Well – Labour are back in for another term. I don’t think anyone is particularly surprised at this. From what I can tell, it wasn’t even a tight victory, despite a massively reduced majority. I’m kind of sad that LibDem didn’t pick up more new seats, although a distinct rise will hopefully mean that ‘real’ 3 party politics is a possibility. Turnout was also up, which I suspect means that (contrary to what some might say) people are more likely to vote if there is someone that they _don’t_ want to get in than if they do. This is quite sad, as it means that people aren’t really that interested in politics, and don’t really have a leaning to any one particularly party.
So – enough of that for another 4 years 
mrBen
*sigh* Labour: 36% of the popular vote and somewhere in the region of 60% of the seats; LibDem: 23% of the vote and about 10% of the seats. And over 60% of the country didn’t want Blair back. Seems a shame that there won’t be any degree of electoral reform while the status-quo benefits the two largest parties …