The lack-lustre general election is over. I didn't get the result
I wanted: a Liberal Democrat Government but then I hardly expected
that. Most people are easily fooled by the other parties and they
vote for 5 more years of lies....
I did get two wishes though, Brown lost in a pretty major way, and
Cameron hasn't won. A balanced parliament with LibDems as King makers
is an acceptable outcome. The (mostly Tory) press is in apoplexy,
warning that somehow it would be better if 30% of the people were able
to gain a majority in parliament and "lord it" over the real majority
for the next five years. In truth most European governments seem
to work quite well, many noticeably better than the UK's and they are
mostly coalitions. Indeed the two Tory parties in the UK, "The
Conservatives" and "New Labour" are coalitions themselves of groups
of people who don't really agree on lots of issues.
The next few days will be interesting. With luck the LibDems will
moderate the nuttier wings of either of the other two parties
and a coalition will be able to tackle the mess the country is in.
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