Will Gordon Brown win five years of destruction?

Much though it may surprise some of my readers, this glorious country is not the only place to suffer the withering misfits who indulge in politics. Britain has a depressing selection of governmental dim-bulbs and today is their five-yearly gala.

The Brits are holding a general election, and voting to choose a potentially new leader closed a few minutes ago.

The latest reports say Conservative leader, David Cameron is 19 seats short of wresting control of the nation from Gordon Brown, who has served as the country’s Prime Minister since inheriting the job, unelected, on Tony Blair’s resignation in 2007.

So far there appears to be no clear winner – the Conservatives have enough votes for 307 seats, while Labour would have 255.

That means that even by forming an alliance with the minority party, the Liberal Democrats, Labour could not reach the 326 seats needed for a majority and therefore stay in power. So we’d have a hung parliament.

But the battle is not over yet – The BBC reports long lines of people still waiting to vote in Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle and numerous other cities. So Gordon could still claim his prize.

One which half the nation will tell you he does not deserve.

The final count that will decide what has been one of the closest elections in recent memory will not be known until the small hours of the morning in Europe.

If Gordon succeeds, the country’s dead in three years. If David is chosen we might last one more.

I’ll keep you advised…

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