Post by Lexi on May 7, 2010 17:40:17 GMT
So, the last four weeks has seen lots of politics news on the television, radio, newspapers and internet while the political parties fight for our vote.
We've seen three debates from the three main party leaders as they tell us reasons why we should vote for them.
We've also had two MPs that told us to think about voting tactically rather than voting for who we wanted.
After the four weeks, the voting polls opened yesterday and we had a day full of "Who will you be voting for?" and a final ditch attempt of the parties to tell remind us why we should vote for them and why we should actually vote!
I voted and I hope all those that were legally allowed to vote used their voice to tell the government what they wanted. I'm not going to ask people who they did vote for - it's private - if you would like then you can. Those people that do decide that they want to disclose who they voted for, nobody is allowed to say anything about it, after all a vote is a person's choice and there is NO belittling people on this site. I will tell you all now that I decided to vote Liberal Democrate (the first time I have voted Lib Dem in the six years that I have had a right to vote since all the other times that it has come to a vote, I have always voted Conservative) and I will admit that I did vote slightly tactically to keep Labour out of my seat just because they are the only party of the three main parties that I don't agree with. There are Lib Dem policies that I like, just like there are Conservative policies that I like.
So, the reason I am posting all this...The votes are in. 649 seats out of the 650 in the country (since one constituency has not voted yet due to the death of a candidate) and we've ended up with a Hung Parliament.
What is a Hung Parliament I hear some of you asking, after all you won't have all been interested in Politics (I studied it at A-level so love it!) and some of you aren't from the UK so don't have the same political system. Well, a Hung Parliament is where no party has an overall majority. The Conservatives do have the majority of the votes, yet he does not hold at least half of the seats in the House of Commons. So, David Cameron (the leader of the Conservatives) is in talks with Nick Clegg (the leader of the Lib Dems) to form some type of coalition to form a majority government.
So now, I would like to know what you think of this situation? Will this be the best thing that has ever happened to the country? After all, Germany and Canada both ended up with a coalition government and came through the recession on the other side while Greece, who had a very strong government has ended up in major debt and has needed the European Union to bail it out.
More questions raise on the result as to whether the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrates can really work together or whether the Liberal Democrates will decide to join with Labour (although that will still not form an overall majority) and also which policies from the parties will end up being brought in?
What do you all think about this? Even if you haven't voted or have nothing to do with this country and this election, maybe you've heard all about it from your news reports or maybe international politics. I'd love to hear from all of you what your views are so here you can say anything you would like - although I do stress that there are to be no arguments and no slating each other over views. Just a mature discussion. If that can't happen then first of all the members will be warned and secondly the thread will be locked.
We've seen three debates from the three main party leaders as they tell us reasons why we should vote for them.
We've also had two MPs that told us to think about voting tactically rather than voting for who we wanted.
After the four weeks, the voting polls opened yesterday and we had a day full of "Who will you be voting for?" and a final ditch attempt of the parties to tell remind us why we should vote for them and why we should actually vote!
I voted and I hope all those that were legally allowed to vote used their voice to tell the government what they wanted. I'm not going to ask people who they did vote for - it's private - if you would like then you can. Those people that do decide that they want to disclose who they voted for, nobody is allowed to say anything about it, after all a vote is a person's choice and there is NO belittling people on this site. I will tell you all now that I decided to vote Liberal Democrate (the first time I have voted Lib Dem in the six years that I have had a right to vote since all the other times that it has come to a vote, I have always voted Conservative) and I will admit that I did vote slightly tactically to keep Labour out of my seat just because they are the only party of the three main parties that I don't agree with. There are Lib Dem policies that I like, just like there are Conservative policies that I like.
So, the reason I am posting all this...The votes are in. 649 seats out of the 650 in the country (since one constituency has not voted yet due to the death of a candidate) and we've ended up with a Hung Parliament.
What is a Hung Parliament I hear some of you asking, after all you won't have all been interested in Politics (I studied it at A-level so love it!) and some of you aren't from the UK so don't have the same political system. Well, a Hung Parliament is where no party has an overall majority. The Conservatives do have the majority of the votes, yet he does not hold at least half of the seats in the House of Commons. So, David Cameron (the leader of the Conservatives) is in talks with Nick Clegg (the leader of the Lib Dems) to form some type of coalition to form a majority government.
So now, I would like to know what you think of this situation? Will this be the best thing that has ever happened to the country? After all, Germany and Canada both ended up with a coalition government and came through the recession on the other side while Greece, who had a very strong government has ended up in major debt and has needed the European Union to bail it out.
More questions raise on the result as to whether the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrates can really work together or whether the Liberal Democrates will decide to join with Labour (although that will still not form an overall majority) and also which policies from the parties will end up being brought in?
What do you all think about this? Even if you haven't voted or have nothing to do with this country and this election, maybe you've heard all about it from your news reports or maybe international politics. I'd love to hear from all of you what your views are so here you can say anything you would like - although I do stress that there are to be no arguments and no slating each other over views. Just a mature discussion. If that can't happen then first of all the members will be warned and secondly the thread will be locked.
