The Shadow Treasurer also gets a "Right of Reply" televised speech the day after the Government Treasurer does his/her televised Budget speech. The Shadow Treasurer describes his/her theoretical alternative Budget that they would apply IF they were in government right now given the same national situation.
I'm watching the results come in. And so far they are really surprising. 91 Labour, 90 Conservative, and only 13 for the Liberal Democrats.
It seems like that UK citizens have looked at their first-past-the-post voting system, and decided that if they want to get rid of Labour, then they can't afford to vote Liberal Democrat, even if they prefer that party. They seem to be giving their vote to the Conservatives, to ensure a Labour loss.
That's with the vote so far. Of course, things could change radically later, only about a third of the seats are determined so far, right?
Edited, May 6th 2010 10:22pm by Aripyanfar
113 Conservative
105 Labour
15 Liberal Democrats.
Yup, against all the polling, it's looking like an outright Tory (Conservative) win. Or not. I'm not counting in the minor parties/independants, of which I assume there are some, according to the Map of UK, but not showing up on the Three-Party count on the BBC.com front page.
Edited, May 6th 2010 10:47pm by Aripyanfar