Well, two of the major parties that went into this General Election were promising change, and they have delivered on that promise, but not in a way many of us expected.
Gordon Brown has stepped down, and New Labour slips from power 13 years after it swept to a landslide victory. When New Labour came to power, I was sat at home, celebrating. When Gordon Brown resigned, I was, rather prosaically, in my car, driving home from work and listening to Radio 4. While I feel no sadness in the political passing of Brown, I'm not exactly celebrating the arrival of Cameron in No. 10 either.
As I tweeted once I was home:
Appear to have left work under Labour and arrived home under the Tories...
Adam Tinworth
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The truth is, no-one really knows what this coalition government will bring. We're in unexplored territory, and that's intriguing.
I have, despite myself, really enjoyed the days since the election. The possibility of something different has opened up in British politics - and, while that potential may turn out to be illusory, we are very much just at the end of the first act. We have plenty of drama ahead - the revelation of the full cabinet, the deals that have been done of policy to pull this coalition together, the fight for the soul of the Labour party in the leadership election - and thus have a long way to go until we know what the new status quo is.
If your heart and soul is in the Labour Party, you have reason to be despondent tonight. For the rest of us, well, we're living in interesting times. Somehow, a party with a large, working majority never seemed very interesting to follow. This curious alliance of the centre left and the (claimed) centre right? This should be very interesting indeed.
I agree. It wasn't the outcome I voted for but it certainly makes for interesting times. And I've certainly never been glued to the telly like I was last night.
So in answer to your question: on my sofa, BBC News 24 on, with my laptop, tweeting
Posted by: Rev Stan | May 12, 2010 at 08:19 AM