What is a hung parliament?
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Both the polls and political commentators are continually pointing to the prospect of a ‘Hung Parliament’ in the 2010 General election. So what would actually happen in the case of a hung parliament and who would be in charge?
The BBC has a useful Q&A on ‘What is a hung Parliament’
Daily Politics have a light hearted but precise clip entitled ‘Guide to a Hung Parliament’
There is much conjecture as to quite which way the Lib Dems might go in the event of a hung parliament despite their professed ‘equi-distant’ strategy beween the two major parties. Recent articles on the subject are:
1. Andrew Grice in the Independent - ‘Clegg should not be on a hung parliament yet’:
“A hung parliament would not be a dream. It would be a nightmare.” So wrote Paddy Ashdown, the then Liberal Democrat leader, in his diary ahead of the 1992 general election.
2. James Macintyre’s Blog in the Newstatesman: Clegg steps towards clarity over hung parliament
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