Headlines you won't see the following morning:
"All but one of the candidates lose Eastleigh by-election!",
"Conservatives in shock win!",
"UKIP win Eastleigh by a landslide!",
"Libs Dems hold Eastleigh! Clegg taken to hospital after severe shock",
"Monster Raving Loony Party save deposit and spend it on throwing a decent party!",
"Eastleigh shows that voters want Labour back in power!",
"Eastleigh low turnout: A slap in the face for democracy?",
"'None of the above' shock win in Eastleigh by-election",
"The voters have spoken and they just don't have a clue do they",
"Berlusconi calls for creation of Bunga Bunga Party to liven up UK democracy",
"The [Labour|Conservative|Lib Dem]* party [won|lost]* this by-election due to the parties [failed|successful]*policies" [* delete as appropriate]
"Labour candidate thanks Ed Balls for help in historic win by staying away from Eastleigh",
"Beastly Eastleigh: Death blow for the Lib Dems?"
"One down 649 to go, revolution by by-election fraud"
Afterthought
Thought I would get in ahead of the crowd with this one. Why do we need the result to work out what the different parties will say. What is sad, is that the same old tired phrases will be trundled out by each of the candidates parties to give their spin on the result. Unfortunately for us, 1 out of 650 is unlikely to have much affect on what happens in this country.
It would be interesting to create video (sadly it would not even have to be a spoof one) of the post by-election comments, using previous by-election comments/interviews footage, because at the end of the day they alwasy seem to end up going through the same old tired phrases that have been used for the last 30 or 40 years as strong reasons for winning or losing. It is all just time wasting spin (who put you on a downer - medical ed)
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