And so it begins :roll: I fully expect a few months of such reasoned political analysis, followed by the followers of whoever takes fewer seats claiming they wuz robbed
I'm trying to work out which bit you're actually disagreeing with.
The Conservatives should have won the 2010 election comfortably, against one of the most pitied Prime Ministers in living memory. They didn't. They ended up scrabbling around begging people to form a coalition.
Ed Miliband's approval ratings are far lower than where they should be, and many experts believe he is actively damaging Labour's chances of winning the next election.
Running the UK reduced to the level of supporting a football club.
Shouting, braying, booing, yelling abuse at each other?
Sounds like Prime Minister's Questions to me.
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The fat cats at Serco will win it you mark my angry words.
Damn right I'm angry about what a dump this country has turned into, with anything that isn't nailed down being flogged off (at an undervalue) to the oligarchs. Serco are the figurehead for all that's wrong with this country, defrauding the taxpayer of millions yet being handed ever more contracts on a plate.
Anyone would think they donated millions to political parties, through "consultancy assistance" and the like.
I'm not sure who I'll vote for, as there isn't yet a "none of the above" option. They're all as bad as each other, pretending to be interested in "hard working families" but instead undertaking the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since feudalism.
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I think the chief reason was to do away with "snap elections" where a PM could call one to take advantage of current events that would favour his party.
Yeah, pretty much. It was to provide some stability to Government, so that everyone always knows when the next election will be and can plan accordingly. It prevents snap elections when the wind is blowing favourably, which is definitely a good thing.
Whether it gives us the desired stability or not remains to be seen.