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They also woke up to a Labour majority of such a size--419 seats--that it should prove easy to push through Tony Blair's program of giving power to Scottish and Welsh assemblies and kicking the hereditary peers out of the House of Lords. It is the biggest Tory defeat in 165 years: half the government have lost their seats, the party is virtually leaderless, the succession is wide open, and the only Tory politician who is looking calm, secure and confident is Margaret Thatcher, who campaigned loyally for John Major but privately forecast his catastrophic defeat. She will...
...LONDON: Labour's landslide election win has Irish Prime Minister John Bruton talking up peace prospects in Northern Ireland. Bruton called for an IRA cease-fire and urged the organization to take advantage of Labour's control of parliament to jump-start talks. "Here, the basic feeling is that there is a new sort of urgency and enthusiasm for trying to restart the peace process," reports TIME's London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand. "After being elected last week, Blair seems willing to try new initiatives and arrangements which may bridge the impasse and get the parties talking. The huge majority...
LONDON: Britons woke up Friday with Tony Blair and the Labour Party firmly in charge, after dealing the Tories their largest electoral defeat since 1832. Labour, with 43.1 percent of the vote, won 419 seats in Parliament, 179 more seats than all other parties combined. That electoral bloodbath left the Tories with only 165 members and many of its top leaders not only out of power but without even seats in parliament. A defeated John Major announced that he would step down as Conservative Party leader. "When the curtain falls, it's time to get off the stage," he said...
LONDON: The Conservatives' eighteen-year rule appeared to be ending with exit polls showing Tony Blair's Labour party cruising to a landslide victory in Britain's parliamentary elections. Early projections show Labour walking away with 409 seats, Tories with 177 seats and Liberal Democrats with 45 seats. If these estimates hold, it would mean an enormous 232-seat majority for Labour and the worst showing of the century for Conservatives. "There's this enormous feeling in Britain that the Tories have been around too long and it?s time for a change, and that's extraodinarily powerful," reports TIME...
...chance. "Eighteen years is a long time,? he told one rally, ?and it's easy to overlook achievements.? But after years of bitter infighting among Conservatives, he can?t count on an 11th-hour rescue. "Brits don't elect divided parties," says TIME's London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand. Labour leader Tony Blair was low-key in last minute campaigning. "I ask for your vote because I believe in this country and I know and believe it can be better," Blair told one gathering. Labour enjoys a comfortable 20-point lead in the polls, but the party is leaving nothing...