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| Well Hung Parliament Offering my 0.02 here; We're in a bit of a muddle for the next few days as politicians get together and flesh out some backroom deals in order to try and bring some form of government into power to run the country. Nick Clegg has to gamble political fortune now, with setting themselves up for a shot at the next election, and has already come out and said the Tories should try and form a government as they had the most votes. I somewhat agree. Let the Tories form a government, on the proviso they come in with the first step of political reform; giving the Lib Dems official opposition powers. The UK is run on a two-party system. Legally we have a government and an official opposition who are obliged to hold the ruling party to account. If you have two official oppositions, that would provide some welcome, multi-dimensional scrutiny to proceedings. This was why the other, localised parties (SNP and Plaid Cymru) tried to get themselves on the election debate bill; technically, the Lib Dems don't have any more right than them to be highlighted. If the Lib Dems aligned themselves with either of the two parties now, their name might be tarnished when it comes to the next election which may be fought under Proportional Representation rules (STV, AV, whatever), which could give them a shot at forming a government under their own steam/as the majority party in a coalition. I can't remember who said it, but last night in the coverage they said we've not voted a government in, but we have voted a government out. This post has 1614 characters, and was posted by @stevefarnworth You must be signed in to comment |