However, this does not involve the sovereign in making a personal assessment of leading politicians since no major party could fight a general election without a recognised leader. (politics.stackexchange.com)
Whilst all the mainstream parties fought the general election on the basis of cuts — a blatant attempt to restore capitalist profitability by making the working class pay for the economic crisis — the balance of forces for the working class under a Conservative led government, with a large majority provided by the Liberal Democrats, is clearly much worse than it would have been under a Labour government or Labour - led coalition. (socialistaction.net)
He rejected the suggestion that the Conservatives, who fought the general election in favour of first - past - the - post, were betraying voters by allowing a possible move to a new system of voting. (channel4.com)