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Originally Posted by shakermaker
The country has spoken; it doesn't want any of the political parties in charge.
It just isn't right that the Conservative party should govern the country when only 36.1% of voters want them in charge. Nor is it right that any party form a coalition with another. All MPs (whatever partisan persuasion) work together in open and recorded manners by all means, but back-handed deals in the shadows of Westminster will only mean darker days for Britain. The latter is sadly what I have come to expect of politicians in the United Kingdom.
This country is in desperate need of deep and thorough political reform, along with the passion and integrity of the good guys (wherever they are) to take us forward.
Bring our soldiers home, tax us fairly; support the ones who have it tough and enforce a greater contribution from the super-rich, educate the young with a well-rounded approach rather than one similar to that of a sales office, work to enable opportunity to prosper for people from all walks of life, support the National Health Service from the frontline up not the other way around, don't steal our money for your obnoxious greed and end party politics!
Not that 'ard, is it?!
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Of course the last time a coalition government was formed - a proper "back door deal" - was during WW2.
Sorry, Shakermaker, but in actual fact this election is probably the most honest we've had for a while. A government has been formed which took over 50% of the vote. Yet the last four elections saw governments with a majority of seats (if only just) although they had far less than a majority of the votes.
2005 - Labour - 35.3%
2001 - Labour - 40.7%
1997 - Labour - 43.2%
1992 - Conservative - 41.9%
And that's just the last 4 elections.
Just a question, Shakermaker, what government did the electorate vote for in those years? Because whatever they voted for - it didn't happen then either.