In the British parliamentary elections on Thursday, P.M. David Cameron's Conservative Party surged to a comfortable lead that projects them to win around 316 seats, just 10 short of an abolute majority. It will be easy then to form a coalition with another party to form a government.
Overall, Labor Party candidates were the disappointing losers; Liberal Democrats lost some seats as well.
The big news was the rise of the Scottish National Party with 55 seats
I find the parliamentary system very interesting, with its encouragement for multiple parties -- and, especially, the quickness with which a new election can be called when the old one is being ineffective. Think what could happen in the U.S. if we could have had an election last fall (2013), when the partisan gridlock had already paralyzed congress, instead of having to endure gridlock for four years.
Ralph
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