Official UK Politics Thread

I absolutly agree with you about PR, First past the post is a terrible system to use

I think the best out come we could get (realisticaly) would be a Liberal Labour coalition, but Clegg has said previously he would not want to form a government with Brown/Darling- So as LFC fan said they would have to remove them, preferably for someone like Milliband, who has abit more of a fresher face and charisma (Who else could it be? You dont want Harman, Mandelson or Balls as leader....)


An outright conservative govt im very wiery of, Cameron is a terrible leader, he seems very untrusty and the cuts they are proposing are far to quick, you cant just remove so much from the economy in one swift move without causing problems elsewhere. They will cause problems with our relationship with the EU, have some very loose and empty policies that they seem unable to explain. A cap on immigration is also nonsense, if you need a doctor halfway through the year but youve reached the cap, do you just let the people in need die? There are so many flaws in their policies, they seem very ill thought out. I love how David Cameron once claimed efficiency savings were useless...now its their main policy. The man is just not to be trusted.

Im now split on the medias involvement with the election, turnout will show if its increased involvement or not, if it does then thats all well and good. But it becomes more about personality rather than policy, people are so quick to count out Brown, yet when he does criticise other policies, he often makes valid points that then go ignored- Its no wonder he seems frustrated and "tired", that being said, he was certainly a better chancellor than PM.

Sadly though, im 17 :/ However i would have voted Lib Dem.

voted lib dem. not sure on their policies concerning defence and europe, but they seem the best of the bunch at the minute.

i cast my vote. our village hall chuffing stinks tho.

I would say that a party gaining a majority of seats on 30% of the vote is much, much worse. While small partys like the BNP, Greens. English Democrats, Ukip etc can all be criticised for thier beliefs and narrow policies, if they have earned the votes, then in a fair democracy those people shouldnt be ignored- Its not like the BNP will gain 2 seats and suddenly we will ban immigration. But having a party rule over the commons when a majority of the people disagree that they should- thats a massive problem

In that situation, if a coalition was formed with a governing party with 6% they would be pretty much submissive

Plus it depends on the proportional system used, also this is still a possibility in FPTP

Yeah Johnson, Balls or Milliband as next leader :-P

1-0-0 Labour atm but exit poll suggets Conservative getting most seats but not a majority to form a government

Each party has a representative in an area. Britain is split up into around 500 of these different areas (I think?). The party that gets the majority of the seats in the area gets to power, unless the votes are dramatically close, like each major party getting around 30% of the votes each. That would result in a hung parlement, where the parties can work together if they choose to. However, Clegg has said he won't worth with Brown if this happens.

I'm checking the updates on Yahoo for regional results and only Sunderland and two surrounding areas have declared so far. All 3 went for Labour. Gee, I wonder if it's got anything to do with the colour red?