When they have a choice between 'compromise on everything' and 'compromise on some, succeed with others, including one we've been making noise on' they'd have to be mad to take the option whereby they'll effectively have no say in anything.
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When they have a choice between 'compromise on everything' and 'compromise on some, succeed with others, including one we've been making noise on' they'd have to be mad to take the option whereby they'll effectively have no say in anything.
the only hope for lib dems is to take maximum advantage now, it may be another 60 yrs before they get another chance.
Looks like lib lab, no GB and PR as part of the package to me unless Daves delivers a PR referendum and maybe a few other things.
yep, doesn't seem very democratic to me.
Are there going to be re runs in the constituancies where a fair and correct ballot was not run?
I vote by post but my sister in law and some of her friends went to vote at 7.30pm ( 2.5 hours before the ballots end ) and could not vote due to the woefully inadequate management of the polling station. There were hundreds of people unable to vote, and it makes a total mockerly of democracy in my opinion.
Things MUST be done above board and in a fair and correct manner... things were not in a fair few constituancies according to the things i have seen on tv. This whole election had been a farce from beginning to end.
The way things have been run in some areas makes us look like some 3rd rate african junta holding rigged elections.
I vote by post but my sister in law and some of her friends went to vote at 7.30pm ( 2.5 hours before the ballots end ) and could not vote due to the woefully inadequate management of the polling station. There were hundreds of people unable to vote, and it makes a total mockerly of democracy in my opinion.
Things MUST be done above board and in a fair and correct manner... things were not in a fair few constituancies according to the things i have seen on tv. This whole election had been a farce from beginning to end.
The way things have been run in some areas makes us look like some 3rd rate african junta holding rigged elections.
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Umm.. no. It is either Con/Lib or Con minority (i.e. with DUP). Cameron said as much, he essentially gets to decide now, because Labour just will not be able to form enough explicit formal agreements to convince the Queen he can command the majority.
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Agreed totally.
Just to let you know, all the polls from just about all time have said that any 'PR?' referendum would reside in a massive 'yes'.
So 'agreeing to PR' and 'Put it to referendum' are effectively exactly the same thing. Except the referendum costs a load more money!
A number of reasons:
1. Sunderland is a stunt. Most places aren't willing to waste money on such a stunt.
2. Sunderland is a (geographically) small constituency with generally low turnout. That makes it easier to count quickly, larger constituency, and those with higher turnouts are always going to take longer.
3. Recounts mean things take much longer when they occur
4. A few places (such as Bethnal Green) chose to perform additional validation checks before counting.
5. A few places (such as Buckingham) chose not to count 'til morning to save money.
And probably a few others.
Well no, as I understand it both his options could fail, if he cannot get the confidence in the minority (which he must be shaky on to offer to LD) or successfully form a coalition majority then a LibLab coalition could still come to fruition.
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I disagree. There are as many, if not more people who distinctly want there not to be a Tory government than those who voted for them. When push comes to shove i'm willing to bet that they would rather come together against them and sacrifice some of their policies about PR than remain scattered and let them win.
Oh how i'd LOL if the Tory hating "ARGH ETON!!! POSH BOY!!!11" Lib-dem sorts ended up with their party working alongside Cameron
Yeah because their leader never went to a posh school did he.
I disagree. PR is the best thing, it's an absolute disgrace labour got so many seats compared to the libdems, and a coalition doesn't mean a weak government at all, it just means less stupid extremes and more compromises that probably work for more people.
oooo please check a few posts back, someone highlighted that I think sdlp take the labour whip and the alliance are with lib dem.
may be wrong though depends how things pan out.
It has been proven to work in many countries, including some of the strongest economies in the world. It would take a lot of getting used too, but it works.