UK elections could cause major problems.
The UK economy is a BASKET CASE. Unemployement is high,personal debt as well as Government debt is at historic highs and out of control,the banking system is in a shambles.
Against this background the UK is having a general election
The polictical pundits are predicting a Labor/Conservative Minority Goverment which will result in,if history is a indicator, a atmosphere of Government gridlock,infighting and political indecsions. Government Depts will be thrown into turmoil as everybody jockeys for positions and power.
You can well imagine trying to get anything done,granted or released with government involvement needed to get the show on the road.
If all or some of this comes to pass,where will the off shore industries needs be in the queue to get important documents such as FDP's reviewed and granted.
The next United Kingdom general election is due to take place on or before 3 June 2010, barring exceptional circumstances. As a general election, it will see voting take place in all constituencies of the United Kingdom, to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to seats in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The number of seats will rise from 646 to 650 under the proposals made by the Boundary Commissions for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, the Scottish Boundary Commission having made its last review prior to the 2005 general election.[1][2]
The governing Labour Party will be looking to secure a fourth consecutive term in office and to restore support lost since 1997.[3] The Conservative Party will seek to regain its dominant position in politics after losses in the 1990s, and to replace Labour as the governing party. The Liberal Democrats hope to make gains from both sides; although they too would ideally wish to form a government, their more realistic ambition is to hold the balance of power in a hung parliament. In 2009, it was reported that senior civil servants are to meet with the Liberal Democrats to discuss their policies, an indication of how seriously the prospect of a hung parliament is being taken.[4] The Scottish National Party, encouraged by their victory in the 2007 Scottish parliament elections, have set themselves a target of 20 MPs and will also be hoping to find themselves in a balance of power position.[5] Smaller parties who have had successes at local elections and the 2009 European elections (United Kingdom Independence Party, Green Party, British National Party) will look to extend their representation to seats in the House of Commons.
The election is the first to be faced by the Labour leader Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, having been appointed as party leader in 2007 after the resignation of Tony Blair. It is also the first election to be faced by the main opposition party leaders, David Cameron of the Conservatives and Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats.