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Originally Posted by Damien
It seems Brown will go unless Labour are the majority party. Anything else and he will be gone with someone else leading an possible collation. There does seem to be geniune hostility with Brown/Lib-Dems than Labour/Lib-Dems, not sure where you get the impression that they are close.
The Liberal Democrats seem to be more open to a deal with the Conservatives, if they get the most votes, than Labour but I think voting reform will be the key issue, if Labour offer a referendum on that then that may well be enough.
I am quite happy with a hung parliament. If it is the case that the Tories have not done enough to convince people to award them a majority then they will have to compromise or be sidelined. There is nothing wrong with such a deal because it would mean that at least 50% of the electorate will see the people they voted for wield some kind of influence to get things done. Rather than 30-37% of people deciding who should govern the entire electorate.
We might have seen a lot less bad bills passed if we had such a system in the last Parliament.
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I would add - a hung parliament would rid us of the arrogance that both Labour & the Tories are guilty of.