Well Snoopy2, I agree that the electorate are fickle, and it was surprising for an overseas observor that Gordie Broon managed to get so many seats having brought the U.K. to it's financial knees with ten years as Chancellor and three as an unelected Prime Minister. But you may be correct, that "New" labour having left as a legacy the biggest debt in British history, the pound at it's lowest level in history, unemployment at over two and a half million, that "Newer" Labour could manage to buy the voters by creating an even bigger debt and to hell with the future of what was once regarded as an important country in world terms. Of course one understands that "blind mice" can be tempted with cheese, but if the British electorate were to re-install the "Newer" Labour, the IMF would not be far behind. The reality is that the British electorate would be wise to understand that their country is in a massive hole, that a lengthy period of austerity in essential and that is the bitter pill following a prolonged period of profligacy and excess of public spending. But you may be right and someone may be elected to finally balls it all up. If so, the electorate deserves what it gets. But just wait until that devaluation of the pound catches up and the British electorate understand what "New" Labour achieved. Those blind mice could end up poorer than their proverbial church cousins. One of the odd things about British politics is the "resentment" factor which appears to persuade people to vote against a party rather than for one. The British "class" system hang-up.
In Canada, we adopted a LAW! that no individual or business can contribute more than $1,200 per year to any party. It works very well, because politicians can no longer be bought by companies or unions. It takes individuals voters to give a party any form of financial advantage. I commend it! Yes, political contributions are very carefully monitored by the electoral commission, and parties have to return to the donar, any annual contribution of over %1,200 That levels the political "playing field".
As an ex-pat Scot, I wish England every success in the World Cup