We thought the exit poll of 10 seats for the Lib Dems was wrong
Now we are struggling to see how we will get there, to ten
* Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist and member of the Liberal Democrat Voice team. He blogs at Liberal Burblings.
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Well I thought the exit poll was right.
It shows the danger of believing your own propaganda. All the signs were there and yet people pretended they weren’t.
A couple of observations:
1. Labour and Lib-Dems won’t find it so funny any more when Alex Salmond makes the joke about panda bears and Tory MP’s.
2. So, First Past the Post is a broken system that can no longer deliver its primary stated benefit of majority governments, eh?
3. What is the purpose of the labour party now all the money has gone? Who will take the opportunity and fill the void?
The slaughter of the innocent will continue with the Council election results throughout today.
If it resembled any historic election, its 1951 – the party of the verge of wipe out, a few thousand votes in a few seats and the Parliamentary Party would be halved. Only one MP (Tim Farron) with a safe seat. MPs like Nick Clegg effectively reliant on Conservative votes to get elected. But in 1951, we were the third party, at the moment we are the 5th, and in terms of relevance, the 6th behind the DUP.
4. Opinion Polls = 285 / Exit polls = 316 / Final results = 331 with 37% of the vote. So, yeah, the ‘shy tory’ is still very much a thing!
The shy Tories will be a lot more shy after 5 years of John Major’s 92-97 Government MkII. Facebook is already showing ads for private healthcare. The Tories will be fighting amongst themselves over what they screw up first, Health or Education.