It seems that yesterday's election has left us with the first hung parliament for a long time. It will be interesting to see how the various politicians and parties deal with the situation - I would hope that they could get together and come up with compromises that will benefit everyone, but I suspect the usual horse trading for narrow partisan advantage will dominate. The most disappointing aspect, from my personal perspective, is that the Liberal Democrats have again fallen foul of our 'winner takes all' electoral system - as things stood as of a few minutes ago, they had 23% of the overall vote, but only around 9% of the parliamentary seats. It's a patent injustice, but as long as the existing system favours the 2 main parties, there's pretty much no chance of substantive change.
Love & best wishes to all
Sammy B
Hi there, Sammy
ReplyDeleteIt seems we live in interesting times. Just over three days after you wrote, we have the Liberal Democrats deciding who forms the next government, and on what terms, and Gordon Brown standing down, as far as I can tell to clear the field for a possible Lib-Dem/Labour coalition. I really hope Nick Clegg extracts every possible concession, especially on electoral reform, from whoever he decides to go with!
Take care
Mark