General election 2010

[naraht]

Anyone following the general election news? Expecting a hung parliament? Hoping for a hung parliament? I thought it might be nice to have a discussion thread...

Political Betting
UK Polling Report
Electoral Calculus

Comments

[scifisentai]

Agreed. I'm undecided if PR would be a better system than the one we have now, but a choice between two parties that aren't really that different isn't much of a choice anyway. A bit of diversity would be nice. :)

[hivesofactivity]

I'm no fan of the current Labour administration, believe me, but if you really think that there's not much difference between them and the Tories, then you are in for a bit of a nasty surprise if the Tories get a majority tomorrow.

[scifisentai]

Hm, perhaps I phrased that badly. From what I've seen of the campaigning - admittedly not much - a lot of the rhetoric seems the same, cracking down on immigration, being tough on terrorism and so on and so forth and I also think the Labour Party is a lot more conservative than it used to be, which is what informed that comment.

Thinking back on what I have seen around, that comment was probably not as well-thought as it could have been.