UK General Election thread

[giblets]

The conservatives might get an outright majority, in which case the liberal democrats are redundant.

[giblets]

PR is doom for conservative parties. Sure, UKIP might get a few more seats, but they'd never form government again.

Yes, democracy is doom for conservative parties.

[Ben Kenobi]

Yes, democracy is doom for conservative parties.

PR is most certainly undemocratic because it replaces individual representation with party lists.

[giblets]

You just make this stuff up as you go along

[Ben Kenobi]

Assuming a LibDem-Con coalition, SNP now have balance of power.

[Ben Kenobi]

Will be interesting. The only outcomes of this election are now Con majority government or a minority with the SNP as balance of power should be fun.

[giblets]

SNP will never support a tory government since that would be political suicide.

[Ben Kenobi]

SNP will never support a tory government since that would be political suicide.

They have no need to negotiate with either given their dominant position in Scotland. They are untouchable. What can Labor do? Labor has zero leverage.

All Cameron has to do is offer devolution and presto, he's got SNP on board.

[Ben Kenobi]

Just 13 more Lib Dems standing. 38 have bit the dust so far.

Liberal Democrats are not yet irrelevant as a Grand Coalition will still outweigh the Tories.

[Ben Kenobi]

Projections have the Grand coalition at 314.

[Ben Kenobi]

Conservative Coalition now bigger than the SNP + Labor. Lib Democrats now relevant. Gap is 28.

[Ben Kenobi]

Cameron has won, at least a Conservative minority.

[Dauphin]

Balls out! Yeah!

[Krill]

Only thing worse than a Tory majority is a Labour majority...

See you all in another 5 years...

[Ben Kenobi]

Coalition has won.

317 Conservatives + 8 Lib Dems + 1 UKIP for 326. Cameron has option of taking smaller Northern Irish Parties, or even Plaid Cymru in, if he doesn't want Lib Dem.