UK voters say no to another term of hard Labour Conservatives see significant gains, but are left with a hung Parliament

LONDON, UK—10 Downing Street has a new Prime Minister. May 6th elections gave candidate David Cameron and the Torries solid gains in Parliament, but just short of the needed 226 seats to form a majority. It appears that that Liberal Democrat, Nick Clegg isn’t forming a coalition with Labour’s Gordon Brown and has said the party with the most seats should be the governing majority.

But most UK political talking-heads are speculating that Cameron will govern with a minority, should Gordon Brown resign and the Queen appoints him as PM—additionally, there’s a possibly the Lib Dems will caucus with the Conservatives.

Whatever the outcome, the votes sent a clear signal to the UK government its subjects are tired of overburdened social programs, slack immigration policies, and fiscal irresponsibility. Not to mention, the UK has pushed forward with green policies in the form of more taxes and polling shows the citizenry has tired of paying to curb the problem only to be told its getting worse. Moreover, regulation has put serious roadblocks in the way of entrepreneurs.

Simon Cowell, in an interview with The Sun said, “Right now it takes twice as long to start a business in the UK as it does in the USA. I was recently told that around 40,000 new regulations have been introduced since 1998 - that's 14 every working day.”

It is our hope at this publication that Mr. Cowell’s concerns will be headed in Parliament, and here across the pond as well.

-- Owen E. Richason IV

Chief Editor, Killswitch Politick

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