forfar-loon's brigadoon: Hung parliament

Saturday, 8 May 2010

Hung by a Scottish rope

Indulge me in a little electoral arithmetic...

First up, the UK General Election result 2010 (minus the safe Tory seat of Thirsk & Malton, where one of the candidates passed away shortly before the election):

Well hung

Next up, the England, Wales and Northern Ireland General Election result 2010:

Hung-ky Tory

Spot the difference! Looks like a Tory majority of 10 if only those pesky Scots would bugger off and take their oil with them! If I remember correctly, Alex Salmond predicted Westminster would be "hung by a Scottish rope" (sadly not "hung by an SNP rope"!). How right he was!

Feel free to share these numbers with any Tory friends (ok, acquaintances) you might have elsewhere in the Divided Kingdom, then stand well back while the fireworks begin!

Update

Thanks to Dubbieside for pointing out the following interesting blog post at the Wall Street Journal: Union Between England and Scotland May Soon Be Toast