adnanshah247 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 can somebody please explain to me whats going on? not really a political guy because i know my right to wrong but im kind of confused. i can see now the conservatives are way higher as compared to labour so doesnt that mean straight away that they win? whats this long drama about now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Some people voted, some couldn't be arsed, nobody got enough votes to become leader, lots of arguing and negotiating still to be done to see if parties can team up to get a majority to form a government. This probably won't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Going out on a saturday with 2 family members that your folks insist you take out for the night that you don't REALLY get on with and all want to go somewhere different.... You are the tories, it may be your house so you have the biggest say, but one of them is a friend who's dad is REALLY good mates with your dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Apparently there are 650 seats in parliament, and it was decided long ago that a 'majority' vote means one single party must have more seats than ALL the other parties put together, hence they need 326 seats to win the election. Conservative got just under 326. Labour have the right to make a coalition government type thing with other parties, they won't work with Conservative so they could choose Lib Dem, but even with them their combined seats don't amount to 326. Basically it means we'll either end up with a government made up of loads of different little parties or we'll get Conservative and Lib Dem. Either way they probably won't worry about being branded the 'nasty' government because they can share the blame, so taxes and rates will go through the roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 It's all bullshit really, based on many layers of laws and procedure stacked one on top of the other, in order to retain some semblance of control over the lower classes. I wouldn't worry too much about it, nothing meaningful or good will come of all this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Apparently there are 650 seats in parliament, and it was decided long ago that a 'majority' vote means one single party must have more seats than ALL the other parties put together, hence they need 326 seats to win the election. Conservative got just under 326. Labour have the right to make a coalition government type thing with other parties, they won't work with Conservative so they could choose Lib Dem, but even with them their combined seats don't amount to 326. Basically it means we'll either end up with a government made up of loads of different little parties or we'll get Conservative and Lib Dem. Either way they probably won't worry about being branded the 'nasty' government because they can share the blame, so taxes and rates will go through the roof. taxes going up? goody gumdrops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adnanshah247 Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 Going out on a saturday with 2 family members that your folks insist you take out for the night that you don't REALLY get on with and all want to go somewhere different.... You are the tories, it may be your house so you have the biggest say, but one of them is a friend who's dad is REALLY good mates with your dad aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! thanks! lol i get it now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Can't someone just buy some folding chairs for the big building with the clock on it so they can all have a seat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Either way they probably won't worry about being branded the 'nasty' government because they can share the blame, so taxes and rates will go through the roof. Unfortunately, I suspect that the alternative case is that all parties will be aware that due to the fragile nature that any possible coalition might have, or because we end up with a minority government, the next general election won't be any more than 24 months away, so NOBODY will be willing to make any unfavourable tax changes - they will all start positioning themselves for the next election. As a result, the necessary economic changes that are required (eg. cost cutting, tax increases, etc.) won't happen, and the economy will be even more screwed than it is now. That's the real danger, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adnanshah247 Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 Can't someone just buy some folding chairs for the big building with the clock on it so they can all have a seat? yeah! ehehehahahahah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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