Well it has all been rather exciting. We are to have a hung Parliament with the Conservative party having won the most seats but not an overall majority. Contrary to the talk of a Liberal Democrat revival on the back of Nick Clegg's performance in the TV debates, it seems that the LibDems have actually won fewer seats than at the last election.
In my own constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup, where Ted Heath and Derek Conway have been our MPs since I came here in 1997, James Brokenshire (Con) has been elected. Worryingly, the BNP increased their share of the vote here, but Nick Griffin was soundly defeated in Barking, coming third. Interestingly, he said that with a "normal" turnout, the BNP would have taken the Council. Whether that is true or not, they may well have won more wards in the local election if there had been a smaller turnout. This is an important lesson for those who did not bother to vote.
Twitter is buzzing after Nick Clegg's statement a short while ago that the Tories should have the chance to form a government; Labour are offering proposals for electoral reform; David Cameron is going to make a statement at 2.30pm later in response to Nick Clegg. There will be earnest negotiations over the next few hours and perhaps days. One commentator said that there would be a lot of pencil sucking at Buckingham Palace.
An important part of the story is that in several constituencies, people were unable to vote because the queues were too long at 10pm when polling stopped. Given the good conduct of our elections generally, this is a severe embarrassment.
The best news of the day for me so far is that Evan "Dr Death" Harris, the pro-abortion and pro-euthanasia former MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, has (narrowly) lost his seat. I would be interested to hear of any other news on the pro-life front. I am not optimistic but with a number of new faces being elected, I pray that there may be some hope for the unborn, the elderly and for families.
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Dr. Harris has been repalced by first time candidate Nicola Blackwood. Nicola is also a Christian and a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowhsip. A nice biography available here:
http://www.ccfwebsite.com/ProfileNicolaBlackwood.shtml
David Burrowes,father of 6 and founder of the Christian Conservative Fellowship, held Enfield. His voting record on Public Whip is pro-life.
Re: voting BNP. I know of at least three people who voted BNP as a "protest" vote because of their stance on immigration. These people told me that they do not seriously think that the BNP know how to run the country but that they used their "democratic right" as a way of noising their annoyance. This would pose as another argument against the democratic process - at least with kingship, even if the king is a despot at least there is only one of him! As for giving women the vote...
Sorry father
but
BNP:
When there's a Bishops conference public apology to unborn abused, their wrecked mothers, and gelded dads, for not trying to support life tooth-and nail, by interalia least but not un-importantly suggesting catholics become robotic single-issue voters (Had even half done so, would we have been so much worse offf, except for tabletistas and ecclestonsquare bugs having lovely cuppas over the years with justifiers and promotors of murder?)
Then will I worry too about the single issue that really divides me from the BNP.
After all according to our late oracles ,EDL, Ukip, even the tories, are all racist too.
Apostolate - many thanks indeed for the good news.
Dear Father Finigan
Due to a boundary change, Teresa Pearce the new Labour MP for Erith & Thamesmead, will have to hand over my SOS Parliamentary 999 file to David Evennett, the Conservative MP for Bexleyheath & Crayford. This critical FOOTBALL AGAINST RACISM IN EUROPE legal case was progressed with the help of the now retired MP for Erith & Thamesmead, John Austin.
As England approach a World Cup in South Africa, the incoming Government's new Police Minister will inherit this critical JUSTICE NOT VENGEANCE FOCUS 1991-2010 scenario.
PS. Thank you for your powerful prayers Nick Griffin, and the BNP were totally humiliated here in the Capital, and with the help of your blog we completely exposed their evil 'Planning for Real'.
Right, bad news first:
Geraldine Smith (Lab) lost in Morecambe and Lunesdale; George Galloway (Respect) failed to win Poplar and Limehouse and Adrian Owens (Cons) did not prevail in Lancashire West. Joanne Cash (Cons) didn't win Westminster North. John Mason (SNP) was defeated in Glasgow East and Peter Robinson (DUP) lost in Belfast East.
A word about Peter Robinson, whose politics aren't by any stretch my own. Nonetheless I was sorry to see him defeated and I feel a lot of sympathy for him and Iris. He gave a speech last night excoriating those who would go back to the bad old days of violence, which sounded to me like a swipe at the TUV.
Good news: Jim Dobbin (Lab) re-elected in Heywood and Middleton David Crausby (Lab) and Lindsay Hoyle (Lab) were also re-elected.
Jon Cruddas (Lab) who is a 50percenter in Pro Life terms, an opponent of anti-Catholicism and a personally decent man was re-elected in Dagenham. There was however, a worryingly strong swing to the BNP there.
