If I hear another person say “the electorate voted for a hung parliament” I may just start throwing things. No one was asked to vote for a hung parliament, it is the occasional and unfortunate side effect of the system we have. If I hear another person say “the electorate voted to change the voting system” I will scream. No one has been asked to vote on a change of system – hung parliaments happen when there is no overall majority for a single party i.e it’s simply because enough people disagree on which party should govern. If I hear another politican talk about a legitimate left wing progessive coalition (code for a marriage of the losers) I will go mad. We don’t have PR (yet) so don’t talk as though looking at the FPTP result through a PR prism is a legitimate course to take. If Clegg prostitutes himself to prop up a defeated party in return for getting his own PR policy through (despite not having any mandate to do so) I will march on Westminster and hope I’m not alone. The only legitimate choice should be between supporting the winning party or calling another election. It cannot be right that a minority party should decide who is the next government and on what terms it may govern. Don’t quote Germany at us – all their decisions are based on political calculations designed to hold onto power and not on national interest. I’m with Kaitlyn – top of the political reform agenda should be independence for Scotland!
