Both parties are trying to 'lose' in a hung parliament

[Gonzo]

I can't imagine that any government has been handed such a poisoned chalice before. Not just because of how bad things are likely to become reality shortly after election and after the phony recession ends, but because I don't feel the population appreciate that. Most people think the recession is over, I feel.

It depends on your point of view.

There are really people that think continuing to rack up debt to support government spending is absolutely the right thing to do in the circumstances.

There are also some people that think if the worst comes to the worst then they can always inflate the debt away.

[TimberWolf]

It depends on your point of view.

There are really people that think continuing to rack up debt to support government spending is absolutely the right thing to do in the circumstances.

There are also some people that think if the worst comes to the worst then they can always inflate the debt away.

Yeah, I suppose for many people inflating away debt and holding onto their houses and jobs is preferable to interest rate hikes, austerity and loss of job and home. They'd prefer a run on the Pound.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Yeah, I suppose for many people inflating away debt and holding onto their houses and jobs is preferable to interest rate hikes, austerity and loss of job and home. They'd prefer a run on the Pound.

Sadly, to achieve all of that at the same time would require one of those paradox machines that the Master had made in the Tardis in Doctor Who the other night.

[Doggy Styles]

Yeah, I suppose for many people inflating away debt and holding onto their houses and jobs is preferable to interest rate hikes, austerity and loss of job and home. They'd prefer a run on the Pound.

Like a bloke with emphysema having one last cigarette. Then another...

[TimberWolf]

Sadly, to achieve all of that at the same time would require one of those paradox machines that the Master had made in the Tardis in Doctor Who the other night.

True, but isn't that what fiat currencies achieve anyway, they slowly inflate, and why the gold standard was ditched?

[Incognito]

Actually, in a hung parliament the sitting PM remains in post until it is proven that someone else can form a workable majority, alone or in partnership with another party. We don't lose Gay Gorgon just becuiase he lost the election - which is a bit of a depressing thought...

I will put money on it those Lib Dem treehuggers side with Labour in an event of a hung parliament.

[Gonzo]

I will put money on it those Lib Dem treehuggers side with Labour in an event of a hung parliament.

Some sort of Lib-Lab pact to keep a Labour government without an overall majority in power?

Haven't I heard of something like that before?