Dr Evan Harris (Lib Dem) lost in Oxford West and Abingdon by a mere 176 votes, which goes to show, if he'd concentrated on getting the vote out and enthusing his constituents with radical talk about paving stones and drainpipes rather than mucking around on blogs and twitter moaning about Telegraph bloggers, he may well have hung on in there. Let that be a lesson to all would-be politicians: all politics in local.
Notice how the BNP was trounced in Barking. That was down to the hard work put in by Hope not Hate and Unite against Fascism activists. Again, all politics is local. It's about such unglamorous tasks as stuffing envelopes, pushing leaflets through doors, burning up those telephone lines and GETTING OUT THE VOTE.
Hard work pays off. It always does.
Now, it's all eyes on Greece and the gilt markets. The Institute for Fiscal Studies and Mervyn King have both spoken about the scale of cuts which are going to be made. The deficit is an eyewatering 12.8 percent of GDP. As ever, it will be the working-class who are forced to pay for the ego-tripping risk-taking of casino capitalism.
I'd like to see the Church speaking out boldly about that as I'd like to see it speaking out boldly on a range of issues rather than cuddling up to the establishment. But then, chance would be a fine thing.
Oh yes, Sarah Teather (Lib Dem) won Brent Central. She's voted some interesting ways in the past, rejecting, for example, human-animal hybrids.
Father,
I understand there was an organised public leafletting campaign by pro-lifers against Evan Harris' re-election. Given the tiny majority of the Tory candidate this is probably "wot won it".
Dear Father Finigan
Our Lady of the Assumption is the Roman Catholic Church in poor Deptford where I was born.
In the 1987/88 football season I was working as a site agent in Albury Street,Deptford SE8. This early Thames Gateway regeneration project involving English Heritage and the Church of England's Guardian of Walsingham, the late Canon David Diamond of St Paul's SE8, stimulated my creative and artistic talents.
Midway through the underpinning and demolition contract that I was supervising for PGM developments I had a big dream in which Our Lady of the Assumption called me "Vesper ".
I have used this nom de plume ever since.
People should be aware that the BNP have two MEP's, a seat on the London Assembley , and until yesterday they had 12 Councillors in Barking.
The hatemongers already wield power, and this rise to high political office has been shadowed by a malevolent cover up relating to associated legal developments here in South East London, where the BNP HQ/Bookshop was once located, and where the BNP leadership were allowed to use the Old Addeyans FC/ Densitron International PLC clubhouse development for their 'Planning for Real' , propaganda meetings aka HATEGEI$T.
As a qualified surveyor, I have provided you with a 'State of the Art' update with regard to my individual Londoner's case for the defence against NF/BNP entry-ism into Europe's 'Planning for Real' arena 1991-2010.
Yesterday you posted a comment on this blog in which you said 'Worryingly, the BNP increased their share of the vote here, but Nick Griffin was soundly defeated in Barking, coming third. Interestingly, he said that with a "normal" turnout, the BNP would have taken the Council. Whether that is true or not, they may well have won more wards in the local election if there had been a smaller turnout. This is an important lesson for those who did not bother to vote'.
At the General Election former Met Police Inspector Michael Barnbrook, the malevolent neo-Nazi BNP Police Spokesman, stood as a candidate for MP in the Dagenham and Rainham Parliamentary constituency. Nick Griffin MEP, the BNP's leader stood as a candidate for MP in the neighbouring Parliamentary constituency of Barking. The BNP are also put up candidates in all three London Borough of Bexley constituencies : Stephen James in Bexleyheath and Crayford : Kevin Saunders in Erith & Thamesmead : John Brooks in Old Bexley and Sidcup. The BNP Parliamentary AGENT FROM HELL 666, for Bexley's Parliamentary constituencies 999 +, was Mr Michael Barnbrook, 24 Holbeach Gardens, Sidcup, Kent DA15 8QW, which is on the doorstep of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School in Blackfen +
I would be failing in my professional 'duty of care' if I failed to identify, and actively oppose the evil on the doorstep of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School in Blackfen +
Our Lady of the Rosary pray for us in BNP leader Nick Griffin MEP's EU/GLA/LDA/ODA NEO-NAZI DEVELOPMENT TIMES Amen
Yours sincerely
Roy Hobson aka Our Lady's Vesper ON-LINE +
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Fr,
Can you back up a step & tell me what in the world your election results are "hung"? What does that mean??
a girl from Tennessee
It means that no party has an overall majority. More here
G - "a hung parliament" ?
It means that they should be...
;-)
Mr McLernon, Thx for making me LOL! THAT I understand...
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