Liveblog: Election night 2010 in Brighton, Hove and Sussex (From The Argus)

I'm looking forward to seeing Caroline Lucas become the country's first Green MP.

Bennn wrote:
I'm looking forward to seeing Caroline Lucas become the country's first Green MP.

Then you will have to wait a life time.

sdthetruth wrote:

Bennn wrote: I'm looking forward to seeing Caroline Lucas become the country's first Green MP.

Then you will have to wait a life time.

...or a few hours.

All postal votes throughout the whole of the UK should be null and void due to likely electoral fraud. It will be a national disgrace if they are included. Of course the fraudulent Labour Party needs these false votes to fend off a total wipe out.

When Brown is booted out of No 10 tomorrow morning the country will be better for it. Cameron, you will have a chance to put the Great back in Britain, don't let us down.

sdthetruth wrote:
All postal votes throughout the whole of the UK should be null and void due to likely electoral fraud. It will be a national disgrace if they are included. Of course the fraudulent Labour Party needs these false votes to fend off a total wipe out. When Brown is booted out of No 10 tomorrow morning the country will be better for it. Cameron, you will have a chance to put the Great back in Britain, don't let us down.

except polls/stats and the sensible money would indictate that it will be a hung parliament. In which case it is my understanding that Brown, as incumbent PM, gets first crack at creating a coalition government....and stays in number 10 whilst he tries to do so.

(1) If it is a hung parliament and Tories and Labour are neck and neck with seats, the Tories will get support from the Ulster Unionists as a boost (they will get this support either way).

(2) If Labour have 10 or 20 more MP's than the Tories my hunch is that the Lib Dems will do a deal with Cameron in return for certain policy inclusion.

(3) If the Tories get more MP's Cameron will be in No 10 with the help of the Ulster Unionists and Lib Dems.

Either way a new election would be held between 6 and 12 months.

But I believe the Tories will get a 10 to 20 overall majority. Most of these from undecided voters right up to the polling booth. They will think about Brown and his rabble and feel they cannot stomach them for another five years.

Charlotte Vere has almost sunk without trace in Pavilion Ward. It seems that her increasingly desperate tactics of trying (and failing) to smear Caroline Lucas and the Green Party have merely confirmed what we already know about the Nasty Party. Her no show at last Thursday's hustings just about says it all.

Murgatroyd wrote:
Charlotte Vere has almost sunk without trace in Pavilion Ward. It seems that her increasingly desperate tactics of trying (and failing) to smear Caroline Lucas and the Green Party have merely confirmed what we already know about the Nasty Party. Her no show at last Thursday's hustings just about says it all.

Some of us will never ever forget the Thatcher years and what the Tories can and will do to ordinary working class.

sunnybrighton wrote:

Murgatroyd wrote:
Charlotte Vere has almost sunk without trace in Pavilion Ward. It seems that her increasingly desperate tactics of trying (and failing) to smear Caroline Lucas and the Green Party have merely confirmed what we already know about the Nasty Party. Her no show at last Thursday's hustings just about says it all.

Some of us will never ever forget the Thatcher years and what the Tories can and will do to ordinary working class.

Too right!

Polling got off to a busy start this morning. I hope there is a good turnout.

Murgatroyd wrote:
Charlotte Vere has almost sunk without trace in Pavilion Ward. It seems that her increasingly desperate tactics of trying (and failing) to smear Caroline Lucas and the Green Party have merely confirmed what we already know about the Nasty Party. Her no show at last Thursday's hustings just about says it all.

Quite right. I wonder who will vote for that arrogant posh Londoner?

sunnybrighton wrote:

Murgatroyd wrote:
Charlotte Vere has almost sunk without trace in Pavilion Ward. It seems that her increasingly desperate tactics of trying (and failing) to smear Caroline Lucas and the Green Party have merely confirmed what we already know about the Nasty Party. Her no show at last Thursday's hustings just about says it all.

Some of us will never ever forget the Thatcher years and what the Tories can and will do to ordinary working class.

Many of us will never ever forget the Blair-Brown years and what Labour can and will do to the native inhabitants of Great Britain. Labour MP's will be ousted by tomorrow morning in B&H and replaced by Tory candidates and Brown will be gone ousted by a Conservative majority.

A.P. wrote:

sunnybrighton wrote:

Murgatroyd wrote:
Charlotte Vere has almost sunk without trace in Pavilion Ward. It seems that her increasingly desperate tactics of trying (and failing) to smear Caroline Lucas and the Green Party have merely confirmed what we already know about the Nasty Party. Her no show at last Thursday's hustings just about says it all.

