Further to some comments in an earlier post today, it appears that the SNP will not go into any kind of coalition with any of the London based parties. They will however work as the London parties do in Holyrood, on a case by case issue depending on merit.
Alex Salmond made it clear to the BBC that Scotland had voted clearly against the Conservatives. No one could really deny that. One seat out of 59 is hardly a ringing endorsement. However, it could be said by the same yardstick, Scotland did not vote SNP either. However, figures further in the post suggest that perhaps were the system fairer SNP’s votes would have brought them in nearer 17 seats.
It voted Labour, and Jim Murphy says that Mr Brown has the constitutional and moral right to try to form a government. I’m not sure where he gets the “moral” bit from. It is patiently obvious that England has voted for a Tory government. Why he thinks that Brown has any moral right to govern is beyond me.
Although technically Brown has the constitutional right to first bite at the cherry when it comes to forming a government, he appears to accept, even if it hasn’t filtered down as far as Murphy, that talks are underway between the Tories, as the largest party both in seats and in votes in the whole UK, and the Liberals, as the party with enough seats to make the difference.
Party: Seats: Gain: Loss: Net: Votes: %:+/-%
Conservative: 306: 100: 3: +97: 10,706,647: 36.1: +3.8
Labour: 258: 3: 94: -91: 8,604,358: 29.0: -6.2
Libs: 57: 8: 13: -5: 6,827,938: 23.0: +1.0
I’m happy to hear that Salmond won’t do deals with the parties in London. It would have been wrong to get involved in English, Welsh and Irish politics.
Talking of moral rights just one look at the figures above gives an indication of just how morally dubious claims of either of the two big parties are.
That approx 10.5 million votes should equal 306 seats; 8.5 million seats equal 258 seats and 6.5 million equal 57 seats shows what a travesty of justice the British voting system is. Labour needs 33,000 votes to get a seat; the Tories 35,000, and the Liberals 120,000. (The SNP needs 82,000 for a seat.)
It’s certainly time for a change!
Alex Salmond made it clear to the BBC that Scotland had voted clearly against the Conservatives. No one could really deny that. One seat out of 59 is hardly a ringing endorsement. However, it could be said by the same yardstick, Scotland did not vote SNP either. However, figures further in the post suggest that perhaps were the system fairer SNP’s votes would have brought them in nearer 17 seats.
It voted Labour, and Jim Murphy says that Mr Brown has the constitutional and moral right to try to form a government. I’m not sure where he gets the “moral” bit from. It is patiently obvious that England has voted for a Tory government. Why he thinks that Brown has any moral right to govern is beyond me.
Although technically Brown has the constitutional right to first bite at the cherry when it comes to forming a government, he appears to accept, even if it hasn’t filtered down as far as Murphy, that talks are underway between the Tories, as the largest party both in seats and in votes in the whole UK, and the Liberals, as the party with enough seats to make the difference.
Party: Seats: Gain: Loss: Net: Votes: %:+/-%
Conservative: 306: 100: 3: +97: 10,706,647: 36.1: +3.8
Labour: 258: 3: 94: -91: 8,604,358: 29.0: -6.2
Libs: 57: 8: 13: -5: 6,827,938: 23.0: +1.0
I’m happy to hear that Salmond won’t do deals with the parties in London. It would have been wrong to get involved in English, Welsh and Irish politics.
Talking of moral rights just one look at the figures above gives an indication of just how morally dubious claims of either of the two big parties are.
That approx 10.5 million votes should equal 306 seats; 8.5 million seats equal 258 seats and 6.5 million equal 57 seats shows what a travesty of justice the British voting system is. Labour needs 33,000 votes to get a seat; the Tories 35,000, and the Liberals 120,000. (The SNP needs 82,000 for a seat.)
It’s certainly time for a change!
Sorry about the table; it's hard to read but I can't get it to work any other way.
