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There's only one the LibDems will be interested in though. Werthead Send a noteboard - 07/05/2010 06:30:55 PM
Cabinet seats to the Lib Dems in order to secure a coalition.

I agree with John Major that it would be a price worth paying. Stability is jolly important right now.


Vince Cable as Chancellor. And the Tories won't offer THAT (the Tory and LibDem economic policies couldn't be further apart if they tried), so the whole thing is a non-starter.
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Lib Dems: Up 1% of the vote, down 10% of the seats. Nebhead - 07/05/2010 09:29:03 AM 1663 Views
Re: Lib Dems: Up 1% of the vote, down 10% of the seats. Liam - 07/05/2010 09:45:23 AM 1109 Views
So what would you move to? Roland00 - 07/05/2010 09:53:51 AM 950 Views
I imagine if the UK changes it will move to Proportional Representation Mark - 07/05/2010 10:04:38 AM 1043 Views
Re: So what would you move to? p hart - 07/05/2010 02:55:32 PM 1048 Views
God I hate the British system Camilla - 07/05/2010 10:24:35 AM 1082 Views
It's an excellent morning. Conservatives are at 301 right now. *NM* Tom - 07/05/2010 01:57:52 PM 560 Views
Are you counting the Speaker? *NM* Camilla - 07/05/2010 01:59:37 PM 604 Views
Indeed snoopcester - 07/05/2010 02:22:37 PM 1109 Views
I love how they're calling that option "The Coalition of the Losers". Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:27:56 PM 1023 Views
They are? Where? snoopcester - 07/05/2010 02:38:01 PM 1157 Views
On the lovely BBC. Paxman, Robinson, Dimbleby et al. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:52:01 PM 1041 Views
Ah, we have it on but with the sound turned down - the subtitlers must be skipping that phrase snoopcester - 07/05/2010 03:13:57 PM 988 Views
The thing with PR is, the current vote results are a horrid predictor for PR vote results. Legolas - 07/05/2010 03:45:58 PM 1035 Views
Re: The thing with PR is, the current vote results are a horrid predictor for PR vote results. p hart - 07/05/2010 03:52:19 PM 1068 Views
That is true snoopcester - 07/05/2010 03:53:51 PM 1046 Views
Re: That is true p hart - 07/05/2010 03:54:51 PM 1066 Views
I'm sure it would be a setup for new elections in a few months if they did. *NM* Tom - 07/05/2010 02:40:49 PM 561 Views
I suspect we'll get one of those anyway. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:52:32 PM 1021 Views
What is the general consensus on who would win or lose from new elections? Tom - 07/05/2010 02:57:04 PM 1171 Views
I've not heard any comment on this yet. I might have missed some. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:58:00 PM 1049 Views
Not being talked about yet - I'd guess whoever is PM will lose though snoopcester - 07/05/2010 03:21:23 PM 1172 Views
Re: Not being talked about yet - I'd guess whoever is PM will lose though p hart - 07/05/2010 03:29:37 PM 1151 Views
King William IV indeed. Liam - 07/05/2010 03:37:18 PM 1122 Views
Re: King William IV indeed. p hart - 07/05/2010 03:40:41 PM 972 Views
Re: Not being talked about yet - I'd guess whoever is PM will lose though snoopcester - 07/05/2010 04:04:03 PM 1056 Views
I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn Rebekah - 07/05/2010 04:09:51 PM 1066 Views
Re: I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn p hart - 07/05/2010 04:24:56 PM 940 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 04:26:50 PM 818 Views
Re: I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn snoopcester - 07/05/2010 04:28:45 PM 1014 Views
Re: I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn p hart - 07/05/2010 04:34:41 PM 997 Views
I'm sure he is snoopcester - 07/05/2010 04:25:20 PM 1066 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 04:27:44 PM 1111 Views
Re: Heh. snoopcester - 07/05/2010 04:43:18 PM 1106 Views
His talking about "Portillo moments" was one of the best parts of the BBC's election broadcast. *NM* Legolas - 07/05/2010 08:14:11 PM 622 Views
Re: I'm sure he is p hart - 07/05/2010 04:40:07 PM 1046 Views
Cameron might be in trouble anyway. Werthead - 07/05/2010 06:25:14 PM 1153 Views
If they got PR as part of the deal it would be worth it Mark - 07/05/2010 02:42:36 PM 1158 Views
Possibly. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:53:28 PM 1177 Views
Re: Possibly. p hart - 07/05/2010 03:00:55 PM 967 Views
I didn't mean from that point of view. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 03:05:05 PM 1046 Views
Re: I didn't mean from that point of view. p hart - 07/05/2010 03:18:57 PM 1057 Views
Short term pain for long term gain Mark - 07/05/2010 03:02:51 PM 1143 Views
Sylvia Hermon the independent unionist would probably support them as well Mark - 07/05/2010 02:44:35 PM 1073 Views
Re: Indeed p hart - 07/05/2010 03:45:00 PM 1070 Views
Re: Indeed snoopcester - 07/05/2010 03:59:41 PM 1169 Views