Some of us will never ever forget the Thatcher years and what the Tories can and will do to ordinary working class.

Too right!

Polling got off to a busy start this morning. I hope there is a good turnout.

Agreed, although I kind of hope that the politically apathetic who traditionally vote Tory will stay away.

Kevin1978 wrote:

sunnybrighton wrote:

Murgatroyd wrote:
Charlotte Vere has almost sunk without trace in Pavilion Ward. It seems that her increasingly desperate tactics of trying (and failing) to smear Caroline Lucas and the Green Party have merely confirmed what we already know about the Nasty Party. Her no show at last Thursday's hustings just about says it all.

Some of us will never ever forget the Thatcher years and what the Tories can and will do to ordinary working class.

Many of us will never ever forget the Blair-Brown years and what Labour can and will do to the native inhabitants of Great Britain. Labour MP's will be ousted by tomorrow morning in B&H and replaced by Tory candidates and Brown will be gone ousted by a Conservative majority.

Keep dreaming Kevin of Patcham :-)
Haven't you noticed how green Brighton is looking on this lovely sunny day?

I am not so enamoured with the prospect of a Green victory by Caroline Lucas.

I like the Greens locally and my local councillor, Jason Kitkat, is very good. He's a man who gets things done, and I admire that.

However their national manifesto is, for the most part, fairly idiotic and unworkable for a variety of reasons. Now people may argue - as they have done to me - that it doesn't really matter as they are not going to achieve any power nationally, even with a couple of MPs. Fair enough, but you can't have it both ways - if they are not going to bring in changes you don't like, due to lack of power, then surely they can't bring in the manifesto pledges that you DO like.

The second issue is that of finances. Why won't Caroline Lucas reveal her expenses going back the 10 years she has been an MEP? Now they may well be quite large, but no larger than the average for MEPs, but that is not the point. She has tried to portray herself as completely squeaky clean and "different" from other politicians, but when the chance to prove it comes, she ducks out.

Their election material has been disappointing. Mostly just stuff about how all the bookies claim they are going to win, playing on people's fears of being left as the 'odd one out' if they don't vote Green. Policies are very, very thin on the ground.

There is something else though - a few days ago I got a leaflet through the door from the independent standing in the election, a guy called Leo Atredies. Now leaving aside the fact it reads like the ramblings of someone a few slices short, it does call into question Caroline Lucas' and the Green's links with a guy called Daniel Cohn-Bendit, the co-president of the Green group in Europe, of which Caroline Lucas is involved as a Green MEP. The leaflet accuses him of being a pedophile. Now that's quite a claim to make, so I decided to check it out. According to various sources it seems to be true. Whilst he has never been prosecuted for this he ran a kindergarten for 5-8 year olds in the 1970s, and wrote a book called "Le Grand Bazar" ("The Big Madness") which graphically describes him having sexual contact with the children in his care. Despite public allegations he has never said that he did not have any such contact with the children in his care, merely trying to explain away the book through psuedo-intellectual waffle. I would ask Ben Duncan and Caroline Lucas to comment on this.

And do I want a hung parliament? No. I would rather either Labour or Tories were in power. Why? Then we can truly scrutinise what is being done in the open, not deals behind closed doors. If something goes right you know very clearly who to thank, if it goes wrong you know who to blame.

So, in my ever humble opinion, I think people should just vote for whichever party they want as their MP and controlling the country. Forget 'tactical' voting. Vote for who and what you believe in.

Tony Davenport

I was sure that the PA / PCC had a code that STOPPED reporting of the election between the polls opening and closing?

It is totally irresponsible of the Argus to allow comments, some of which are quite nasty, to be posted during poling time. And they will have updates from noon, we all know the Argus is a few journalists short of tabloid, and not known for breaking news, but this is totally irresponsible, depending on what is reported it could stop people going to vote.

People should be allowed to reflect on who they wish to vote and do so in peace. Of course one can choose to not read the reports etc but Newspapers have a moral duty to act responsibly.

Oh, Argus, newspaper, responsibly, so many contradictions.

It’s a nice day and so I urge everyone who is eligible, to vote, no mater who you vote for. Think of the suffragettes who fought for the right to vote!

Come on make a difference!

everyone i know is completely fed up with 'New Labour', and their back-door tax policies. also, we are all fed up with money being handed out to all and sundry for nothing. there has to be a clamp-down on spending, and free for all benefit give aways. immigration is another sticking point with most, as is the lack of 'tough on the causes of crime' ideas put forward by Labour.

