So happy that Cons got a majority and that Labour is decimated. It should be a long time before the economic shambles of Labour ever return to Downing Street, given the SNP stronghold in Scotland, the new boundary changes coming into force that should give Cons +20/30 more seats and hopefully electoral reform that should help the underrepresented right get even more seats.
Funnily enough SNP didn't get much more than 5-7% of the total vote and as a proportion of Scotland they only got slightly more than their referendum vote (50 odd percent), yet they pretty much swept up all the seats. First past the post fails to illustrate that SNP didn't actually make any substantial gains in terms of population support and if we do get true electoral voting reform they will lose a lot to the unionist blocks in future elections. I think the referendum was timed excellently and saved the union for the next couple of decades. SNP ironically were the biggest gainers from the traditional, status quo voting system. They are still a big force against Labour's legitimacy as a UK government however if Labour is ever to rely on those seats (which it probably would need to), I doubt England and Wales could ever stomach a propped up Labour-SNP government.
Over the course of the night though, watching Labour front benchers get obliterated from the political landscape, one Douglas Alexander Shadow Foreign Secretary and Campaign leader losing to the likes of a20 year old university student, was absolutely hilarious. Ed Balls, the economic vision man of Labour, losing to the Conservatives in Leeds was also a major highlight.
I guess the Lib Dems paid for going into government and for largely having no strong identity to really sell to the electorate anymore. Protest parties are far more radical these days. I doubt they'll ever recover to be honest.
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