GORDON Brown today announced he is to step down as Labour Party leader. In a move that has simply stunned the political world, the story of forming the next government has taken a dramatic twist.
Brown hopes his actions can help to woo Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats into forming a coalition government with the Labour Party, just as talks between Liberals and Conservatives looked to be moving towards a formal agreement.
TODAY will probably feel like one of the longest days for Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. The campaigning is over, the sound bites silenced, the photo-calls complete, as it is now up to the public to decide who will win the election.
After a gruelling campaign in one of the closet and unpredictable elections for many years, voters will today reveal their choice. Will Cameron’s five-year journey of transforming the Conservative Party pay off? Will Brown’s fight to the end now finally come to an end once and for all, or will he manage to miraculously bounce back, again? And will Nick Clegg’s efforts to raise the profile of the Liberal Democrats change the political landscape for good, or will his party once again be squeezed in the polls by the big two?
Whatever happens, surely politics will not quite be the same again in Britain. As the polling stations close tonight at 10pm, we will start to get a picture of how the country has voted. After all the speculation of hung parliaments, minority governments, coalitions and backroom deals, the real answer to how the country is to be run for the next four years will be revealed. Only then will we, and the political parties, be able to breathe a sigh of relief or despair at the outcome.
THE election campaign is quickly drawing to a close. With less then a day to go before the polls open, there is one last push for votes in the final day of the campaign.
After a whirlwind month of campaigning, historic televised debates, unexpected polls and dirty mud slinging by politicians and press alike there is an end in sight. Tomorrow, the electorate will finally have their say. The public have really been making the politicians work for their vote this election. As polls still suggest not one party has enough support to sail to an outright victory and majority government.
Cameron is gallivanting round the country on a last minute, last ditch, 36-hour tour. His make-up probably being plastered over the tired cracks in his face as we speak. Just like the way billboard after billboard have been pasted over with expensive, somewhat confusing slogans trying to gloss over the floors in unexplained Tory policy. Mr Blair Mark ii has not really made the impact with voters he was expecting to.
Brown experienced a biblical ‘Lazarus moment’ over the bank holiday. Summoning all his energy to fight as the Labour party desperately tries to cover the signs of an immanent implosion. Whatever happens tomorrow it seems as though Labour will probably turn in on itself.
Clegg is determined to echo the Liberal’s success in the earlier opinion polls, but with Labour once again regaining second place, the Cleggmania effect could be starting to wear away.
So as the political parties fight right to the end, every vote really will count. An expected hung parliament could mean that the result will not be clear. And with an estimated 40% of the electorate still undecided, it really is all to play for.
WITH just a week to go until polling day the election campaigning is entering its last stages. After Gordon’s gaff yesterday, which – according to the hacks and political commentators, may have scuppered Labour’s chances – the pressure is certainly on Gordon’s shoulders for tonight’s final leaders debate.
Tonight it’s the economy stupid, as the three party leaders will once again take their places in front of the TV cameras this time fielding questions related to the economy. The big question is, will any of the leaders come clean about the cuts that are going to have to be made in the new Parliament?
It seems as though the events of yesterday were once again a political storm in a teacup as polls from YouGov tonight suggest there has been no change for Labour since yesterday. Despite this, Brown still has a great deal to loose tonight. Labour have always stated that they are the strongest party to tackle the deficit, if Brown looses this debate then his credibility and Labours will surely be shattered.
THERE are now only 10 days to go until polling and you decide who gets the keys to number 10.LAST night the three main political party leaders took part in the second leaders' debate of the election campaign.
From the outset it was obvious it would be a harder ride for Nick Clegg compared to last week's debate. This week for the first time, the Lib Dems and Clegg experienced the dirty mudslinging tactics of the Conservatives and the Press. This could only mean that the Liberal Democrats are being recognised as a major party and as a threat to the Conservatives. As was seen last night and in the polls that followed this election is defiantly a three horse race.
Clegg mania has taken Britain by storm. Many popularity polls have put Clegg ahead of Cameron and Brown in. In opinion polls Labour have been pushed into third place with the Tories being squeezed of points too.
In the debate last night, Brown appeared awkward as ever but at least seemed truthful. You can tell that he really wants to lead the country. Cameron on the other hand appears false. His well rehearsed and badly executed turns to the camera, his rushed and ill delivered sound bites. Clegg on the other hand appeared stable, confident but his performance was not as strong as last week’s.
The televised debates have truly revolutionised British politics. After the first debate last week the British public have finally registered who Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems are. But the fact that it took a 90-minute television program to do so is slightly worrying.
