The morning after the night before
May. 8th, 2015 07:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rich_jackoWow. Astonishing results.
So, the UK voted in 2011 to keep FPTP and the night has shown comprehensively why FPTP doesn't work.
Scotland voted last year to stay in the UK but the Union now looks to be in more trouble than ever.
Everyone thought coalition governments would become the new norm, but the Lib Dems' fate makes it unlikely any smaller party will want to go into coalition ever again.
The big story of the campaign was the rise of those smaller parties, but we're ending up with a very blue / red / yellow (albeit a different shade of yellow) House of Commons.
Not a good outcome for so many reasons. Where do we go from here?
So, the UK voted in 2011 to keep FPTP and the night has shown comprehensively why FPTP doesn't work.
Scotland voted last year to stay in the UK but the Union now looks to be in more trouble than ever.
Everyone thought coalition governments would become the new norm, but the Lib Dems' fate makes it unlikely any smaller party will want to go into coalition ever again.
The big story of the campaign was the rise of those smaller parties, but we're ending up with a very blue / red / yellow (albeit a different shade of yellow) House of Commons.
Not a good outcome for so many reasons. Where do we go from here?
