UK's second hung Parliament

Psh, everyone knows that there isn't a member of Parliament that's hung...

UPDATED JUNE 28, 2010: After due reflection, I wonder if this is not a sexist comment in this day and age.ORIGINAL COMMENT: I will have to quibble on this item. The UK has had lots of parliaments without a government commanding a majority. Its politics has been remarkable in that it has only had two since the minority government returned in 1929.The UK is flying apart. Ireland is a mess; Scotland is considering independence; Wales is well, Wales.Actually the part of England that went Conservative, east of the Severn and south of the Trent, also pays the taxes. The rest of the UK, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the north of England is a nest of tit-sucking mopes who batten off the taxes paid by the south of England. I am sure that the south of England is going to get tired of it all and call for a solely English parliament. The Celtic Fringe can then go its own way, and there won't be any more "hung" parliaments. In a way, that sounds rather salacious.

If the British Parliament can be hung why is it so far-fetched to imagine it happening to the US Congress? Is that so much to ask?

At least they got all the girly-men out of Parliament. Honestly, who gives a crap what the Brits do at this point? They're about to follow Greece down the slippery slope of economic ruin.

People predicted it was going to happen and whoah and behold it has finally happened. They also predicted that anyone that voted for Liberal Democrats were going to get a Tory government and whoah and behold this has also happened. I would it give it one star rating, but the mere fact peoples votes have almost been squandered shows the type of people we're dealing with here and why I said from the very beginning that I simply don't care for none of the three major parties as the leadership quality demonstrated by all three was lacking. People voted for Liberal Democrat because they didn't want a labour nor a Conservative government, but were fooled as they were going to get one of the two due to Lib Dem support being so low, but the news really boosted Nick Clegg and to be honest his policies were nothing "outstanding". To me the man's a TV personality who lets people hear what they want to hear. Gormless Gordon Brown has finally stepped down (bit late considering we already had t... Read more

UK's hung Parliament was expected, and now Gordon Brown is out, and it looks like David Cameron will be in. At least over there, it's not a two party system, and often there is more of a choice in electing candidates, despite the MP scandal. I always support England and wish them the best.

I wasn't surprised by this outcome. It was obvious from the public polling taken before the election that the Tories didn't have enough support to get a working majority in order to form a government. The people obviously were not thrilled with the choices they had. Gordon Brown has been inept in his handling of the economy, but the people also aren't necessarily willing to cast their lots with the conservatives, who only received 36% of the vote nationally. Hardly a resounding victory. There is plenty of wheeling and dealing going on right now. The key group at play is the 3rd party Liberal Democrats, who are in talks with the Conservatives to form a government. They need 15 more seats to gain a majority, but first need the Lib-Dems to jump on board. Labour is holding out hope that talks break down, but that's unlikely at this point. I expect David Cameron to be Britain's next PM, but he will likely have a very short tenure, likely no more than a year and a half. Hung parli... Read more

I think it's a pretty significant event for the UK. After all this time under a Labour government they have finally lost an election due to the way people feel about Gordon Brown's poor leadership. This has caused the Conservative party to gain enough ground to mean that it's likely the Tories will be the victorious party. It seems many people have short memories, but last time they were in power they were some pretty dark times for England.