its funny, now that the US presidential and UK general elections have been completed, the difference between the two countries, Bush was reelected with(i think) a bigger share of the vote and more electoral points, and Tony Blair lost nearly 120 seats and was elected with the worst share of the vote in history(36.4%), if he hadnt won such a massive majority in 1997(179 seats which is fucking huge, a Government can operate comfortably with a majority of 20-25), Thatchers majority was about 50 for the 80's(except for the Falklands war, when her majority was increased to 120) and she won for four successive elections, its amazing how the vote has split three ways, before this election it was a two party fight, but the Liberal Democrats took in a lot of seats this election and there was about 10% swing of the vote to them, and about a 7% swing of the vote to Conservatives, so the UK now really operates three way politics for the first time since Lloyd George in 1922, what a weird election it was