UK general elections: Winners and losers
The Conservatives are back in power in Britain but nearly half of parliament will oppose them. Nevertheless, a new Conservative government will mean more economic austerity for the poor while the rich still enjoy low taxes.
So how did the Conservatives pull it off? It was probably due to a mixture of the money behind their campaign, the support of the right-wing media and persistent scaremongering that voting Labour would mean domination by the SNP and the break-up of the so-called union.
Question marks must remain though over the result, as opinion polls almost universally showed a clear neck-and-neck race between the Conservatives and Labour. The result completely confounded these expectations.
So what does the future hold? A likely consequence of the elections is electoral reform. The current system in Britain is inherently unfair, with the first-past-the-post system favoring the main parties and rendering millions of votes worthless.
However, one spectacular result was achieved by the Scottish National Party which won 56 out of 59 seats in Scotland. Scotland is now essentially a separate country with its own politics and Scottish independence is inevitability within five to ten years.
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