andyofborg Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Trust me, the Lib Dems won't win enough seats to become the second party regardless of the factors above. we'll know in a couple of weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindrift Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 If current polls are anything to go by, it should lead to a reform in the voting system. Not only will the LibDems be invited by somebody into a coalition (for which their first requirement will be reform) the unfairness of the system, and the way it institutionalises an exclusive two party system will have been exposed. If the polls are right, it's a perfect storm in terms of electoral reform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Trust me, the Lib Dems won't win enough seats to become the second party regardless of the factors above. You're probably right, but even in that scenario they could still poll more votes than either of the two other parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unregistered Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Unregistered as I stated in the other thread.... Sorry, I don't read all your posts. Glegg's Den - Number 10. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unregistered Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 If current polls are anything to go by, it should lead to a reform in the voting system. Not only will the LibDems be invited by somebody into a coalition.... We will see a real change on Thursday night / Friday morning. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Clegg’s comments today that he will not support a 3rd place Labour administration are interesting. What Clegg is really saying is, "Labour, stop attacking me, attack the conservatives instead. Dont try and poach my supporters back to you, work on splintering the conservative support by bolstering the Lib Dems, then we can work together". Its a risky tactic, but could pay off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanic99 Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Clegg’s comments today that he will not support a 3rd place Labour administration are interesting. Not nearly as interesting as this notion that he can work with a Party who have completely opposite viewpoints on most key issues. He should be de-selected as leader for this clear betrayal of Liberal policies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitch_1980 Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Well Browns an idiot and there tactic is too attack anyone this week until the last debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Not nearly as interesting as this notion that he can work with a Party who have completely opposite viewpoints on most key issues. He should be de-selected as leader for this clear betrayal of Liberal policies. Do you mean the conservatives, as he never said he would work with them and did in fact rule it out not that long ago. This is interesting as it seems to show the parties converging to a specific area. Maybe this is why we have such a problem differentiating between the current crop of political parties. http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/enPartiesTime.gif Was Churchill not a Liberal that switched to the Conservatives many years ago? I suppose things have changed a lot since then. Edit: This is the political positioning of all the parties contending the 2010 general election. It’s interesting to see labour is the 3rd most authoritarian party behind the DUP and the BNP.: http://www.politicalcompass.org/ukparties2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Not nearly as interesting as this notion that he can work with a Party who have completely opposite viewpoints on most key issues. He should be de-selected as leader for this clear betrayal of Liberal policies. you are assuming that it will only be lib dem policies which will be sacrificed, i would hope that the lib dems would be asking for more than just electoral reform for the price of the support, both parties a co-operation between any two of the three parties based around centrist policies could produce quite a successful government the other thing is that, if none of the parties can produce a stable government we have another election in the middle of june. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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