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Can someone break this down for the non-british? Is this a good thing?
It's a big deal because the Conservatives have been in power for the last 14 years and everyone is sick of the sight of them. Current projections show that this may be their worst showing ever.
Their main rivals, Labour, are going to dominate on a centrist platform, even though they are not promising much in the way of reform or change.
The biggest downside is that the Trumpish Reform party are looking like they'll do quite well with xenophobic, right-wing, ex-Conservatives.
In Canadian terms, the Liberal part just got a majority after a long stretch of Conservative leadership, the ones that broke from NAFTA.
Something of concern is that the People's Party actually got seats this election, even more than the Bloc. And the Green part got another seat, so there's that.