It was a very long and tiring day yesterday (and this morning) but ultimately successful locally with our candidate David Cairns being re-elected with an increased majority. It was also pleasing to see the excellent results from across Scotland.
Nationally things obviously did not go as well, which was not unexpected.
Personally I think that given the circumstances, to have deprived the Tories of an over all majority was a remarkable achievement.
The biggest surprise of the election was the poor showing of the Lib Dems given their standing in the opinion polls. The Clegg bubble was well and truly burst.
His ego however is firmly in tact. Having just had a very disappointing night you would have thought he would have shown a degree of humility.
Not our man Clegg. He simply ignores constitutional convention and decides that David Cameron should be given the opportunity to form a government despite the fact that we still have a Prime Minister.
I did warn my colleagues that if there was a hung Parliament the Lib Dems were more likely to do a deal with the Tories than they were with us.
It will be interesting to see in the coming days just how firm the Lib Dem commitment to electoral reform really is.
Watch this space.
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