do you think that Cameron and Cleg will form a coalition? or r will we be back here again in a matter of weeks?

[wannaBe]

Because apparently if they can't form a coalition there will have to be another general election.

There's no way GB can stay in power - even his own party have said he's a crap prime minister

But how many elections can there be? Can they keep having elections until a majority gets the vote?

[FlyingMonkey]

Hard to say. There are good reasons for Clegg going either way. To some degree, I think it depends on his personal ambition. But I doubt that he would sacrifice the integrity of his own party to become deputy PM or whatever Cameron offers him.

Ultimately, I think we will end up going to the polls again within the next year.

[Cartoose]

I think they'll form a coalition very quickly. They are trying to iron things out before Monday, I believe, so that things are not still up in the air financially next week.

They are in talks as we speak from what I've seen on the BBC just now.

GB will not stay.

Hope that's not too garbled, I'm pretty tired.

[longfingernailspaintedblue]

They don't have to form a formal coalition.

The Lib Dems can agree to let Cameron run a minority government. I think that is most likely.

Whilst Cameron and Clegg could happily agree across a wide range of policy, I doubt either could take their parties with them into a deep coalition.

[wannaBe]

yes that's my thinking as well.

coalition with the conservatives would divide the lib dems too far.

[gerontius]

Another election is unlikely because it'd be very expensive and the result would probably be similar. But with lower turnout.

[longfingernailspaintedblue]

If there is another election (I suspect there will be one in a few months when either the Conservatives or Lib Dems find some ideologically polarising issue too hard to let go) whoever is "responsible" for causing it will get really heavily punished.

The only way to secure coalitions - either formal or informal - is by fear of the consequences of collapse.

[vesela]

I think that's the most likely thing, too. I can't see the Lib Dems agreeing to any cabinet seats, but they will insist on electoral reform (possibly in two stages, possibly through a referendum - I'm not sure) and abandon the agreement if it doesn't happen.