Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

because the polls just closed at 10pm (20 minutes ago) and they only just started counting votes. Tony Blair doesn't win jack shit beyond his own seat. The Labour party wins a majority..which they will BUT what the story is about it by how many seats they won the majority. When Labour came in two elections ago they had such a huge majority that my husband ( a life time old Labour supporter) mumbled 'elected dictatorship' under his breath. If now it really is down to the 60 seats that the first exit polls are suggesting that is a big story. That means that I bet Blair doesn't make it through to the next election as leader of the Labour party because his party will start to become rather restless about him.

So, there is a bigger picture here.