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Deciding who we are!

Don't ask why I'm up so early but I am and I'm just watching the election results come in. Its not looking massively bad for Labour just yet. In fact, looking at the the stats what comes through to me is that we are beginning to decide. The Lib Dems losing and a bunch of NOC councils falling to the Tories are telling me that we are starting to polarise. Its become enough about national things that people are trying to place themselves a bit for the General Election. And the early signs are that Mr Cameron doesn't have it all sewn up.

Also interesting that Alex Salmond was moaning about making Scottish people vote in an STV and a FPTP vote at the same time. Isn't that what party activists should be doing? Politicians beware that people may not know how to vote anymore!

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