2017 UK’s General Election Results

Many papers today have written how Theresa May’s gamble in calling the 2017 election didn’t payoff, I consider the election was a great painful payoff to Theresa May and the British people. Although the results didn’t go the way May wanted however it’s a great lesson to her and her leadership on what to consider during her endeavour on Brexit.  The results, I believe have united the British people rather than polarizing as some may argue and will enable each one views to be considered. The following are my views on the election results

First, the results have united the people of Britain as they have abolished the demands of second Scottish independence referendum. The poor performance of SNP means that the demands and great effort that May was using to keep Scotland to the union have given May the mandate to continue with the Brexit negation without the worries of SNP.

Second, the fact that the government is formed with DUP means that view of Ireland will be highly considered as now they are represented in the government. If the conservative had a majority of votes they would ignore most of the concerns from other parts of the country and hence it would lead to dissatisfaction in future.

Third, given the Labour surge in the parliament means austerity measure will be revisited, hence the plea of many will be listened. This is because labour appealed to people who are frustrated with the austerity measure. Thus, it means the conservative should wary on austerity measures otherwise they might be taken out of power in the next election. This will also force the conservative government and some of the labour party members to take seriously the concerns that Corbyn raises.

Lastly, the best thing about this election was the participation of youth. This will help the government to take seriously the youth group who are the future of Britain. Also, this will affect British politics as many parties will start to consider issues that face the youth seriously.

Conclusively, one of my favourite politician Hon Ken Clarke claimed that a hung parliament is the worst, I beg to differ as I believe it will help with consensus on matter that are dear to the British people rather than one group of people dragging the other. Likewise, another of my favourite Nick Clegg, who I felt sorry for his fate in the election argue that the election result had polarizing effect. I believe this helps the government not just to focus on the centre but also consider all the dynamics in the room.