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Originally Posted by BBKing

Well, 37% of 60% have given him their support, which is only 22% of the electorate. 78% of the electorate didn't give him their support, so don't blame us.

If you think it's absurd that we get the grinning chimp back with a tiny minority of the vote but a workable majority in the Commons, join the Electoral Reform Society. I'm going to.

Still Labour round here, of course, but the majority was more than halved. Well done George Galloway, though, and the Lib Dems did OK too, not blisteringly well though, but the system's stacked against them.

I hate the fact Labour will talk about having a "mandate".
No government since the war has received more than 50% of the electorates support which for me is the "Mandate" point.

I'm with you on the Electoral Reform Society
See http://politics.guardian.co.uk/elect...477907,00.html