After 13 years of complete Labor dominance...
of becoming a reality. In the wake of the economic downturn, it would be a pure folly to bring to power the liberals with their fuzzy programs and complete lack of government experience. The British are quite reasonable people in that sense.Unless something extraordinary happens before May 6 (for example, Conservative leader David Cameron will be accused of engineering the death of Princess Diana), the Conservatives can win between 280 and 320 seats out of 650 seats in the House of Commons. The Labour Party may receive approximately 200 to 230 seats, and the Liberal Democrats about 90 seats. As a result, the UK will find itself in an unstable political situation, which is known as "hung parliament" in the local political parlance. It means that none of the major political parties will have an outright majority of 326 votes.
The parties will either have to form minority government coalitions, enter into various agreements and support pacts, or trade cabinet posts
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