I don't care who's in number 10, as long as it's not an eton educated toff who probably has a butler, and who has absolutely no idea how ordinary people live and work.
I live through the Thatcher years, and can still see the damage done to this country twenty years later. Damage that people with very short memories (or very small brains) somehow think is the fault of more recent administrations.
I have no wish to be part of another Thatcheresque experiment, thanks very much.

Metro Reader wrote:
I was sure that the PA / PCC had a code that STOPPED reporting of the election between the polls opening and closing? It is totally irresponsible of the Argus to allow comments, some of which are quite nasty, to be posted during poling time. And they will have updates from noon, we all know the Argus is a few journalists short of tabloid, and not known for breaking news, but this is totally irresponsible, depending on what is reported it could stop people going to vote. People should be allowed to reflect on who they wish to vote and do so in peace. Of course one can choose to not read the reports etc but Newspapers have a moral duty to act responsibly. Oh, Argus, newspaper, responsibly, so many contradictions. It’s a nice day and so I urge everyone who is eligible, to vote, no mater who you vote for. Think of the suffragettes who fought for the right to vote! Come on make a difference!

Eh? Every single newspaper with a website (telepgraph, times, gaurdian etc) are all doing live, non-stop coverage with comments. And since when have british newspapers acted responsibly ?! Are you living on the same planet as me ? As for these comments deterring people from voting -well thats just plain bonkers. If comments on a local news website stop people going to the polling station then so would a repeat of Jeremy Kyle, or a nice bit of cake, or a bit of cloud cover, or last nights football highlights, or....well just about bloomin' anything ! The very fact people are on this page making, and reading comments, means they are not as apathetic or stupid as you make them out to be.

Spanners wrote:

Metro Reader wrote: I was sure that the PA / PCC had a code that STOPPED reporting of the election between the polls opening and closing? It is totally irresponsible of the Argus to allow comments, some of which are quite nasty, to be posted during poling time. And they will have updates from noon, we all know the Argus is a few journalists short of tabloid, and not known for breaking news, but this is totally irresponsible, depending on what is reported it could stop people going to vote. People should be allowed to reflect on who they wish to vote and do so in peace. Of course one can choose to not read the reports etc but Newspapers have a moral duty to act responsibly. Oh, Argus, newspaper, responsibly, so many contradictions. It’s a nice day and so I urge everyone who is eligible, to vote, no mater who you vote for. Think of the suffragettes who fought for the right to vote! Come on make a difference!

Eh? Every single newspaper with a website (telepgraph, times, gaurdian etc) are all doing live, non-stop coverage with comments. And since when have british newspapers acted responsibly ?! Are you living on the same planet as me ? As for these comments deterring people from voting -well thats just plain bonkers. If comments on a local news website stop people going to the polling station then so would a repeat of Jeremy Kyle, or a nice bit of cake, or a bit of cloud cover, or last nights football highlights, or....well just about bloomin' anything ! The very fact people are on this page making, and reading comments, means they are not as apathetic or stupid as you make them out to be.

Nicely put, Spanners.

For those of you too young to remember 1974-79, i.e pre Maggie years, this country was on the verge of both bankruptcy & anarchy. Although I disagreed with a lot of her ideas, she put the UK on a strong footing & if she was really bad as some readers say, how did John Major win in 1992? With Labour at the helm, once again the country faces the same prospects & once again, it will be the Tories who are hated for sorting out the mess.

Having suffered the useless, inept Green councillors in Hanover for the past few years I sincerely hope no-one legitimises them with an M.P.

The only hope for this country is if the Conservatives return to power. At least most of them went to proper, public schools.

Newspapers are owned by private companies (some with political allegiance) and they do not have to abide by any regulation regarding elections, although local newspapers usually give candidates equal coverage.
Radio/tv have different regulations.
I hope that everyone votes for a hard working local MP who understands local issues, travels on public transport, uses local state schools, hospitals, has relatives using social care services, lives in ordinary streets where they understand the challenges us ordinary people face each day.
That may be a candidate from any party, but please check out your candidate first. You may be surprised at how out of touch they are with their local community and local issues are what this election should be about.

The Argus should remember that there are three seats up for grabs in Brighton & Hove, not just their biased reporting for Caroline Lucas to get one of them. A vote for Lucas is a wasted vote anyway - one MP will hardly change the face of politics, and the Greens' loony extreme left-wing policiies will guarantee they never become a serious party in the future.