Well I'm fairly sure some Shinners have attended Tory conferences in the past Mark - 07/05/2010 04:05:56 PM 996 Views
Here's what i would do to sink the Tories p hart - 07/05/2010 04:06:10 PM 1033 Views
that does sound strange AgentOrange - 07/05/2010 10:57:10 AM 988 Views
The breakdown is pretty wack snoopcester - 07/05/2010 11:07:20 AM 1004 Views
Tell me about it. Liam - 07/05/2010 11:14:44 AM 1021 Views
I liked that as well snoopcester - 07/05/2010 11:46:42 AM 1083 Views
I'm in the Cities of London and Westminster constituency. Zeeb - 07/05/2010 11:56:04 AM 1049 Views
Not that I'd ever try to one-up you. Liam - 07/05/2010 12:54:47 PM 1103 Views
Zeeb - 07/05/2010 01:44:03 PM 979 Views
Re: The breakdown is pretty wack p hart - 07/05/2010 03:23:32 PM 1025 Views
Same here snoopcester - 07/05/2010 03:47:51 PM 976 Views
Re: Same here p hart - 07/05/2010 03:56:46 PM 1129 Views
A simple change is all Druid - 07/05/2010 01:16:16 PM 1068 Views
That's not a simple change. THIS is a simple change: Tom - 07/05/2010 01:59:09 PM 1055 Views
Not that simple snoopcester - 07/05/2010 02:45:00 PM 1009 Views
Because my school was a polling station we used to get the day off every polling day Mark - 07/05/2010 02:51:18 PM 1169 Views
Show off snoopcester - 07/05/2010 02:53:16 PM 1007 Views
Re: Not that simple p hart - 07/05/2010 03:04:57 PM 1162 Views
Re: Not that simple Mark - 07/05/2010 03:14:46 PM 1157 Views
Re: Not that simple p hart - 07/05/2010 03:20:55 PM 853 Views
PR is hardly too difficult to implement and is much more democratic Mark - 07/05/2010 02:48:01 PM 1034 Views
I hate the list system. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:55:39 PM 1076 Views
There are many different versions Mark - 07/05/2010 03:10:38 PM 995 Views
It's that bad i registered to moan. p hart - 07/05/2010 02:53:37 PM 1075 Views
What's amazing is that the exit polls are actually looking astonishingly correct, now. Huh. *NM* Legolas - 07/05/2010 03:35:12 PM 526 Views
As soon as i turned on the TV, i was being told the Exit polls must be wrong p hart - 07/05/2010 03:47:15 PM 980 Views
Conservatives win and the stock market plummets. j/k Burr - 07/05/2010 03:40:11 PM 963 Views
Oh, and the other interesting thing will be seeing whether the Conservatives offer.... Rebekah - 07/05/2010 03:57:52 PM 1131 Views
I like John Major Liam - 07/05/2010 04:01:03 PM 1008 Views
There's only one the LibDems will be interested in though. Werthead - 07/05/2010 06:30:55 PM 1117 Views
But p hart - 07/05/2010 08:21:11 PM 1052 Views
Isn't that the very definition of a coalition? Legolas - 07/05/2010 08:16:05 PM 1052 Views
Until you bring Lady Thatcher back, all of your elections are just pick-the-least-offensive anyway. *NM* LiterateDog - 07/05/2010 04:08:32 PM 532 Views
Well her son is good at starting coups, so maybe he might be hired for her return. *NM* p hart - 07/05/2010 04:28:52 PM 563 Views
Whatever it takes. *NM* LiterateDog - 07/05/2010 04:31:13 PM 505 Views
Please no, the milk stealer is still used to frighten children in Scotland p hart - 07/05/2010 04:47:26 PM 994 Views
OK here is the map of England by constituency, blue Tory, red NUlab p hart - 07/05/2010 05:00:20 PM 1017 Views
So I'm just one of those upstart colonists....explain to me what is going on.... Jeordam - 07/05/2010 05:26:59 PM 1000 Views
Basically... Werthead - 07/05/2010 06:43:10 PM 1034 Views
And things are changing already Werthead - 08/05/2010 04:08:47 PM 1107 Views
To be fair, I don't know it makes for much of a change snoopcester - 08/05/2010 04:20:26 PM 1127 Views
I thought they weren't allowed to do that if Brown isn't Prime Minister? Rebekah - 08/05/2010 04:52:39 PM 1080 Views
The latter, I'd say. Legolas - 08/05/2010 05:43:23 PM 1371 Views
Brown is PM at the moment p hart - 08/05/2010 06:16:48 PM 1003 Views
They certainly can. Werthead - 09/05/2010 04:37:46 PM 1099 Views
God, our system is fucked up *NM* Monkey - 07/05/2010 06:25:04 PM 590 Views
If i were the tories p hart - 07/05/2010 11:28:43 PM 1053 Views
That is hilarious. Both Brown and Dimbleby have been around for a while, huh? Legolas - 07/05/2010 11:59:58 PM 1349 Views
Re: That is hilarious. Both Brown and Dimbleby have been around for a while, huh? p hart - 08/05/2010 06:11:38 PM 1096 Views
Sounds like the pressure is on for Cameron snoopcester - 08/05/2010 02:01:49 PM 1105 Views
Hmmm Balwer - 13/05/2010 12:08:04 PM 1370 Views
Completely uncalled for! Rebekah - 13/05/2010 01:12:05 PM 1184 Views
How was he supposed to know that at the time he made the post? Legolas - 13/05/2010 09:52:24 PM 1467 Views
Re: How was he supposed to know that at the time he made the post? snoopcester - 13/05/2010 10:59:35 PM 1077 Views
Yes I jumped the gun on the 12 Balwer - 14/05/2010 09:53:49 AM 1055 Views
Re: Yes I jumped the gun on the 12 snoopcester - 14/05/2010 10:45:35 AM 960 Views
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