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not to want a hung parliament?

18 replies

BAFE · 07/05/2010 11:31

What confusion is that gonna cause? Instead of doing whats best for the country, all the mp's will be doing deals and horse trading.

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GypsyMoth · 07/05/2010 11:32

it sounds worrying....i mean,do they realy know what they're doing?

BAFE · 07/05/2010 11:35

I bet the lib debs do a deal with labour and then we'll have a joint government led by both parties.

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BAFE · 07/05/2010 11:35

Nick Clegg must be rubbing his hands with glee.

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runnybottom · 07/05/2010 12:01

Nobody wants a hung parliament.

whatthe · 07/05/2010 12:08

Nick Clegg is NOT doing a deal with Labour, as he has stated many times that he is not happy with Gordon Brown as leader.

I'm actually admiring his integrity at the mo. Feeling a little bit sorry for Gordon Brown even though historically I have never been a labour girl. I think he's the most normal of these three men.

How can an Eton educated, nannied up, bitty drinking 5th cousin to the Queen like Cameron really be in touch with someone like me? Even though I am a high earner I crave support on issues like state education, NHS, flexible working, childcare, mat leave.

I don't want to employ a nanny and a boarding school so I can pack my ds off out of sight to pursue my career which will mean working 18 hour days to compete with bravado bearing billy big balled males, only meeting DS at 18 yo for monthly disfynctional awkward meetings in National Trust tearooms.

...god a hideous glimpse of the future flashes before me.....

oceryo · 07/05/2010 12:17

I think it will be an interesting way of seeing what the Lib Dems do with a bit more power.

thricenay · 07/05/2010 13:02

'Doing deals and horse trading' is business as usual for MP's. Personally I'm pleased with this result so far. Perhaps instead of chaos we'll all get something of what we were voting for and that seems fairer than half the voters winning and half losing as is usually the case.

runnybottom · 07/05/2010 13:16

"bitty drinking"

BAFE · 07/05/2010 13:26

whatthe - how can you hold the face that Cameron is eton educated against him? That's hardly his fault is it? His parents made his education decisions when he was 4 years old

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wineismysaviour · 07/05/2010 14:13

"5th cousin to the queen"...now i'm impressed with that.

BertieBotts · 07/05/2010 14:15

Also at bitty comment. FFS.

I am quite happy with a hung parliament, hopefully we will now get PR.

OrmRenewed · 07/05/2010 14:16

Sound Ok to me. Anything better than total bluewash.

mosschops30 · 07/05/2010 14:21

Its not fair to suggest that Cameron cannot be a good PM because hes from a rich family and went to Eton.
Its like saying that i cant be a good ITU nurse because Ive never been in ITU.

Gordons hardly 'down with the people' is he?

Am gutted with the hung parliment, thing the tories should be given it surely a margin of 50 seats is clear enough

RedRedWine1980 · 07/05/2010 14:25

Oh it does make me chuckle when people use the 'how would David Cameron know how I live..' line! So you think Gordon Brown has a bloody clue what its like to live on less than 20k a year with a 12k mortgage?

whatthe · 09/05/2010 22:31

Maybe not redredwine but he will soon.

FGS does everyone get so emotional about a bit of tongue in cheek these days. Lighten up people...

PS knowledge of Mr C is based on working at Smythson. Not the bitty bit though, but he does look like David Walliams in the sketch.

Not backing Brown either, for most of my 20's and 30's I was a tory, but who isn't saying he's a man of the people? We seem to forget the mess that Blair left behind, it doesn't all fall squarely on his shoulders.

Hung parliament may not be good re striking deals etc, but you have to have a majority of the 650 seats, that's the rule. Whatever decisions are made, the government know that we are totally dissatisfied with all parties and the promises they have touted. It's the absolute summing up of our current disbelief in politics.

When I entered my interests in a couple of polling websites the policies I picked that I wanted to see enacted gave me a split of 33% Labour, Tory and Liberal, so in effect I wanted a selection of each of their policies. Let's just see if they can man up and do the job...

fartytowels · 09/05/2010 23:27

I agree his education isn't for review, but lol at your post Whatthe.

All I hear about the man is he comes from a long experienced line of stockbrokers, and based on recent experiences that of course fills me with the utmost trust

...and I am old enough to remember the Tories in government last time - I voted for them. Wasn't exactly a raging success either. Brown was trying to eliminate to boom/bust behaviour the tories seemed to ride out on.

I am disillusioned as are most voters. Hung parliaments can work well, Sweden, Holland, Canada and, to a lesser extent Germany (although they have had an awful prolonged recessionary period.) have shown positive experiences of a hung parliament.

Snobear4000 · 10/05/2010 11:04

Is it just me or does a "hung" parliament sound kind of sexy?

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