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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
we could end up with another general election fairly soon
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I hope so. I'm really worried about our political situation.
Ever since the 6th of May the most powerful man in Britain has been Nick Clegg - the person who came third. Both the winner and 1st placed loser are having to court him to get things moving. By "court him" I mean he gets whatever he wants just so we can get a government in place.
Its looking like Cameron + Clegg but then there's nothing to stop Labour and Clegg to join up. Then the winner of the election doesn't end up in the government, the two losers do.
And lets say that Cameron and Clegg do form a coalition. Everything's fine at first but what happens when the disagreements start? Cameron, I presume will be PM but Clegg can threaten to end the coalition if he isn't getting what he wants. The situation at the time could mean that the Tories couldn't get an outright majority again or worse - Labour could have majority support. So Cameron would be forced to do whatever Clegg wants to keep their party in 'power' (if you can call it that) or Clegg would put Cameron out of business whenever he wants. So the 3rd placed party basically runs the country for the next 5 years.
And all the while, its the electorate that end up getting screwed here.