Best news I've heard all week

[andrewducker]

At a by-election in London there's been a massive swing from Labour to the Lib-Dems.

2001 Results: Labour 63%, Conservatives 18%, Liberals 10%
2003 Results: Labour 33%, Conservatives 16%, Liberals 39%

I was expecting Labour's popularity to drop, but the fact that the Conservative's also dropped and people moved to the Liberals in massive quantities makes me rather happy. People have been avoiding voting Liberal because their seen as a wasted vote. This makes it quite clear that they're not.

More at the BBC.

Comments

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Apologies for my ignorance, but what are the practical differences between Labour and the Liberal Democrats?

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[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

Is there some general overview of British politics for non-Brits you could point us too?

IIRC, in Australia, the right-center part is the Liberals.

But in the UK, they're left of left-of-center, no?