roared last night is how it s being described. you have the prospect of a referendum in britain s place in the european union next year. if i m sitting in the white house this morning and i m look at that special relationship i m look at the prospect of a special relationship with a very diminished partpartner. what is it about british elections that yield the surprising results the morning after? 1980, we were all shock that had ronald reagan won as big as he won. but this has happened quite a lot in recent preliminary history. john major wasn t supposed to win. we all woke up the next morning that major had one. toney blair looking at the results in 1997 and people were absolutely staggered by the size of that victory. and here we once again have a staggering victory this time by conservatives. what is it about the british
that s how i feel. but i m saying if you re going to feel that way, make sure you feel that way there instead of like upstate new york. oh, yeah. wow. what a surprise. i mean i ll be honest with you, i m surprised by a lot of things. i wasn t surprised by this. big victory. it was a huge vigctory. i think i was surprised that the conservatives picked up as many street as they did. outright majority. they weren t even calling for that last night. i will say obviously a political earthquake up in scott land. but jeffrey sachs, to set this up, david cameron will be prime minister again conservatives just thumped labour. ed millie band you know it s bad when traxaxi drivers say they picked the wrong miliband. and david miliband is much more liked.when taxi drivers say they picked the wrong miliband. and david miliband is much more liked. but in 79, there was a definite reason for thatcher. when tony blair i think 97 just swamped the conservatives, you could see there
thanks, john. morning joe starts right now. our country will be heading over the fiscal cliff that we ourselves dug and put in our way. it s the set of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes that can only be averted if our nation s leaders are able to display bear bones competence and middle school-level maturity. so is there a deal? there s, of course, no deal. of course! is there a prospect for a deal? there s not a prospect for a deal. of course! but the ongoing talks. there aren t even very many talks going on. you re killing us! give us something. but for the first time, there are numbers on pieces of paper from both sides. numbers on paper! good morning. it s wednesday, december 5th. welcome to morning joe. live in the nation s capital. this is exciting. and you know, i said, let s do a show from washington, d.c., because they get so much stuff done there. it s like silicon valley. and going there when steve jobs was really bringing apple to the f