Originally Posted by William_the_Bloody (Post 1587404)

At the end of the day most UK citizens voted logically.

Fringe parties like the Greens and UKIP always get a lot of press because their supporters are quite vocal about their causes, but the average UK citizen is to busy working to follow politics, they just want a good economy & good paying jobs.

So the UK public chose to dump the liberal party (Labour light) in favor of the tories, not UKIP or Green, except in Scotland where they dumped labour for nationalism, the real threat to the unity of the UK.

If Cameron is smart he'll reform immigration and permanently nullify the threat of UKIP, and if it all possible, try to make unionist inroads in Scottland.

As for labour, Millaband was a weak leader as the results in Scottland show. Like him or hate him it may have been a different outcome with someone like Tony Blair.

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier (Post 1590710)

This is a pretty good summary by a non-Brit.

The simple fact of the matter is when it comes to voting, Brits by and large are conservative by nature in that they don't like drastic change, which is why Labour over the years have dropped their strong socialist ties.