Labour & Lib Dems have 53% of the vote between them.
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General Election 2010 All-Nighter Edition
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severnside gull
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so a lib-lab coalition would have 52% of the popular vote - more than any government for a long long time.
sounds legitimate to me.
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exactly , hardly 'dominated'.
I tend to agree. There is no mandate ANYWHERE.
The number of seats is the crucial thing - I'd be all for a Lib/Lab coalition if they could have commanded a majority (with Alliance in NI), but that's looking unlikely.
Dick Knights Mumm
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Politics is alive. This will concentrate minds. Brown must be on his way out.
Cameron needs to form the minority government - they won the most seats.
Cameron needs to form the minority government - they won the most seats.
Dick Knights Mumm
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And can the BBC get rid of Dimbleby please. Make him go to bed at least.
CliveWalkerWingWizard
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Do not know if this is fixtures but I think this video sums it up for me...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKFTtYx2OHc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKFTtYx2OHc
In with the Lib Dems in exchange for electoral reform?
Dick Knights Mumm
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Clegg should do it. He is going to look shady going in with Labour.
Take the moral high ground - and get electoral reform. Clegg needs to do whatever he can to get electoral reform - this opportunity may not come up again any time soon.
- Aug 8, 2005
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The only sensible way forward for the country is for Cameron to form a minority government, to give us some stability and then call another election in six months after people have had a chance to see him in action.
A Lib/Lab pact would lead to PR. PR would lead to parties like UKIP, Greens, and BNP suddenly becoming large parties. Is that what the country needs in the face of the worst economic conditions our generation has ever seen.
A Lib/Lab pact would lead to PR. PR would lead to parties like UKIP, Greens, and BNP suddenly becoming large parties. Is that what the country needs in the face of the worst economic conditions our generation has ever seen.
- Aug 8, 2005
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Still trying to fathom his love bumming comment about Brighton Pavillion!! Has anyone got that clip on you tube yet?
I tend to agree. The problem is that the Tories have the most to lose by electoral reform. LibDems will be their last port of call for a coalition partner IMO.
Agreed.
Some sort of electoral reform needs to happen. Too many in the electorate are disenfranchised by the current system.
Dick Knights Mumm
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Why do you think the Timmys have the most to lose ?
FPTP is a two party stitch-up in a country no longer dominated on the ground by two parties.
Labour would suffer too, but since they have moved to the centre it's fair to say that losing support to the LibDems wouldn't be such a problem to them as it would be to the Tories IMO.
nwgull
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I think a LibLab pact would satisfy the majority (i'd guess about 60%). Most people who voted Lib hate Tories as much as Lab voters. Cameron would be a disaster for us.
Dick Knights Mumm
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Sounds plausible. I have not given much thought to electoral change - same as a lot of people I should think. We will all be experts in the coming weeks.
jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
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3 in 5 people voted against cameron. Why would it be sensible for him to form government?
The winning post was 326. Cameron blew it and ashcroft's dodgy millions big time.
I think the most sensible would be Conservative/LibDem with electoral reform.
Any other alternative aside from a minority government from the biggest party would smack of desperate, almost shameful politicking.