results

[TightEnd]

Clegg should think long term. Let the Conservative in as a minority, watch it be really tough for six months, then when the second election comes do a long term deal on PR with Labour


Dispassionately, you don't want to win this election...you'll be unpopular for a long long time

sounds from what he's saying now that lib dem/labour coalition not on the cards

excuse my partisanship for one moment


Get the fk in, well done Clegg for sticking to his guns

[cia260895]

% of votes from bbc

Labour  50.4 %  have 247 seats
Conservative  30.9% have 291 seats
Liberal Democrat 13.2%  have 51 seats

 

? Con 37% Lab 30% LD 23% are the figures

Beat me to it, but I was just going to say, "what are you talking about?"

lol was a long night

[TightPaulFolds]

So the 2 million extra votes for the tories counts for shit???

LOL @ democracy

2 million extra votes for the tories, Gordon Brown could still be PM. Pretty com.

[ripple11]

Clegg should think long term. Let the Conservative in as a minority, watch it be really tough for six months, then when the second election comes do a long term deal on PR with Labour


Dispassionately, you don't want to win this election...you'll be unpopular for a long long time

sounds from what he's saying now that lib dem/labour coalition not on the cards

excuse my partisanship for one moment


Get the fk in, well done Clegg for sticking to his guns

+1  

[Ironside]

So the 2 million extra votes for the tories counts for shit???

LOL @ democracy

more people voted against the tories than for them so the majority is non tories thats if the non tories all stick together

[nirvana]

That was good from Clegg - quite like the idea of a Condom Condem coalition

[Claw75]

Clegg should think long term. Let the Conservative in as a minority, watch it be really tough for six months, then when the second election comes do a long term deal on PR with Labour


Dispassionately, you don't want to win this election...you'll be unpopular for a long long time

sounds from what he's saying now that lib dem/labour coalition not on the cards

excuse my partisanship for one moment


Get the fk in, well done Clegg for sticking to his guns

what you said makes total sense.  Clegg reading this thread before deciding what to do probs

[nirvana]

Majority = more than all the rest put together, think in terms of 50.1% and you'll get there

[Claw75]

That was good from Clegg - quite like the idea of a Condom Condem coalition

did he suggest that?  I thought he was saying tories should have a bash on their own with no overall majority?

[Matt.NFFC.]

So the 2 million extra votes for the tories counts for shit???

LOL @ democracy

more people voted against the tories than for them so the majority is non tories thats if the non tories all stick together

But 2 million votes more than the next closest party count for nothing?

[TightPaulFolds]

Condemnation imo

[TightEnd]

So the 2 million extra votes for the tories counts for shit???

LOL @ democracy

more people voted against the tories than for them so the majority is non tories thats if the non tories all stick together

But 2 million votes more than the next closest party count for nothing?

Because of the vagaries of the constituency system, no, sadly

Tories in 2010 poll higher than Blair and can't get a majority. GG Electoral system.(and Scotland)


Had visions of loads of Barbours and Green wellies storming Parliament square if Brown tried to carry on, based on England alone the Tories would have had a very workable majority.

[nirvana]

Condemnation imo

lol,

Yeah yr right Claire, perhaps he wasn't inviting the poss of a formal coalition but he can let them try to 'govern' by not aligning formally with labour I guess

[Jon MW]

That was good from Clegg - quite like the idea of a Condom Condem coalition

did he suggest that?  I thought he was saying tories should have a bash on their own with no overall majority?

Like Tighty suggested that would probably be better in the long term for the Lib Dems, but they have to resist the temptation to try and grab a bit of power while they can (because they could get more at a later date)

I think they'll agree not to block stuff, but without a formal coalition

[nirvana]

So the 2 million extra votes for the tories counts for shit???

LOL @ democracy

more people voted against the tories than for them so the majority is non tories thats if the non tories all stick together

But 2 million votes more than the next closest party count for nothing?

Because of the vagaries of the constituency system, no, sadly

Tories in 2010 poll higher than Blair and can't get a majority. GG Electoral system.(and Scotland)


Had visions of loads of Barbours and Green wellies storming Parliament square if Brown tried to carry on, based on England alone the Tories would have had a very workable majority.

Hadn't thought about the regional thing, OK I'm now for UDI for England run by the Tories, perhaps we can have free prescriptions and university too