UK general election date scheduled

[Ace42]

And Labour MPs are already defecting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4411185.stm

[Funkaloyd]

This is so awesome; we've got something to take the media's attention off the Popeathon, and only a month of bullshit campaigning (America had at least 12x that).

But on the other hand, I'm wondering whether having an election date decided by the people in power is very democratic.