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All bets are on!

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gillybob Fri 01-May-15 10:26:41

I think a law would have to be passed very quickly whitewave but the problem would be if SNP are in a government role surely they would vote against that very law?

I am more than happy for MP's from all over the UK to vote on all UK issues. That is the way it should be. I am dead against MP's who have only Scottish (or Welsh) issues at heart to vote on issues only effecting the English.

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whitewave Fri 01-May-15 10:18:19

gilly they say they won't get involved with English issues, I suppose that the incumbent government could pass some sort of law to insure that - although not sure if that is possible.

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whitewave Fri 01-May-15 10:15:32

annie are you in Wales? If there is a hung parliament who of the Welsh parties will support whom?

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gillybob Fri 01-May-15 10:14:40

I find it quite alarming that Cameron and Milliband will be (as we speak) working out who they could most tolerate to "get into bed with".

The way things are looking is we might aswell just share out the seats equally between everyone and have done with it.

At the risk of being "attacked" I am not happy about the SNP having any say in English issues. UK issues are obvioulsy fine as we are all part of the UK afterall, but not issues that just effect England.

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Anniebach Fri 01-May-15 10:10:54

A second election later this year ? I do telephone canvassing and at the start of the campaign UKIP was brought up in so many conversations , now a fear / dislike of Scotland has become the major concern and is the reason for the increase of support for the conservatives with some going back to the Libs

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whitewave Fri 01-May-15 09:58:37

Right I have had a look at the polls today and at the moment the Tories are likely to get more seats than the Labour by a margin of 9.
So Tories 276
Labour 267
Libs 26
UKIP 2
SNP 56
Green 1
Others 22

Given that a practical majority is 323, who do you think will be likely to be able to form a government and how will the coalition look?

My guess is if Labour steadfastly refuse to have anything to do with the SNP than the Tories will form a coalition of themselves plus libs and ukip which makes 276+26+2= 304 so they will need at least 19 more seats - not sure where these will come from though.

If however the SNP comply with Labour's manifesto (unlikely) than the next Government will be formed by a Labour coalition with a good working majority of Lab plus libs plus greens plus snp. So 267+26+1+56= 350.

However if the SNP can't comply with Labour than neither parties seem to be able to form a government so what then? Back to the drawing board?

I find this so interesting!!!! How sad am I?blush

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