Not the result I voted for but then again three terms is enough for any government to hold sole power, I must say I think the LD's entering into a full coalition with the Tories could well prove to be a good thing for progressives in this country, this way both sides have to compromise meaning that any ideological fantasies some Tories might have had will have to be binned.
Personally I'm of the opinion that no party should end up with a big majority, it just seems to encourage ministers of the day to pay lip-service to parliament and to try and run things from a small clique of people in number 10.
One point I would like to raise is the near hysteria some posters seem to be experiencing about a so called "rudderless ship", this fallacy is ridiculous the civil service have not suddenly disappeared from their jobs, and anything important enough to require the attention of a minister, like Darling attending a meeting with Europe's finance ministers the other day was being taken care off.
Methinks its more to do with misdirected anger towards the LD's because they dared to speak with Labour, either way its immaterial now as we now have a solution that thanks to the fact it wasn't rushed through in a couple of hours to appease our biased press, has a very real chance of lasting.
Five days to do a deal that'll last or a few hours to appease Murdochs toilet paper?? thankfully Cameron had a bit more savvy.
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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
Thank god for that now things can start moving and we can get about sorting out the giant mess thats been left. Why do i get the sinking feeling though that once the new masters have had things looked at the hole were in is going to be deeper and wider then we all thought it was as hard as that may be to think.
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Blimey Rizzy, you seem to be in a dark hole yourself mate.
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Originally Posted by Gary L
I'm not even sure I want Conservative in. I only voted for them to get rid of Gordon.
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Surely you gave it just a little thought Gary? you must have seen the polls showing a Tory lead mate.
This is exactly why I totally disagree when people say we should have compulsory voting, in Australia the ballot papers are printed with the "running order" different on each paper, so as the party listed at the top of the page doesn't over benefit from people coming in and just putting a cross in the first box.
Do we really want people who put more thought into voting on the X-factor being "made" to vote here?
Aarrh I says no..