Election 2010 - Part 1

Part One.

Presented by David Dimbleby.

Note: the reason the quality of the recording is not perfect is because I've continued to use 4 hour VHS video cassettes on long play giving 8 hours in total. One reason I don't use DVDs is because I don't trust them for important programmes such as election night. Sometimes scratches seem to miraculously appear on DVDs which can completely wreck a recording, something which doesn't happen with VHS. I've had this problem even when taking a brand new DVD straight out of the packet and putting it straight into the machine.

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[angliaknightident]

i prefer the old intro's

[GoldenLegends100]

@LankyITFC The Conservatives are only messing up the country for left wing liberals who think the state owes them a living.

[darkastonvillafan]

@ephabouyed

Labour:338

Conservatives:200

Lib Dems:30

Others:32

[darkastonvillafan]

@HodmoxTheCritic political treason?

[Wilbtube]

@ephabouyed What could be the biggest upset is massive gains for the Scottish and Welsh national parties. Current polls (November 2011) put the SNP way up in Scotland, sweeping almost every seat north of Hadrian's Wall before them. That would actually send the Lib-Dem numbers through the floor, and seriously dent Labour's expected majority. The Tories would suffer less from this upset, if they ward off big losses in England, because they have fewer seats to lose.

[formulacountdown]

The only thing I would do to improve voting is get rid of majority rules.

[Ultrazord100]

Labour elections 1997,2001,2005 was there day however after 2005 too much had happened eg Job losses, Immgration and the banking crisis also with Tony Blair leaving Gordon Brown wasn't strong enough then we had the MP expenses i think that was the final nail in the coffin

Labour did do good for the country like national mininum wage, 4 weeks holiday pay and nhs spending.

I think if Gordon Brown had taken Labour in for another five years they would of got destroyed in the next election

[HodmoxTheCritic]

@HodmoxTheCritic Of course, my jaw dropped when I saw that the Lib Dems were set to be virtually unchanged (I was a naive LD at the time), thought then was "THis is why the voting system needs to change."

[HodmoxTheCritic]

To think this was nearly 18 months ago and I remember watching intently waiting for the exit poll, reckoning that it would be the Tories in with a slim majority similar to 1992. As soon as Hung Parliament came on screen my initial thought was "The Lib Dems have a Coalition chance here." Little did I know that political treason would occur.