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06-05-2005, 12:18

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Originally Posted by Damien

its been a pretty bad night for all parties, although it has also been good for all parties. Labour losts a lot of seats but are still in government with a good majority. Torys won a lot of seats but not as much as hoped and vote share reminded the same. Lib dems didn't do as well as hoped but still won seats

Let's put it this way:

1. The Lib Dem leader wanted this to be a referendum on the Iraq war, so he wasn't aiming for government, he failed on both counts. No doubt many of the Labour voters he captured will return to Labour at the subsequent parliamentary election in four years.

2. The Tory leader focused on abuse, negative campaigning, rather than debating the economy and social reform and clearly was not aiming for government.

3. Considering the above it is remarkable that Labour was able to achieve a majority of seats. Therefore, this is not a defeat for Labour it has enough of a majority to govern.This is an achievement a third successive Labour government. I think the lessons are now being learnt.