The Sun's Andy Davey captures the mood on the morning after the general election. The leaders of the three main parties (from the left, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, and Gordon Brown) are shown lying on the floor of a polling station. All of them are bloody and bruised. Cameron and Brown have black eyes. They are all thinking the same thing: What happens now? With a hung parliament the most likely outcome, everyone is asking the same question.
INTERPRETATION
The leaders battered state could result from fighting each other, but could also be seen as a metaphor for the beating they have taken from the electorate. In fact, each party has in some sense lost. Labour looks likely to lose over a 100 seats. The Lib Dems failed to make the breakthrough they were hoping for after a successful election campaign. And the Conservatives have failed to secure an overall majority. See latest results here.
VOCABULARY
Phew (pronounced 'few') is used in writing to represent the soft whistling sound that you make when you breathe out quickly, for example when you are relieved or shocked about something or when you are very hot. In this cartoon, the leaders use phew to express their exhaustion after their inconclusive three-way fight.
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