I agree. A new election by December.

I wonder if Labour will actually do better in Scotland than polling & pundits suggest, and will be able to form a viable minority government. There is a history of smaller parties not coming up to expectations in UK general elections, and after all, on the UK stage (as opposed to the Scottish) the SNP is a smaller party.

It may be a sign of desperation on the part of the Daily Mail, but they've just headlined a story to the effect that a study of Google searches of the Party leaders brings them to the conclusion that the Tories will win, UKIP in 2nd and Labour 3rd. I've never heard of such a "survey" and can expect to hear hoots of "Bollocks!" echoing down this thread.

Here is their conclusion - to which I do not subscribe: "However, if these search results do equate to votes, Google predicts David Cameron will win 237 seats. Nigel Farage will obtain 221, Ed Miliband will win 125, Nicola Sturgeon 43, Nick Clegg will get 17, Natalie Bennett will receive three and Leanne Wood will earn a solitary seat."

Read more: Google Search predicts David Cameron to win election 2015 | Daily Mail Online

Well that's bollocks for a kick off. That is 647 seats, only leaving three for Northern Ireland, the assumption being that the major parties will win fifteen seats there, even though at this time, none of the main three, nor UKIP hold any?

The Tories will probably win, but Labour will be in second and it'll be UKIP with one seat, or three if they're lucky.

I suspect most searches for Nigel Farage are not shall we say "favorable".

Maybe not if the exit polls are correct.

Labour losers big time.

Cons should have been there for the taking.

They probably would have been had Labour elected the right brother. Ed has had a pretty terrible campaign from what I've seen. His interview with Paxman was cringe worthy.

Lib Dems being shat on. Got the short end of the stick from the coalition I think.

Going by the numbers of people voting UKIP, I'd probably have to cross the UK off places to go to should I leave the US.

Yes, those exit polls are surprise and a shocker, especially if they mirror the actual results.

With SNP tapped to take 58 of 59 seats, are they going to be the Quebecois Party of the UK, i.e. a permanent burr under the saddle? Even as a Tory, I was hoping Labour would hold their own north of the Tweed. Where's Tony when you need a really effective, ruthless and cunning political animal?

Makes the West Lothian question quite interesting should the SNP get that many seats.

Conservatives won.

Look on the bright side - UKIP were humiliated as we knew they would be ...

That's true!

The Economist has a funny & silly headline; "Ajockalypse Now." (I didn't read the article.)

Apparently SNP won 50% of the votes in Scotland. This seems incredible. Not only was there an enormous swing from Labour, but a significant swing from the Lib Dems in the Highlands and Islands. This has been a Liberal stronghold since the glory days of W. E. Gladstone. Jo Grimond's stamping ground. Are these voters permanent SNP supporters now? Will some kind of inevitable swing against the SNP develop in the future, and Labour and Lib Dems come back, as happened in Quebec?

Maybe wishful thinking, but SNP just have to royally cock up running Scotland, and most governments do seem to royally cock up at some point, and voters will revert? Maybe?