May 2015 UK General Election Campaign.

[Sheilbh]

It never went away

[Sheilbh]

BoJo's victory speech was his leadership pitch. He's also come out for full federalism.

[Agelastus]

Clegg survives. It will be interesting to see what happens with the LibDem leadership given the decimation of his rivals.

[Sheilbh]

I want a resignation speech...

[Agelastus]

BoJo's victory speech was his leadership pitch. He's also come out for full federalism.

As long as that includes an English parliament* and not an "only English MPs vote" bodge up at Westminster.

*although personally I'd break England up in any genuine devolution.

[Sheilbh]

Clegg's going.

Also heptarchy!

[Agelastus]

Also heptarchy!

That'd probably break the south-east up too much.

Of course, my favourite daydream of devolution breaks up Scotland - Alt Clut (Strathclyde and Cumbria), Northumbria (South-east Scotland and North-east England) and a rump Alba.

[Sheilbh]

So far it looks like the Tories and the Lib Dems have more Scottish MPs than Labour. We really are back in the 19th century.

[Agelastus]

So far it looks like the Tories and the Lib Dems have more Scottish MPs than Labour. We really are back in the 19th century.

They're neck and neck - the Lib-Dems hold Orkney and Shetland, Labour have a seat in Edinburgh, and the Tories have - somehow - held on in Dumfriesshire!

[Sheilbh]

Ah. Missed the Labour seat. It'd've been incredible of the SNP swept Edinburgh.

[Sheilbh]

The Gower, Labour since 1918, has just gone Tory. Don't think it's ever been Tory before.

[Agelastus]

The Gower, Labour since 1918, has just gone Tory. Don't think it's ever been Tory before.

By 27 votes only; I'm convinced that's going to be the smallest majority of the night.

And now we've lost Charles Kennedy.

[Agelastus]

YES!!!!

That DUP/UUP electoral pact worked - one of those accursed Sinn Fein seats has fallen!

[Barrister]

I don't know how you UKers have stayed up this late.  It's 10:45pm MDT, and I'm going to bed, heading Cameron making a kind-of victory speech.

[Josquius]

Well, it looks like Britain is FUCKED.
I'll have to seriously reconsider my long term plans now, moving back home seems an ever more untenable option.