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And yet, from the majority they have, you'd have thought it was more like 60%... oh how I love our system of government.
Still, mustn't be too harsh about the system, I suppose. After all "Democracy is the worst form of government known to man. Except for all the other ones."
Not IN government as such, they just hold the swing position which would make them powerful but not overly so as the larger parties would still be largely making the bills and the Lib Dems as their coalition partners would only have a small say.
The turnout was around 70% I believe and around 40% of them voted labour.
The dis advantage of our current system is that it is geared very strongly towards the ruling party as if you look at the statistics nationally - it would take something like triple the number of votes in one constitcuency to get a new MP. Support for parties such as the Lib Dems is spread across the country more or less evenly rather than concentrated like the big two. Thus they are perpetually disadvantaged.
*edited to clarify stuff*
For info on PR FPTP etc and an iteresting compromise they've sugested - the STV
That not entirely true. The Lib Dems would have some places in a Cabinet and would influence SOME governmental policy.