A progressive coalition within reach?
May 8th, 2010This election has really been a disaster for the Tories. If they can’t win an election in the event of a financial meltdown and deep economic recession, a highly unpopular Prime Minister, the MPs’ expenses scandal, and a widespread feeling that New Labour had run out of steam, they never will. Cameron should now be hung out to dry in his own party, and probably will be.
They needed 324 seats (since Sinn Fein won’t take up at Westminster the 4 seats they won) to gain an overall majority. They got only 306, and with the 9 DUP they can must 315 – 9 short. Of course the Tories will do their utmost to try to get a deal from the LibDems, but it is very difficult to see how they can manage it.
