Humiliating Defeat for the Left in the UK: 'Gordon Brown Has Lost'

They can try and cling to power with a hung Parliament, and even that is based on some dubious exit polls. But be assured of this: Labour has gone down to a massive defeat tonight in the UK, and the new Prime Minister will be David Cameron.

David Cameron was set to demand the keys to Downing Street today after voters turned out in massive numbers to reject Labour.

The Tories scored their biggest swing against Labour for 80 years which, if repeated across the country, would give them an absolute majority with which to govern.

The exit poll showed Mr Cameron on course to gain at least 97 seats – the biggest advance in seats for 79 years.

To win a majority the Tories would need a swing from Labour of around 7 per cent – but early returns suggested they were doing better than that in many parts of the country.

Naturally the delusional leftists will try and cling to power, but their days are over.

But senior Tory sources said 'could not possibly expect continue in government' in any sort of power-sharing deal with the Lib Dems or other parties.

'We appear to have gained even more seats than Mrs Thatcher managed. Labour can't possibly expect to continue in government after this humiliating rejection. Having lost 100 seats, they are insulting the voters to suggest otherwise,' said one.

This is probably just a warmup for what's coming our way November 2, when Nancy Pelosi and Dingy Harry are blown away. At least then by our rules it will be a clear cut decision and the GOP will take over and make Obama null and void.

Of course as in the USA, the left in the UK lives in a fantasy world and can't accept humiliating rejection.

And Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said: 'Labour politicians need to get real. The idea that Gordon Brown and Labour can cling on to power when they've been rejected so decisively is frankly shocking.

'It's clearly a very uncertain time in world markets and Britain will need a stable and responsible government.

'I believe, looking at the exit polls, it's pretty clear that Labour cannot continue in government. I think they need to get real.'

He told Sky News: 'On the figures I have seen so far David Cameron has obviously won. He's preferred above all others in what has been a rather presidential campaign.

'Gordon Brown has lost.'

As to the absurdity of a possible hung Parliament, it would only further destroy the Left. They need to admit defeat, even if it's not outright.

Bill Cash, Conservative candidate for Stone, told the BBC: 'There is a huge amount at stake for the country.

'I think a Lib Dem/Labour pact with Miliband, Mandelson and Clegg would be a kind of Greek tragedy.'

Ken Clarke told BBC News that it was a 'certainty' that Gordon Brown would be removed from office.

He said: 'It looks as though there is a serious risk of a hung parliament but with the Conservatives not too far off and obviously the single biggest party.

'One certainty, I think, is that Gordon Brown has been removed from office. It would be a complete travesty if Gordon Brown tried to carry on as Prime Minister because he has plainly been rejected and lost all authority to govern.'

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Needless to say this report Wednesday certainly buoyed my spirits about what we may see come November.

A 1994-style scenario is probably the most likely outcome at this point. Moreover, it is well within the realm of possibility - not merely a far-fetched scenario - that Democratic losses could climb into the 80 or 90-seat range. The Democrats are sailing into a perfect storm of factors influencing a midterm election, and if the situation declines for them in the ensuing months, I wouldn't be shocked to see Democratic losses eclipse 100 seats.

Of course we shouldn't become too giddy as six months can make a huge difference, although the Democrats clearly haven't gotten the message yet and the way they're going around trying to ambush the tea parties (today could get ugly) signals they have no intention of moderating themselves.

Meanwhile, we see this poll today from the Telegraph foreshadowing huge losses for Labour in the UK.

A high turnout is likely to favour the Conservatives who need to win 117 seats from other parties to secure an overall majority. The party needs a national swing of almost seven per cent to achieve this.

As part of the unique poll for the Telegraph, Crosby/Textor told voters who their candidates are before asking them who they would vote for.

This gives a more accurate result because in marginal seats voters are more likely to be loyal to individual MPs than parties.

The poll found that the Tories would pick up 74 of the 100 seats from Labour. However, they would not pick up any of the seats held by Liberal Democrats.

