Elections

[drplokta]

Just over 50 years ago, there was an election, the first one that I was around for (if not eligible to vote). One party other than Conservative or Labour won 9 seats, 1.4% of the total (and that includes Northern Ireland). It was thus almost certain that either Labour or the Conservatives would win a majority. It was pretty much the zenith of the

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[coth]

Not just because of the numbers. The exact distribution will matter a lot too, with the results in Scotland having a major impact on who can do what in the whole UK. Interesting times indeed.

[hano]

I still think the most likely scenario is a Lab/SNP/Lib Dem agreement of some kind. Possibly a formal coalition albeit a fragile one. I so so hope that Clegg loses his seat

[del_c]

They used to say First Past The Post made this sort of thing impossible, with FPTP supporters saying that was a good thing, and proportional representation supporters saying we needed PR to have more than two parties.