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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Sadly due to the dubious nature of our system and the manner in which it has been rigged even if the Lib Dems took the popular vote by some distance they still wouldn't be in power. Even if either opposition party took a considerably higher percentage of the vote than Labour did last time they wouldn't have a majority.
Labour would be the biggest party even if it finished Conservatives 33%, Lib Dems 30%, Labour 27%.
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That's the problem with our electoral system. For instance, in my area, I can vote Lib Dem all I want, but it's such a conservative stronghold that essentially Hell would have to freeze over before the area would end up with anything other than a conservative MP. Having said that, the LibDems came close to winning in my area in 1997. Only "Close" though.