May the 5th, he who dares - wins.
LOL, ok maybe not.

Mainly for those in Britain, any bets on the Tories or Labourites?
Gotta say I see Labour winning again, but with the new Prime Minister being Gordon Brown and not Blair in the very near future. And it's something I bloody well agree with. BRING BACK OLD LABOUR! Not this Thatcherite-bastard of Centrist policy it has become.

I hear tell that Blairs party is holding a comfortable lead in the polls. Tho there is a fear of voter apathy...

Fandros

Is the whole iraq thingy as much of a big deal over there as our wonderful news stations make it out to be?

Yeah, actually.

The entire focus for the Tories is the Iraq war and the immigration policy, both of which the majority of Britain believe Blair failed on.
Especially since the Kelly suicide fiasco, the Iraq policy has been a huge political factor.

Well if the majority of Britain believes Blair has failed on the Iraq War/immigration which are apparently such big deals, I am assuming he would be voted out then? Hmm, guess we'll see.. heh.

Well if the majority of Britain believes Blair has failed on the Iraq War/immigration which are apparently such big deals, I am assuming he would be voted out then? Hmm, guess we'll see.. heh.

Actually, they don't vote on the PM, but on the party, which then has the final say in who the PM will be. Blair is the top guy in Labour's Party atm, but has indicated that he would not serve as PM on a long term basis if Labour wins. As Halo alluded to, Gordon Brown would be Blair's likely successor in the event that Labour does indeed win; the question really is how long before the leadership mantle would change hands.

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm pretty rusty on English political procedure apparently :(.

However, if it's at all possible for Blair to be rechosen by his party and a supposed majority are unhappy with him, would the voters not vote for some other party instead?

Cause the alternative are the Tories, who do everything much worse.

Yes indeed, and that is exactly why the third party is raising an eyebrow or three. Apparently a large number are opting to back neither Labour nor Tories and instead are moving to the third party of which I continue to forget the name ( even tho I just heard it on CNN:confused: ).

Isnt the third party called the Independant Conservatives or something?

Liberal Democrats are the other party. If exit polls (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4513605.stm) are to be believed, Blair's Labour party is set to win again, however his majority shrinks from 160 to 66, which is a drastic drop in support.

Well, grats England on another Labour win.

Taking bets now on how long Blair stays PM?

About 6 months, probably.

Bring on Brown, I think he'd breathe some fresh air in to the international scene. He's very much a leader, always overshadowed Blair on domestic issues, and made quite a splash recently as Chancellor over his Africa policy of eradicating debt.

"And Tony Blair has been re-elected for an unprecidented third term as George W. Bush's bitch."

-Tina Fey, Weekend Update