Our new consituency MP fought off a strong LD challenge to increase the Tory majority and win over 50% of the votes - the first time that's been done since c1738. A fantastic night.

Next door in the Major's constituency, the Tory incumbent fought off another strong LD challenge to win a hugely increased majority. 

Across Surrey as a whole, the Tories won a clean sweep of every single seat, and with increased majorities. 

Zooming out to look at England, the Tories have so far accumulated a clear majority of 32 seats, winning 40% of the votes. 

And yet...

Yes, once again, our old friends North of the border have voted for something entirely different. Only one of their 59 MPs will be a Tory. 

So we have dropped into the merde. Markets crashing, and we Surrey/English taxpayers unable to elect a government that will tackle spending. 

The phone-ins are saying that the country has voted for politicos to come together"for the good of the country" - they should stop bickering and "just get on with it".

OMG. There is zip understanding that "getting on with it" involves some very awkward decisions and a lot of losers. There isn't a cat's chance of getting on withanything without a majority government. 

So, time to leave?

First, some sleep.

Then, let's see the appalling Brown levered out the door.

Then... well, sleep first.