England Election

Day 899, 03:24 • Published in Norway Norway • by Arthur Olavsson

While we had en exiting election here in Norway, congratulations to Tommy Skaue (even though some ad hominem this month), it have also been a historical election here in real-life England.

For the first time in several decades, there is no party with the majority vote. With this hung parliament everything can happen, but victorious we have the Conservatives, with the majority vote. Followed by Labor, who has been in power for 15 years now, and a disappointing election result for the Liberal Democrats, with barely 60 PMs in parliament.

During the next couple of days the government will be created, and coalitions must be made if this is going to happen. We will see if Conservatives David Cameron will create a coalition with the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg, in order to get into the office as Prime Minister. Labor’s power hangs in the balance, and if a coalition between Labor, Liberal Democrats and other, smaller parties is made, we might see another five years with Gordon Brown leading England.





Not only the results of the election are creating the headlines, but also a shocking event where voters were turned away from the polling stations because of missing ballots, which meant that thousands of British citizens were not able to vote. This is off course unacceptable, but there will be no re-election.

It is clear that Labor has lost this election, and that we are certainly looking at a Conservative rule the next five years. The Conservatives has promised change, change that the UK need. We will have to wait to see, if it a change for the better, of for worse.