Brown and Cameron make their pleas to Clegg May 7, 2010 GORDON Brown and David Cameron have set out their stall as they try to grab power with a deal with the Liberal Democrats. Brown said he is prepared to talk to any of the party leaders after the election ended in a hung parliament. The Prime Minister, speaking in Downing Street, said it was time [...]
WHAT DOES THE ELECTION MEAN FOR BRITISH BUSINESS? May 7, 2010 DAVID FROST | BRITISH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE “At this stage, a hung parliament is not the best result for business. The UK needs strong and decisive leadership at this time of global financial turmoil. It is imperative that we see an early resolution as to who is going to be occupying Number 10 and Number [...]
All sides lose out in bloody election scrap May 7, 2010 ALL sides suffered heavy losses in an election none of the main parties will remember fondly. While there was no “Portillo moment” a number of senior scalps fell during the gruelling battle. Former home secretary Jacqui Smith was the most high profile victim. She suffered a humiliating defeat in Reddich, with Tory candidate Karen Lumley [...]
Key London central seats go to Labour… May 7, 2010 A STRING of failures in crucial central London target seats left the Conservative party reeling as the election results came in earlier today. Disappointing results in a trio of David Cameron’s most coveted target seats – Westminster North, Hammersmith and Tooting – knocked the party off course early on in its quest for an overall [...]
Esther Rantzen campaign fails May 7, 2010 VETERAN television presenter Esther Rantzen saw her budding political ambitions go up in smoke today after her anti-sleaze stance as an independent campaigner in Luton South failed to net enough votes to retain her deposit. Rantzen’s candidacy did not help the Tory cause in London, after Labour held on to the seat with 34.9 per [...]
Twickenham proves easy hold for Lib Dems’ Cable May 7, 2010 LIB Dem treasury spokesman Vince Cable today proved one of few shining lights on the horizon for his party, storming to victory in Twickenham with 54.4 per cent of the vote. Cable, who swung a further 0.5 per cent of voters in his constituency towards the Lib Dems since the 2005 election, admitted that his [...]
Richmond falls to Zac Goldsmith May 7, 2010 Green millionaire poster boy Zac Goldsmith was celebrating his successful election campaign in the west London seat of Richmond Park today, after having won the poll with virtually half of the votes in the constituency. Richmond’s result marked a 7 per cent swing from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservatives, as a staggering 76.9 per [...]
…but Conservatives consolidate gains in the Home Counties constituencies May 7, 2010 VOTERS in the Home Counties yesterday flocked to the polls in droves in support of David Cameron’s Tories, with the party swinging the majority of the key marginal seats surrounding London. Previous Labour constituencies such as Dartford, Reading West, Harlow, Stevenage, Basildon, Crawley and Watford all fell to the Conservatives, thanks to weighty swings in [...]
BNP’s Griffin crashes out against Margaret Hodge May 7, 2010 BRITISH National Party leader Nick Griffin conceded defeat earlier today in his Barking election battle against Labour veteran Margaret Hodge, who said the seat had sent a resounding message to the far-right to “get out and stay out”. Griffin secured just 14.6 per cent of the vote, against Hodge’s majority 54.3 per cent share – [...]
Lib Dems fail to live up to Cleggmania May 7, 2010 NICK Clegg admitted he was disappointed by his party’s lacklustre performance at the polls as the promise of a “new politics” gave way to disillusionment. While their slide from the dizzying heights of the “Clegg bounce” weeks earlier did not come as a complete surprise, nobody in their camp expected things to fall apart so [...]