General Election Results
The big day is over and as the dust settles over what was a rather unpredictable general election, the British public finds itself under the leadership of…no-one in particular. The day’s voting yielded a “hung parliament”, something that hasn’t happened in the UK general election since the mid 70s.
The Conservative party under the leadership of David Cameron managed to secure the majority of the seats. Labour came in second in that respect and the Liberal Democrats came in third. This was a disappointing election for Labour, losing the majority for the first time since 1997 and for the Liberal Democrats who had carried some great momentum into the election day but fell at the last hurdle, where it matters.
Despite gaining the most seats, the Conservatives fell short of the 326 seats that are needed to form a government and must now look at other parties, as will Labour, to join with to gain the extra seats needed and form a coalition of sorts.
The hung parliament might actually be the best thing for the British public. There has been far too much bickering over the last few years between the parties and now, because they have to work together, maybe the British people will see some improvements. Alternatively, the hung parliament may lead to even more bickering and even less getting done. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few days.
Obviously, the Labour and Conservative governments will not join together, that would be pointless for both parties and so the Liberal Democrats will actually find themselves in a very beneficial position right now. They hold the third highest number of seats and could quite easily “sell”their seats and play “kingmaker”to the highest bidder and make sure they get a definite say in what goes on in Britain. The Conservatives have already laid out an offer for Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems, and so we eagerly await, as do the Labour party, to see if it is accepted and if we have a government or not, although I do suggest that everyone set their running watches, because like everything else in this country, I don’t think that anything is going to be happening quickly…
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