Ugh, my constituency was a Lib Dem hold with an extremely small margin of votes in it (would have been Con gain like it used to be, had people not voted 'tactically' to keep Labour out). So unfair. It was a Conservative safe seat from like the 1980s, always has been, but last election it swung by something like 1.5% and this morning it did the same. Hardly any votes in it too, and the candidate is the best in our area. People obviously didn't want Gordon Brown back in.
BUT I am hoping for Con-Lib government, anything to get the squatter out of No 10!
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No-one has a mandate to rule. Cameron is 20 seats short of a majority.
I can't see a lib-con coalition working, at all. Europe, Trident, immigration, electoral reform?
So yeah. Maybe a wider agreement. Theoretically Brown does still have a chance, but he'd have to unite with more than the Liberals, cause a lib-lab pact only provides 315 seats.
It's a mess, and scary how accurate that exit poll was. Interesting.
I don't know. I don't see this getting sorted anytime soon. Tory minority government, I think would be dangerous.
This hung parliament, although in my mind a good thing in relation to electoral reform, but it's not doing anything for the economy, have you seen the pound plummet?
Wow.
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No, because it still creates a minority government, which means that there's more MPs in opposition than in government.
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Oh, my dad said if they total more than the majority it will be ok. But then he did say he wasn't sure
Yeah, it would be okay if they totalled more than the majority, but in order to have a majority you need 326 seats, so they'd be 11 short.
I do agree with the BBC comments, I think all three leaders have conducted themsleves really well today, from what I have seen.
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A lib con coelition? Just the idea of it makes me laugh. I honestly could not see that working
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effectively there is no parliament right now. it was dissolved before the election. Sort of making Gordon Brown the caretaker.
Since Cameron won the majority seats it's up to him to go to Buckingham palace and be asked by the queen to form government.
it's what kind of government he'll form considering the outcome of this election that'll be interesting.
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effectively there is no parliament right now. it was dissolved before the election. Sort of making Gordon Brown the caretaker.
Since Cameron won the majority seats it's up to him to go to Buckingham palace and be asked by the queen to form government.
it's what kind of government he'll form considering the outcome of this election that'll be interesting.
Sorry, again, that's completely untrue.
As incumbent Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has the initial right to attempt to form a government, since nobody won a clear majority.
Brown has allowed Cameron and Clegg to first have their talks, but it is in no way up to Cameron to go to the queen and ask for the right to form a government, because in actual fact, there is no majority government, Brown remains PM, and Cameron leader of the opposition.
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I know that now. I looked it up.
Until about three minutes ago I didn't know how a hung parliment worked.
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I think the hung parliament is scary because it's seems like there will be lots of indecision and with our economy so fragile I think there is a chance we will go into another recession. Hopefully, though it will work out and the massive debt we have can start to be reduced.
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I only watched a little of the BBC coverage, which I found to be quite comprehensive and interesting. I don't think the results are really going to be a surprise to anyone.
I don't like hung parliaments, and I don't like coalitions. However, it may work out to the advantage of the parties. There are going to be some very unpopular decisions made, especially economic ones. If they all need to pitch in then no one party can really be blamed for it, and they can all go down together. Having said that, in a time which needs decisive action, a majority can be safer.
What stats? They are under the Tories by about 250 seats. Am I being dim?
No, that is correct.
Lib dems have had a meeting about the coalition but obviously noone is saying anything. But they want fairer taxes and funding, and Conservatives aren't really bothered with that, though they said they'd consider it. But hmm. I would prefer a lib lab coalition
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