news just in...definitely hung parliament...no chance of conservative majority

[Heathcliffscathy]

according to the bbc

brilliant idea iklboo

Love it

so if we'd had PR who would have won? Does anyone know how to work it out?

Thanks minthumbug - would pay good money to see iklboo's suggestion take place

Nick Clegg has just come out on the tory side.

Where's Dave in all this he is very quiet - why?

please please please try to HEAR what is being said.

he has NOT come out on the tory side. he has HONOURED his pledge to the UK that whoever gets the most seats needs to TRY to form a minority govt.

he has also emphasised the the electoral system is broken and reform is an absolute must.

i get SO fucking disheartened with kneejerk and in fact inaccurate interpretations. in a situation as complex as this they are worse than useless.

Britain needs a massive electoral overhaul - it's one of the few things I agree with Nick Clegg on. First past the post is outdated and undemocratic. What we need is proportional representation.

BTW, it clearly said on my polling card that voting was from 7am to 10pm...

Think clegg chose bhis word very carefully. Politician to the core.

Sophable, By doing that he has come out on the Tory side.

chose his words, I meant

nessa how has he done that?

what are you talking about?

the conservatives have won more seats!!!

he is saying: so ok, now try to form a minority govt.

i'm sorry but PLEASE extrapolating like that is just so wrong.

can any of you who are just it seems to be really not getting this explain to me how he is 'on the tories side'?

what are you on about?

The only other party GB can get to support is the Lib Dems. All the other parties added together would leave Labour 14 seats short.

I understand what you are saying Sophable but IMO I think there is more likely to be a Lib/Con coalition than a Lib/Lab but as you say nothing has been decided yet.

This is fascinating!

minthumbug, he is SIDING WITH THE ELECTORATE.

labour have lost seats, cons have gained.

all he is saying is that the party with the most seats should have first go at TRYING to form govt.

whether they can succeed or not...