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Jimbuna 05-06-10 08:28 AM
The last ComRes daily poll had the Tories unchanged on 37 per cent and Labour and the Lib Dems tied on 28 per cent each, with Labour down one and the Lib Dems up two.

mr chris 05-06-10 10:07 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1383689)
I think we'll see the two big parties failing to get a sizeable enough majority to form a government outright.

What will happen next will be a series of meetings with the Lib Dems and a large amount of bartering.

Question is...which one of the big two is the most desparate to gain power and therefore willing to concede sufficient ground to the Lib Dems to form a majority alliance?

The probable aftermath (anything between 3 and 12 months) will see the inevitable falling out of said alliance and a further election.

Recipe for disater IMHO.
Nail on the head. :yep:

Jimbuna 05-06-10 10:11 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mr chris (Post 1383800)
Nail on the head. :yep:

http://www.moneytoday.co.uk/files/im...20hammer_0.jpg

ajrimmer42 05-06-10 01:08 PM
just voted for the first time! Funny thing is, I was more interested in the polling station - it's my old nursery and I don't think I've been in there for about 14 years lol. Don't think it's changed much, just got a lot smaller. Or maybe that was just me...

KL-alfman 05-06-10 01:45 PM
from DailyMail:

"All three parties reported high turnout at polling stations across the country, as the final opinion polls pointed towards a possible hung parliament. Observers predicted turnout could be the highest since 1992, when it hit 77.7 per cent as John Major confounded the polls to cling to office."

seems, Britains themselves consider these elections as highly important.

Bilge_Rat 05-06-10 01:57 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1383689)
I think we'll see the two big parties failing to get a sizeable enough majority to form a government outright.

What will happen next will be a series of meetings with the Lib Dems and a large amount of bartering.

Question is...which one of the big two is the most desparate to gain power and therefore willing to concede sufficient ground to the Lib Dems to form a majority alliance?

The probable aftermath (anything between 3 and 12 months) will see the inevitable falling out of said alliance and a further election.

Recipe for disater IMHO.
Canada has had a minority (or "Hung" for our British Friends) Parliament since 2004, through 3 general elections. The current Conservative government has been in power for 4 years. There are 4 parties, including the Bloc Québécois which has as its principal platform to pull Quebec out of Canada...and yet the whole thing works.

Minority Parliaments can work quite well, if parties are willing to compromise.

OneToughHerring 05-06-10 03:26 PM
If the tories don't win with a pretty clear margin it has to be seen as a defeat to them. I mean, the labour has been in power like, forever and there has to be a swing the other way eventually. So if the win is only slight it will make the tory regime rather shaky.

Edit. 30 mins for the exit polls etc.

KL-alfman 05-06-10 04:09 PM
first exit-polls:
seems, there will be no clear decision.
Conservatives are some 20seats short of absolute majority.

OneToughHerring 05-06-10 05:39 PM
People standing in lines to vote and driven off from the polls by police? :stare: Not very good from the 'home of parlamentarism'.

I see the vote counting is moving at a lightning speed, might have to call it night. Seems like they're headed for a cluster**** of epic proportions. :03:

Jimbuna 05-06-10 06:22 PM
First 3 results are in....Labour hold seats.

Don't take that as a reflection of the final outcome.

Over 600 more results awaited.

KL-alfman 05-06-10 06:36 PM
first foretellings of a Lab/Lib-coalition appear ...... :o

Oberon 05-06-10 06:49 PM
Sounds like the Afghan elections went smoother than this :har:

Oberon 05-06-10 07:15 PM
Aaah crap...things are looking up for the Tories...please...no... :damn:

ajrimmer42 05-07-10 01:19 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1384466)
Aaah crap...things are looking up for the Tories...please...no... :damn:
Oh God... Looks like a hung parliament too

Things seem to have been a bit of a shambles in Sheffield, people queing for 3hrs to vote, queues of people being turned away at 10pm. However it seems that our loacal constituencies have stayed the same, Labour for the most part, and old Cleggy still has his Hallam.

Oberon 05-07-10 02:50 AM
I don't know, a Hung parliament might just be what we need. A majority victory by Labour or the Tories would give both of them too much confidence and make them lazy, at least now they have to fight and work for their power. Perhaps not so good for the country at whole, but good for the people who have lost all faith in the political system.
I can see a lot of spin in the Tory Media (Murdoch land) at the dangers of a Lib-Lab alliance and how only Cameron can save Britain.

This is going to be a rather interesting day... :hmmm:


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