Clarence Said:

Who are you voting for in the 2010 General Elections?

We Answered:

Labour, and these are my reasons:

- the shortest NHS waiting times in history
- three million more operations a year
- over 44,000 more doctors
- 90,000 more nurses
- GPs open into the evenings and at weekends
- free cancer prescriptions
- a two-week maximum wait to see a cancer specialist
- over 100 new hospitals
- the Winter Fuel Allowance
- free TV licences and free bus passes for pensioners
- the Pension Credit
-The minimum wage. First £3.60 an hour, now £5.80 an hour and in Labour’s manifesto set to rise in the coming parliament to £7 an hour.
- the New Deal for the Unemployed
- full-time rights for part-time workers
- the Social Chapter
- record maternity pay
- for the first time in history the right to paternity leave
- the biggest programme of council house building for 20 years
- the Disability Discrimination Act
- the Racial and Religious Hatred act
- the Equalities Act
- the first black cabinet minister
- the first Muslim minister
- the first black woman minister to speak at the Commons despatch box
- civil partnerships, gay adoption, the repeal of Section 28 and yes the right to book into a bed and breakfast
- devolution: a Scottish Parliament, a Welsh Assembly and, yes, even a Mayor for London
- the transformation of our great cities with bright new dawns for Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Newcastle, Bristol, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester
- the Human Rights Act
- crime down by a third
- the hand gun ban
- domestic violence cut by two thirds and rape convictions up by half
- more police than ever on our streets
- the world’s first ever Climate Change Act
- beating the Kyoto emissions targets
- the tripling of overseas aid
- the cancelling of debt of the poorest countries
- the ban on cluster bombs
- peace in Northern Ireland
- a Britain in Europe’s mainstream not in Europe’s slipstream
- free swimming for kids
- free museum entry
- the right to roam
- banning fox hunting
- the Olympics for London
- half a million children out of poverty
-3,700 schools have been rebuilt or refurbished
- extended schools
- 42,000 more teachers
- the best ever exam results in schools
- Education Maintenance Allowances
- record numbers of students – and for the first time the majority of students are women
- a doubling of apprenticeships
- a Child Trust Fund for every newborn child
- Sure Start children’s centres
- free nursery places
- and Child Tax Credits

And in their manifesto:

- cancer tests within not two weeks but one week
- free health check ups for the over 40s
- a restored link between pensions and earnings
- one million new skilled jobs
- broadband access for all
- a national care service
- a Post Office people’s bank
- more free nursery places
- a father’s month of leave for new dads
- a new toddler tax credit
- 10 thousand new council homes a year
- protection of local pubs and post offices
- low carbon energy and thousands of new green jobs
- a referendum on electing the Lords and changing the voting system

Henry Said:

Who is your money on the 2010 general elections?

We Answered:

Conservatives to win........ leading all the polls, and had betting odds of 1/12 at Ladbrokes when I looked the other day when answering questions here (in comparison Labour are on 6/1).

Conservatives are also the most "on the ball" of the 3 main parties....
http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1…

Raul Said:

UK General Elections 2010?

We Answered:

107 in fox years.

UKIP.

I'm fed up of being bossed around by Lib/Lab/Con and Brussels. It's time to take our country back where it belongs, in the safe hands of the British people.

Julio Said:

What are the issues, outcomes, and effects of the November 2010 General Election?

We Answered:

It's unclear at this point what the core issues will be since we are talking about 36 or 37 state elections which may or may not be moved by national politics.

The potential outcomes range from the Democrats picking up one or two seats to the Republicans picking up nine or ten. Both extremes are unlikely, and the most probable result will be the Republicans picking up 3 or 4 which would basically duplicate the current situation of Democrats setting the agenda but the Republicans controlling what passes.

There are some who think that the Republicans picking up two or three seats might make it easier to pass legislation since it would give Republican moderates (the few who are left) the swing vote on issues, and increase their ability to work as a group. (The theory is that it is harder for Democrats to give enough to get 4 or 5 Republican votes when they only need 1 to pass legislation, but it is harder to get just 1 since nobody wants to be the only Republican supporting a bill.)

Greg Said:

Who won Mauritius General Elections 2010?

We Answered:

Labour Party for another 5 years under the leadership of Dr Navin Ramgoolam.