Thumper Hove wrote:
The Argus should remember that there are three seats up for grabs in Brighton & Hove, not just their biased reporting for Caroline Lucas to get one of them. A vote for Lucas is a wasted vote anyway - one MP will hardly change the face of politics, and the Greens' loony extreme left-wing policiies will guarantee they never become a serious party in the future.

But didn't they say that about the Nazis?! Not that I am comparing the Greens and the Nazis of course.

Tony Davenport

Lord Tilford wrote:
The only hope for this country is if the Conservatives return to power. At least most of them went to proper, public schools.

Interestingly, 'public schoolboy' is an anagram of 'unwanted child'.

Gaz the great wrote:
For those of you too young to remember 1974-79, i.e pre Maggie years, this country was on the verge of both bankruptcy & anarchy. Although I disagreed with a lot of her ideas, she put the UK on a strong footing & if she was really bad as some readers say, how did John Major win in 1992? With Labour at the helm, once again the country faces the same prospects & once again, it will be the Tories who are hated for sorting out the mess.

For those of you too young to remember, no it wasn't.

davyboy wrote:
everyone i know is completely fed up with 'New Labour', and their back-door tax policies. also, we are all fed up with money being handed out to all and sundry for nothing. there has to be a clamp-down on spending, and free for all benefit give aways. immigration is another sticking point with most, as is the lack of 'tough on the causes of crime' ideas put forward by Labour.

I don't have a back door, so I'm not worried.

davyboy wrote:
everyone i know is completely fed up with 'New Labour', and their back-door tax policies. also, we are all fed up with money being handed out to all and sundry for nothing. there has to be a clamp-down on spending, and free for all benefit give aways. immigration is another sticking point with most, as is the lack of 'tough on the causes of crime' ideas put forward by Labour.

Everyone I know - and I mean EVERYONE - doesn't want the Tories led by Eton toff Cameron to form a government no matter what the alternative is.

Nyberg wrote:

davyboy wrote: everyone i know is completely fed up with 'New Labour', and their back-door tax policies. also, we are all fed up with money being handed out to all and sundry for nothing. there has to be a clamp-down on spending, and free for all benefit give aways. immigration is another sticking point with most, as is the lack of 'tough on the causes of crime' ideas put forward by Labour.

Everyone I know - and I mean EVERYONE - doesn't want the Tories led by Eton toff Cameron to form a government no matter what the alternative is.

You must have a very narrow circle of 'friends'

Nyberg wrote:

davyboy wrote:
everyone i know is completely fed up with 'New Labour', and their back-door tax policies. also, we are all fed up with money being handed out to all and sundry for nothing. there has to be a clamp-down on spending, and free for all benefit give aways. immigration is another sticking point with most, as is the lack of 'tough on the causes of crime' ideas put forward by Labour.

Everyone I know - and I mean EVERYONE - doesn't want the Tories led by Eton toff Cameron to form a government no matter what the alternative is.

I must admit that I find this kind of mentality rather bizarre. What's wrong with people that have been privately educated? And don't you feel there is some degree of hypocrisy considering how many Labour MPs and frontbenchers quietly send their children to public schools?

It's rather like the accusation that gets thrown around about rich donors to the Tory party -- who are the biggest donors to the Labour Party? A bunch of wealthy unions.

I'm by no means defending the Tory party, but you can't have it both ways.

Tony Davenport

A large banner on a bridge above the A27 reads 'for FOX sake don't vote tory'. Witty I thought.

nick grirffin for me,lets have some one who,s not afraid to speak his mind.BNP

Vote Green and you sign your own death warrant - you'll be taxed for **** & breathing til you breathe no more !!!!!!

