Sentences with phrase «in hung parliaments looks»

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In short, it looks as though Britain will find itself with another hung parliament after May.

Whatever people may think of New Labour's achievements, faults and mistakes, there is an enormous difference between the timidity with which a government with a majority of 170 + proceeded in its first term, carefully implementing its incremental manifesto but always looking over its shoulder in search of the «daily mandate», and the astonishing bullishness of this Coalition despite the hung parliament.

«The SNP's boast that they will be the powerbrokers in a hung Parliament with 20 seats now looks utterly ridiculous.

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

My argument is: that the spending cuts might look very different in four years» time; that David Cameron has an incentive to give the Lib Dems something to show for their partnership; and that hung parliaments are likely to continue to be the norm.

With another hung Parliament looking likely, we need agreement on the unwritten rules for choosing a Prime Minister in that situation.

True to his promise, Campbell also said not a word about the hung - sorry, balanced - parliament to which so many in his party look forward with such anticipation.

These look like two problems — a split party and a hung parliament — but they are in fact one.

But whatever they show, the Liberal Democrats won't have given up hope of holding the balance of power in a hung Parliament, even if their Commons representation looks to be decimated.