Anybody any idea who's going to form the next government ?...

cynic thats the gibbet from which all failed chancellors should swing!

I'm thinking of a 10 bet on the tories getting in at 1.61......any good that ?...

Depends on if you are a swinger or not. Take your pick.



If you prefer try swingeing!

I always think of swindling cuts when the latter is used.

depends what you mean by "getting in"
for myself, i am far too old to stay up much beyond midnight, but hope to see result from Cheltenham .... this is currently held by LD with tiny majority

Forming a government.

racing certainty i would have thought

Cynic,

One would need to be a masochist to stay up any later to watch the dreary commentary and hype on TV.

The results in the morning are good enough.

Very clever plan of Labour to keep the microphone on Brown then for him to insult one of his own supporters. (Very amusing though, just like a Monty Python sketch). It's the only thing this wretched government has got right in 13 years.

They never wanted to govern for the next term due to the unpopular measures needed, and their inability to deal with the deficit, as well as knowing how unpopular the next government will become.

Has anyone noticed how lots of words come out of Nick Cleggs mouth, but he never says anything. Can you imagine the Liberals if they have any say in the next Government, they are even worse than Labour if thats possible. But I guess the UK population have had the Government they have deserved for the last 13 years, I can understand Labour being elected for one term. But thats enough, a second and third term was total madness.

Regards

sp43

Undecided Voter............

Wonder what the odds would be for Ken Clarke to made made Chancellor, instead of that hopeless George Osbourne.

Dont rule it out............

Thanks again cynic.

A tories win but 50 seats is it enough.

how are the polls going? am in the states and have no idea
i am hoping the tories get in but fear for a hung parliament which will help nobody

edit dont worry about it i got iplayer working

xit polls taken 30 mins ago give 307 seats to Tories and 255 seats to Labour.

If that is correct NC will go with Cameron's lot....can't see him working with GB...who would ?....

Disagree. If NC joins with Labour it would force another election pretty soon and with the disillusionment that goes with it, NC would believe his party would stand a better chance second time around.

And for those that haven't been following, a whole load of people have been turned away at the polls at 10pm so the chances of legal redress are huge.

"a whole load"

lol

about 200 and the majority is about 10,000

there were 5 seats where voters were left queuing - 3 x l and 2 x ld - only one of which was marginal (chester from memory)
the election will not be re-run on the basis of that

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a minority party is perfectly capable of forming a gov't and arguably could stay in power for some time without calling an election
nevertheless, it would be inherently weak, needing to rely on tacit or actual support from others to push through legislation
the tougher that legislation, the harder it is likely to be to push it through

except that on the exit polls labour-lib do not have combined majority

but Cons-Lib would have

you are assuming a formal coalition ..... that is a rare occurrence

balls up at the polling stations ....... 100's turned away , some running out of voting papers.

I made no personal assumptions at all

Its just simple arithmetic

anyway, it may be all academic with 8% swing against Labour