Comments on: Oh my, a hung parliament

By: ciccio2010

ciccio2010 — Sat, 08 May 2010 12:03:00 +0000

In reply to jb. @JB Well, JB, not sure if we can have a hung Parliament in Malta, but according to Astrid Vella and maltastar, we will be having a suspended Parliament on stilts.

By: D. Borg

D. Borg — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:58:40 +0000

So (if I understood what you wrote) in your opinion, a PN+AD coalition would be worse than a PL government ….. could you pls elaborate the specific reasons why?

By: VR

VR — Sat, 08 May 2010 07:19:03 +0000

The third party (Lib Dem) very nearly has the same percentage of votes as the second party (Labour). Yet it has 200 less seats. Democracy? My foot.

By: kev

kev — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:06:08 +0000

In reply to kev.

Here’s the link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100507/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_election

By: kev

kev — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:04:16 +0000

Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond, which held six seats, said he had already been invited to talks with Brown.
“Fate seems to have dealt us a mighty hand between ourselves and Plaid Cymru,” Salmond told the BBC.

By: kev

kev — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:01:51 +0000

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7691715/General-Election-2010-Gordon-Brown-appeals-to-Nick-Clegg-to-strike-deal.html

By: kev

kev — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:37:48 +0000

So now we have it. Golden Brown has decided to stay on for the good of the country. And while Clegg undermined him in publicly seeking to play the game with an ever eager Cameron, Brown has appreciated this move and asked them to take their time. Meanwhile, if no agreement is reached between Cameron and Clegg, the latter is always welcome to go to uncle Gordon to form a coaltion government. Brown does not intend to allow Cameron take the limelight with a minority government.

By: kev

kev — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:08:23 +0000

With 1% of the UK vote, the Greens win a seat, while UKIP, with 3.1% get no seats. That’s proportionality in UK elections. The Greens contested less constituencies than UKIP, of course, but then again, that reflects the party’s strength nationwide.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results

The truth is that the election of MEP Caroline Lucas – the first Green MP in the Commons – is more a reflection of her tenacity than the fading Greens going anywhere.

By: James Grech

James Grech — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:51:38 +0000

Once in a while a coalition will happen even with 1st past the post. It is not the disaster you make it out to be. Had it been a proportional system Labour + Lib Dem would have more than 51% of the seats giving a very stable coalition.

1st past the post just does not reflect the people’s preferences, not by a long shot. How can you get 23% of the vote and 10% of the seats or less? Simply unacceptable….and undemocratic.

By: James Grech

James Grech — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:29:18 +0000

Check your facts before spouting stupidities… the British do not PREFER two-party pseudo democracy, it is the first past the post system which leads to it… now it will be changed.

[Daphne – My, my, temper, temper. Apparently not, James, or haven’t you heard? The first past the post system has resulted in a hung parliament and…..a coalition.]