Tony Davenport wrote:
I am not so enamoured with the prospect of a Green victory by Caroline Lucas. I like the Greens locally and my local councillor, Jason Kitkat, is very good. He's a man who gets things done, and I admire that. However their national manifesto is, for the most part, fairly idiotic and unworkable for a variety of reasons. Now people may argue - as they have done to me - that it doesn't really matter as they are not going to achieve any power nationally, even with a couple of MPs. Fair enough, but you can't have it both ways - if they are not going to bring in changes you don't like, due to lack of power, then surely they can't bring in the manifesto pledges that you DO like. The second issue is that of finances. Why won't Caroline Lucas reveal her expenses going back the 10 years she has been an MEP? Now they may well be quite large, but no larger than the average for MEPs, but that is not the point. She has tried to portray herself as completely squeaky clean and "different" from other politicians, but when the chance to prove it comes, she ducks out. Their election material has been disappointing. Mostly just stuff about how all the bookies claim they are going to win, playing on people's fears of being left as the 'odd one out' if they don't vote Green. Policies are very, very thin on the ground. There is something else though - a few days ago I got a leaflet through the door from the independent standing in the election, a guy called Leo Atredies. Now leaving aside the fact it reads like the ramblings of someone a few slices short, it does call into question Caroline Lucas' and the Green's links with a guy called Daniel Cohn-Bendit, the co-president of the Green group in Europe, of which Caroline Lucas is involved as a Green MEP. The leaflet accuses him of being a pedophile. Now that's quite a claim to make, so I decided to check it out. According to various sources it seems to be true. Whilst he has never been prosecuted for this he ran a kindergarten for 5-8 year olds in the 1970s, and wrote a book called "Le Grand Bazar" ("The Big Madness") which graphically describes him having sexual contact with the children in his care. Despite public allegations he has never said that he did not have any such contact with the children in his care, merely trying to explain away the book through psuedo-intellectual waffle. I would ask Ben Duncan and Caroline Lucas to comment on this. And do I want a hung parliament? No. I would rather either Labour or Tories were in power. Why? Then we can truly scrutinise what is being done in the open, not deals behind closed doors. If something goes right you know very clearly who to thank, if it goes wrong you know who to blame. So, in my ever humble opinion, I think people should just vote for whichever party they want as their MP and controlling the country. Forget 'tactical' voting. Vote for who and what you believe in. Tony Davenport

Thats a very interesting post Tony and i am certainly going to research this myself. Although to play Devils advocate David Icke has made numerous claims about Gordon Brown being a paedophile, none of which have been rebutted. Ive been interested in green politics and envoronmental groups since just before the Ecology party changed their name to the Greens. However i don't play party politics and would call myself a natural green with a small c. I have voted green many times, however will not be this time. Im not in the Brighton Pavilion constituency though if i was i probably would vote for Caroline Lucas. I don't pretend to know all their policies this time but i would naturally lean towards who had the best environmental issues. I dont even know if they are fielding enough candidates to win the country, but if the leader of the Greens did become the first Green MP then i think that would be quite a good thing. And yes everyone should vote how THEY feel. Your vote was hard won and dont let anyone ever say yours doesnt count.

Colin Houlson wrote:

Gaz the great wrote: For those of you too young to remember 1974-79, i.e pre Maggie years, this country was on the verge of both bankruptcy & anarchy. Although I disagreed with a lot of her ideas, she put the UK on a strong footing & if she was really bad as some readers say, how did John Major win in 1992? With Labour at the helm, once again the country faces the same prospects & once again, it will be the Tories who are hated for sorting out the mess.

For those of you too young to remember, no it wasn't.

Sorry Colin, but you seem to have long term memory loss! Even if you hate the Tories, you cannot alter history & what happened then?

Colin Houlson wrote:

Gaz the great wrote:
For those of you too young to remember 1974-79, i.e pre Maggie years, this country was on the verge of both bankruptcy & anarchy. Although I disagreed with a lot of her ideas, she put the UK on a strong footing & if she was really bad as some readers say, how did John Major win in 1992? With Labour at the helm, once again the country faces the same prospects & once again, it will be the Tories who are hated for sorting out the mess.

For those of you too young to remember, no it wasn't.

You tell 'em Colin! Everything was just peachy. Inflation peaking at 26.9%, mass strikes, the dead not being buried because the workers went on strike for more pay, same with the hospitals, rubbish piling up in the streets. Yeah .. those were the days. Bring 'em back I say!

Tony Davenport

cheezburger said: "Thats a very interesting post Tony and i am certainly going to research this myself. Although to play Devils advocate David Icke has made numerous claims about Gordon Brown being a paedophile, none of which have been rebutted."

Well yes but David Icke is a complete nutter. He is currently of the view that there is an alien reptilian bloodline linking all the people which he sees as controlling the planet. The British Royal family are all reptilian entities, as are the Bush family (actually that does make some sense), along with a succession of British Prime Ministers. The most sensible thing the Green party ever did was dump him as their spokesman. But this is a far cry from Gordon Brown having run a kindergarten and then writing a book about lurid sexual escapades with the children. If that were the situation we might be looking more closely at Mr. Icke's claims.

