Reply to: So Gordon remains prime minister?

[Mich the Tester]

There really is an anti-English alliance among the other parties.

ftfy

[fullyautomatix]

Gordon should form the next government. People of Scotland have spoken.

[original PM]

The public have not voted in an alternative so it is his duty to remain.

Public never voted him in in the first place so he should get his coat.

[Doggy Styles]

WThe Conservatives will gain around 90-100 seats and NL will lose a similar amount. That is something of the order of a 190 seat swing from NL to Tory in a Parliament that contains only 650 seats. Swings and public mandates just do not get much more convincing than that, regardless of what spin the desperate losers might want to put on it.
Go Gordon, and take your motley crew with you.

Unfortunately, the big swing wasn't quite big enough, like Motherwell's four late goals against Hibs the other night.

There really is an anti-Conservative alliance among the other parties. Economically illiterate though they may be, they appeal like comfort blankets to voters frightened by the measures required to repair the economy. Lifeboats were damp and freezing cold places, so they'd vote to stay in their nice warm cabins aboard the Titanic!

[gingerjedi]

Clegg just strongly hinted he wants to work with Cameron.

Nobody wants to be seen with the unpopular kid.

[d000hg]

Clegg just strongly hinted he wants to work with Cameron.

[HairyArsedBloke]

The actual number of votes for each party (so far) is interesting:

Conservative: 10,168,583
Labour: 8,236,191
Liberal Democrat: 6,435,621

i.e. In theory, Labour and the Lib Dems could get together and say, look, we represent nearly 15 million people and the Tories only represent 10 million.

Just saying, like.

The corollary to that is soooooooooooooo obvious.

[shaunbhoy]

The actual number of votes for each party (so far) is interesting:

Conservative: 10,168,583
Labour: 8,236,191
Liberal Democrat: 6,435,621

i.e. In theory, Labour and the Lib Dems could get together and say, look, we represent nearly 15 million people and the Tories only represent 10 million.

Just saying, like.

Can we retrospectively apply that logic to the last 3 elections please?

[dang65]

The actual number of votes for each party (so far) is interesting:

Conservative: 10,168,583
Labour: 8,236,191
Liberal Democrat: 6,435,621

i.e. In theory, Labour and the Lib Dems could get together and say, look, we represent nearly 15 million people and the Tories only represent 10 million.

Just saying, like.

[gingerjedi]

So if we ignore Scotland. The Tories won outright.

So lets get rid of Scotland. Who's up for towing it out to sea and towards Iceland!

Draw the line 200 miles south of the border and you'd have a 90% Tory majority.

Come on northerners, get your finger out.

[MarillionFan]

So if we ignore Scotland. The Tories won outright.

So lets get rid of Scotland. Who's up for towing it out to sea and towards Iceland!

[Mich the Tester]

Coalition of Losers

gerrymanders

[shaunbhoy]

The public have not voted in an alternative thanks to some expeditious gerrymandering of constituency boundaries by HMG,so it is his duty to remain.

What we are looking at is this. The Lib Dems will end up with roughly what they started with, as will the other minority parties. The Conservatives will gain around 90-100 seats and NL will lose a similar amount. That is something of the order of a 190 seat swing from NL to Tory in a Parliament that contains only 650 seats. Swings and public mandates just do not get much more convincing than that, regardless of what spin the desperate losers might want to put on it.
Go Gordon, and take your motley crew with you.

[Gonzo]

Erm nobody ever voted for Gordon as PM and since he has taken the role his party have lost seats.

So there is absolutley no reason for him to remain.

The public have not voted in an alternative so it is his duty to remain.

[lilelvis2000]

It does look as if ElGordo can run a minority government pretty easy - with the odd bribe here and there to the smaller parties.

I really don't want two newbie fresh outta college kids running the economy. Ming on the other hand....