When asked who do you think is winning the campaign so far, 52 per cent said the Tories, only 15 per cent Labour and just six the Lib Dems.

40 per cent of voters said that the Conservatives deserve to win the election. Only 25 per cent said Labour, and 15 per cent Lib Dem.

There was also an overwhelming preference for a hung parliament over a fourth Labour term with 55 per cent opting for that uncertain outcome over another five years of Gordon Brown.

There is further good news for Mr Cameron. In those seats when asked how would be more trusted to run the economy the Tories came out ahead of Labour, with 42 per cent compared to 29.

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EU treaty 'will shift power to Europe'
The EU Reform Treaty backed by Gordon Brown paves the way for "a massive and fundamental" shift of power to Europe, a senior Labour MP charged by Parliament with assessing its impact will tell the Commons today.

The comments from Michael Connarty, the pro-European chairman of the all-party European Scrutiny Committee, will mark an explosive start to five weeks of Parliamentary debate on the Treaty - and stoke the growing clamour for a referendum.

Tonight - with Gordon Brown absent from the Commons - rebel Labour MPs hope to stage a substantial rebellion with between 20 and 30 said to be ready to vote for a cross-party amendment demanding a national vote.

The Tories, who support a referendum, last night accused Mr Brown, who is on the last leg of a tour of the Far East, of "running scared" over the vital issue of Europe by making sure he is out of the country when the ratification process gets under way.

Directly contradicting the Prime Minister, who claims he has protected British sovereignty by negotiating "red lines" into the text, Mr Connarty argues these will do little to halt the gradual transfer of power from national parliaments and courts to Europe.

"The Reform Treaty and the red lines are just a postponement of what will be one system for all of Europe," he told The Daily Telegraph last night.

Mr Connarty backs the new Treaty because he wants a stronger Europe but said he had decided to speak out because the British and other governments had not told the people of Europe the truth.

On criminal law, immigration and border controls, the Treaty had set up mechanisms for national vetoes to be steadily eroded and authority transferred from British ministers and UK courts to Europe.

It set the European Parliament on course to gain powers at the expense of Westminster as authority shifted from national capitals to the European centre.

The new Treaty, also known as the Lisbon Treaty, has to be ratified by national parliaments or in referendums in all 27 EU countries to come into effect.

It will scrap dozens of national vetoes, create a new full-time EU President and foreign affairs supremo, and give the EU a legal personality allowing it to sign international treaties.

Mr Brown argues that Labour's promise to hold a referendum on the abandoned Constitutional Treaty in Labour's last election manifesto does not apply to its successor because it is less far reaching.

That argument is further undermined today by a report from the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee which says that in foreign policy there is little or no difference between the two Treaties.

"We conclude that there is no material difference between the provisions on foreign affairs in the Constitutional Treaty which the Government made subject to approval in a referendum and those in the Lisbon Treaty on which a referendum is being denied."

The Labour-dominated committee accuses the Government of seeking to downplay the importance of large parts of the Treaty such as the new post of EU High Representative for foreign affairs and security, who will be served by a new EU diplomatic External Action Service.

Pro-referendum campaigners revealed plans yesterday to stage local referendums, giving half a million people in marginal constituencies a chance to have their say. Organisers of the "I Want a Referendum" campaign say it will be the biggest vote of its kind since the 1975 Referendum on keeping Britain in the Common Market.

While the Government majority is not under threat in tonight's vote, Labour whips were said to be increasingly concerned last night about cross party alliances forming between MPs discontented with the Treaty for a range of different reasons.

The Tories who have vowed to oppose the Treaty are expected to table amendments to the ratification Bill in the House of Lords later in the ratification process.

Left-wing Labour MPs, urged on by the unions, are also planning to put down their own amendments demanding that the UK's opt-out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights be removed.

If the Tories back such amendments - as a way to kill the Treaty - then Mr Brown's faces real problems.

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