Tony Davenport

Nyberg wrote:

Spanners wrote:

Metro Reader wrote: I was sure that the PA / PCC had a code that STOPPED reporting of the election between the polls opening and closing? It is totally irresponsible of the Argus to allow comments, some of which are quite nasty, to be posted during poling time. And they will have updates from noon, we all know the Argus is a few journalists short of tabloid, and not known for breaking news, but this is totally irresponsible, depending on what is reported it could stop people going to vote. People should be allowed to reflect on who they wish to vote and do so in peace. Of course one can choose to not read the reports etc but Newspapers have a moral duty to act responsibly. Oh, Argus, newspaper, responsibly, so many contradictions. It’s a nice day and so I urge everyone who is eligible, to vote, no mater who you vote for. Think of the suffragettes who fought for the right to vote! Come on make a difference!

Eh? Every single newspaper with a website (telepgraph, times, gaurdian etc) are all doing live, non-stop coverage with comments. And since when have british newspapers acted responsibly ?! Are you living on the same planet as me ? As for these comments deterring people from voting -well thats just plain bonkers. If comments on a local news website stop people going to the polling station then so would a repeat of Jeremy Kyle, or a nice bit of cake, or a bit of cloud cover, or last nights football highlights, or....well just about bloomin' anything ! The very fact people are on this page making, and reading comments, means they are not as apathetic or stupid as you make them out to be.

Nicely put, Spanners.

seems you missed what I was saying, I never said anyone was stupid!
Who is Jeremy Kyle, assume its daytime tv, sorry I work!

Im well aware of David Ickes 'ideas' shall we say. I think he is brilliant, i have his books, although i certainly dont believe him. Im just saying thought its interesting he hasnt refuted the claims. (probably no point as paranoid delusionals will always find a loophole).But to be serious for a mo, you have stated some serious claims and they should be addressed by those involved. Its an eye opener.

Green is the new Red (marxist).

sdthetruth wrote:

Bennn wrote:
I'm looking forward to seeing Caroline Lucas become the country's first Green MP.

Then you will have to wait a life time.

Ha ha ha

sdthetruth's comment yesterday made me laugh too and I thought he may be eating his words.

sdthetruth wrote:

Bennn wrote:
I'm looking forward to seeing Caroline Lucas become the country's first Green MP.

Then you will have to wait a life time.

HA HA HA HA HA

Metro Reader said "seems you missed what I was saying, I never said anyone was stupid!
Who is Jeremy Kyle, assume its daytime tv, sorry I work!

You did not say it directly but it is how your post came across. Anyway well done on an amusing attempt at a rebuke but is patently untrue. As you are a self confessed "Metro Reader" I am quite sure you know exactly who Jeremy Kyle is, as well as knowing what happened in last weeks Desperate Housewifes, which Z list celeb showed her knickers whilst getting out of a cab drunk at 2am and who got kicked off yesterday's "I'm Strictly Not a Celebrity Dancing on Ice in the Jungle"

I wish I didn't know who Jeremy Kyle was.

Tony Davenport

Does anyone else feel slightly cheated by this hung parliament situation ? By that I mean, no matter which party you voted for and wanted to win, they won't. The government you'll actually get will be a disjointed coalition of some type and a cabinet formed of at least some members of party you don't support. For example, no-one votes 90% Tory and 10% Lib-dems but 100% for a given party candidate. Why should the politicians get to do deals that go against the public's votes ? I guess I don't trust them to form a coalition that is for the benefit of us, the taxpayer. Rather I think these politicians will form a coalition based on the their own ambitions and goals. Once again I can't help but feel they will act in the interest of themselves and not country. I know this is the system have, and have had for a long time, but I find it a bitter pill to swallow.

This is a bad thing for this country. I was shocked to discover that in fact it is the current government who get the first opportunity to form a coalition government, not the party that has the largest number of seats - that's pretty outrageous, and some electoral reform we need right away. What's truly vomitsome is that every Labour MP who popped up on the BBC told how they wanted electoral reforms and how close their views were to the Lib Dems. Oh really? 13 years? What took you so long? Christ, all these politicians are slimy.

Tony Davenport

It could be that the Tories now join forces with Nick Clegg, wouldn't that wipe the smile from Gordons face! As for the people who voted for Lucas, I thought that children weren't allowed to vote? Cheers to the ever-so green people of Brighton, I would have rather Nancy Platts won & I voted Tory.

sdtheidiot

Liberal Democrats are two words which are poles apart from the word Conservative.
What an odd coupling that would be and many people would never vote LibDem again. Poor Clegg. What a muddle.

The Green Party's manifesto is a joke, especially their opinions on health care and pharmaceutical development. They would readily divert more money from evidence based medicine to complementary medicine "shown to work".