Exit Poll The initial report on the outcome of the General Election, in the form of the Exit Poll, indicated a possible outstanding result for the Conservative Party and a devastating result for the Labour Party. This was presented by the media as a fait accompli minutes after the poll had closed at 10:00 pm […]
Category: General Election 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s first statement upon returning to Downing Street on 13 December 2019. This morning I went to Buckingham Palace. I am forming a new government and on Monday MPs will arrive at Westminster to form a new parliament. I am proud to say that members of our new one nation government – […]
Results in the General Election held on 12 December 2019 are as follows: the Conservative Party have 365 MPs which gives them a majority of 80 seats in the House of Commons. Labour came 2nd with 203 MPs. The SNP have 48 seats, and the Liberal Democrats have 11 seats. With 47,587,254 Registered voters, the […]
Having managed to ignore most of the rhetoric since the announcement of a General Election on 12 December 2019, the election finally came to pass and my first item to report on is the Exit Poll which was announced at 10:00 pm on Thursday 12 December. An Exit Poll asks voters as they leave a […]
A manifesto is a publication issued by a political party before a General Election. They are assumed to be an accurate guide as to what voters can expect to happen if that party wins a majority of MPs. They outline a set of policies that the party stands for and intend to implement if they […]
