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Labour takes a local election hammering in the UK
Labour is looking to face their worst election results in a generation as the results from yesterday's elections start to trickle in.
That doesn't look good for Gordon Brown.
With just over half of results from yesterday’s local elections announced, David Cameron’s Conservatives are on course for a significant breakthrough, winning as much as 44 per cent of the national vote.
Labour could finish with as little as 24 per cent, humiliatingly pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrats on 25 per cent.
The Tories are celebrating this morning after winning control of seven councils including Bury, a key northern target, and Southampton, a surprise southern gain.
Earlier this morning, Conservative Campaign HQ officially predicted the party is on course to beat its target of gaining 200 seats nationwide.
Labour by contrast has lost more than 90 council seats and control of two councils. Party officials say final Labour losses could reach 200 seats.
The Tory leader David Cameron is today set to claim the results are his party’s biggest electoral boost while in opposition, and could put the Tories on course for a general election victory.
A spokesman said: “Gordon Brown has had his Life on Mars moment. He went to sleep in 2008 and today he’s waking up with support back to the worst his party has seen since records began in 1973.”
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff. Is it the end of their tenure?
Not for another 18 months I'm afraid. The Government just does not get it. The public are fed up with high taxes, high fuel duty, worn out roads, high University fees, and a Government that may listen but does not act upon the information given.
Last year we had our local and County elections. After many years of Labour control we had roads that were worst than third world countries.
The Conservatives promised that they would fix those potholes and true to their word, after winning both the Local and County elections, they set about doing just that.
We now have road works on every corner but gradually the roads are getting back to what they should be.
This can also be seen in Labour controlled London boroughs where roads are the last thing that they spend money on, even though the motorist pays high taxes through vehicle excise duty and 75% fuel taxes. May Gordon Brown Listen!
liamssoft, I'm glad to hear that your conservatives are doing a good job at what governments are suppose to do - filling up potholes. But let me warn you, don't let them get out of hand. America, starting with Reagan in the '80s and Gingrich again in '94 took a correct turn.
But then they got corrupted. They became "big government" conservatives, which, in my opinion, is an oxymoron.
They are just politicians, don't let them out of your sites. And good luck.
amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff. I listed to BBC over the night. Seems like there is much more desire to move to the conservatives there than here. I think that is evidence of my premise that these elections are more about change rather than ideology. I am think there may be another mass throw out in America in Novemeber, which will effect Republicans more than Democats as More Republicans are up for re-election in the senate.
I wonder how long it will take the conservatives in Britain to become more like labour? It's what happened in America.