The UK general election 2010 results are in. Below is a table of results for all political parties that gained at least one parliamentary constituency. What a complete surprise that the Liberal Democrat rise in the polls did not equate even to a significant increase in the share of the popular vote and actually resulted […]
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i like say is it not right that people to vote on the day election day. they should let the people vote least two day until on the day of the election day. or should i say there should be voting system to get people to vote.i don’t want gordon brown conutined to be prime minister but he should leave right with resign letter. next time, when election come, make sure that the vote should be run least two-three days until election day and should let people who live in the uk have a chance to vote and the voting line should open from 7am until midnight in each day.
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I THINK GORDAN BROWNALL THE WAY BECAUSE HE IS A VERY GOOD PERSON TBHH WITH YOU, AND NOO ONE LIKES CONCERVATIVES (: WELLL I DONT ANY WAY!!!!!!
I think your spelling and articulacy tell us all we need to know about 13 years of Labour education policy.
My Goodness. How unnecessarily insulting.
Did you not consider that this person is from a different country but has a British passport? Or perhaps has a learning difficulty?
Shame on you for your condescending prejudice.
Well said Miss Lewis. I should imagine that if David Stewart can glean “all he needs to know about 13 years of Labour educational policy” from the posting by Amber fildes he must be either a terribly clever chap, or just another bigot.
I think that Labour should stay in as i woyld hate to see the conservaratives in anyway.
I think a hung parliament is a good thing, at least it will stop the Tories from going beserk.
If one looks at the total number of votes cast for each of the political parties ( which is an electoral system reform that the Liberal Democrats are pushing for ), under the prevailing circumstances, a coalition of the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties could be seen as possibly the best result for the voters of both parties, given that their individual election party manifestos are more similar than that of the Conservatives.
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Why should the parties who won the fewest seats assume they have the right to form a government? It is hardly logical to say that the combined votes of all other parties give them a mandate to govern – if those who voted Lib Dems wanted a Labour government then they should have voted Labour. It cannot be considered democractic to ignore the wishes of those people who gave the Conservatives the largest single number of seats. And if it weren’t for the Scottish vote, The Tories would have a majority of over 100 seats.
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You are absolutely right, there’s no difference between a Labour/Lib Dem coalition and a Conservative/Lib Dem coalition. If two parties can work together the government will reflect more of the countries choice of who they wanted in power.
Since the Conservatives have 36% of the vote and Labour 29% the possible coalitions would represent:
Labour/Lib Dem : 52% of the popular vote.
Conservative/Lib Dem : 59% of the popular vote.
So if Labour could form a coalition just with the Lib Dems (which they can’t, they’d need the SDLP and the SNP as well) they’d have less of a mandate than a Conservative/Lib Dem coalition government.
Since Labour would need the Lib Dems, the SDLP and the SNP to form a majority government if they could get a government with this mix the popular vote % would be about 54%, so still the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition has more support in terms of covering more peoples votes.
Note I’m a Labour voter, so you can trust me when I say the Conservatives have more of a mandate than Labour IF they both some how could form a coalition government :-)
All of this doesn’t really matter, all that matters is if Labour or the Conservatives can claim government and not loose a vote of confidence and that requires a coalition government with a majority or a minority government with agreements for smaller parties not to vote against them on important matters in return for concessions.
David
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Irrespective of the next government’s hue, I hope they will do something about our appalling educational system.
I think,,,lebdem and labour coalition will be perfect for the time being. Consevative is raisist.
Im very suprised that more British people didnt vote for the BNP!! They are not racist, (any evidence to this is a lie) They just want whats right for Britain and to stop British born citizens being treated as second class, a better deal for our pensioners and a fair system for all. They are exactly what this country needs right now…
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