Well my loyal readers, it seems that we are facing a hung parliament.Gordon Brown, despite being clearly the loser, will desperately cling on to power in Downing Street. Meanwhile the economy will collapse, and we face turning into a cold/damp climate version of Greece (see my views on what we should do with Greece on www.loanbuster.net).
Despite all the hooplah over "boy Clegg", the Liberal Democrats have managed to perform less well than they did in the last election. However, they appear to be under the illusion that they have the right to act as "king makers".
On the ground we saw clear evidence that 13 years of ZaNuLabour have turned us into a third world country, unable to even print enough ballot papers for people to vote with.
The final piece of icing on the cake is that whoever cobbles together some form of "government" will inevitably have to call another election before the end of the year.
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ReplyDeleteWhy shouldn't the LibDems be king makers? With 23% of the popular vote, they have plenty of clout behind them.
ReplyDeleteQuite how that only translates into 8% of seats in the house of commons, is something else entirely...
Shouldn't there be some sort of rule that any standing government which can't properly administer an election automatically cedes power to it's opponent(s)? Of course, that does raise the question, who would enforce such a rule?
ReplyDeletePlenty to ponder. Oh well, at least you Brits aren't setting fire to the banks . . . yet.
Rightly or wrongly, there seems to be only two main parties that can form any type of government in the UK.
ReplyDeleteThe system is total rubbish if either of these parties has to rely on any other groups to govern.
Why should a Green Party candidate from Brighton (for instance) hold the balance of power for the entire nation?
A new election will take place, but all candidates from the fringe parties should be made to make a declaration of whom they intend to form an alliance with beforehand.
There is a school of thought that suggests that, in view of the mess the government have got us in, and also the way our MPs have been doing very nicely thankyou (at our expense) that the whole blooming lot ought to be hung!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDelete"Why shouldn't the LibDems be king makers? With 23% of the popular vote, they have plenty of clout behind them."
Because that could lead to the nightmare scenario of Gordon Brown continuing as prime minister and the continuation of this nuLabour government, despite their defeat at the polls.
Black Sea said...
"Shouldn't there be some sort of rule that any standing government which can't properly administer an election automatically cedes power to it's opponent(s)? Of course, that does raise the question, who would enforce such a rule?"
Well, as the Queen is nominally the head of state, perhaps that task should be a royal duty?
Gary said...
"A new election will take place, but all candidates from the fringe parties should be made to make a declaration of whom they intend to form an alliance with beforehand."
Come on, You will be expecting them to adhere to democratic principles next! Seriously, I think that is an excellent idea.
Thank you for the "hung Parliament" visual. I was waiting for how long someone would pick up on the double entendre.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the association with certain "extension providers" was probably the reason this blog was marked as spam by Google! :)
ReplyDeleteHung, no you have to be hanged to do the Tyburn Jig.
ReplyDeleteIs it really 35 years since Sir John Kerr sacked the (Labor) Australian PM. (Its worth a google to see some parallels with UK today). The Queen is still Head of State, the constitution did not collapse.
So wouldn't we just love to see a squad of Beefeaters marching Buck Frown to the Tower?