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UK election - I wasn't going to post again, but...
Six more seats. Just six more need to declare not-Tory, and we've got a hung parliament.
The newspapers are doomsaying, but really, that's the best possible result. Neither Labour nor the Conservatives are fit to govern and as amazing as a LibDem victory would be, it was never going to happen.
A hung parliament with Cameron as PM will give Labour a chance to make themselves electable again (though I doubt they can do it - it took 'em three lost elections last time) and will reign in the worst of what the Tories could do.
A hung parliament with Brown as PM...could be disastrous the next time we go to the polls, because it'll deliver a Tory landslide if he makes even one more mistake, but maybe that would get us our desperately needed electoral reform. Maybe.
And either scenario gives the LibDems a chance to prove they're worthy of power.
Either way...six more seats. I'm hopeful.
ETA: (9.40 am) 36 seats left to declare and the Conservatives need all of them for an overall majority. Just one more for any of the other parties...
ETA2: Yes! We got it!
The newspapers are doomsaying, but really, that's the best possible result. Neither Labour nor the Conservatives are fit to govern and as amazing as a LibDem victory would be, it was never going to happen.
A hung parliament with Cameron as PM will give Labour a chance to make themselves electable again (though I doubt they can do it - it took 'em three lost elections last time) and will reign in the worst of what the Tories could do.
A hung parliament with Brown as PM...could be disastrous the next time we go to the polls, because it'll deliver a Tory landslide if he makes even one more mistake, but maybe that would get us our desperately needed electoral reform. Maybe.
And either scenario gives the LibDems a chance to prove they're worthy of power.
Either way...six more seats. I'm hopeful.
ETA: (9.40 am) 36 seats left to declare and the Conservatives need all of them for an overall majority. Just one more for any of the other parties...
ETA2: Yes! We got it!
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Now the horse-trading begins.