Anybody any idea who's going to form the next government ?...

I will be surprised if Ed Balls hangs on to his seat, and with luck most of the above will lose theirs as well.
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Is this the day when we get rid of 13 years of labour muppets....can't believe it ....I suppose you will have to drag brown from the railings at number 10.....screaming.....with 2 policemen pulling him by the legs....

It'll be interesting to hear the change of tune from the televised news coverage as they have been all for this departing lot for the last 15 years or so....

And if/when the tories win they'll probably only be there for 4 years as no-one will like what they have to do. Not sure why anyone would want to win this election maybe they think they can save the nation or maybe it's all about s in pockets

Somebody has to run it.....and this borrowing "thing" has to stop !.

now from where did you plagiarise that nugget?
for sure there are going to be some very tough decisions to be made and actions to be taken
how well/badly those will be taken will depend (i guess) on whether the larger world economies continue to grow
on balance, i think they will, in which case the pain could be quite short-lived and will then be deemed to have been very clever and prudent - and as promised at the hustings!

Labour just borrow more and more .....when nothing is left : they borrow more...this has to stop or slow anyway....I'm not really telling you anything you don't know already.

There has got to be huge savings to be made in various government departments, even without job losses, although this will be inevitable imo. World economic growth is still anaemic, but there are signs of improvement in the USA.

Euroland and the UK will be a struggle, here the UK housing market is weakening again, and manufacturing needs a boost, perhaps a brighter light shines in the service industry where foreign tourists may take advantage of our weak currency.
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By the way anybody any idea what the exit polls were ?...(I think that's what they call it)...

exit polls can only be done once voting is finished!
my local polling station was much busier than i expected, and it's such a shame that this isn't a marginal, though i guess it shows how seriously (quite correctly!) peeps are taking this election

it'll be interesting to see what overall turn-out is - i think it was barely 70% last time, but i'm sure one of you guys/gals will know

I was looking for Gengis Khan on the ballot paper, but as he was not in the running decided to go for the blues (no not chelsea), the other lot....

young gordon is feeling very blue this morning, so he'll be glad of your support

Latest odds from william Hill - here.

Tories to win by 50 seats I guess.

ah yes, to go along with oil at $100+ in a week or two by your calc!

Latest from William Hill Conservative 1/25 (was1/12) at midday, Labour 9/1 (7/1) and Libs 25/1 (50/1)

presume that is as largest party rather than overall majority

Yes - click on the link in post 78 for other odds.

If the tories get in, then the UK will be going cap in hand to the IMF within the year, to be bailed out.



They will be singing "Bring back Lamont".

(Out of tune of course.)

I liked Lamont because I was running a small business and he had the sense to raise the vat level....he's taken the blame for an unfortunate situation .....