And the unlucky winner is...

Isn't this all getting a bit boring? It has been four days now and still the 'smoke-filled, backroom deals' continue... (not my words). And all the while the Dark Lord (Mandelson) moves among us...

So the Liberal Democrats (23% of the popular poll) are in conference with the majority holding Conservatives (36.1%). A majority, albeit not an overall one. In the wings, Labour 'wait' to leap into action if the Liberal Democrat/Conservative talks break down. (A Labour party that only got 29% of the popular vote).

If the talks break down with the Conservatives; and the Liberal Democrats do accept the offer of working with the current Labour Government... wouldn't this just smack of the Liberals Democrats just going for the highest bid and grabbing all they can get? That's not really setting an example of 'let's clean up politics' in my opinion. Coming so close after the 'expenses scandal' and appearing to totally ignore the results of a legitimate election.

Could this 'ill-considered' stance, in view of what Nick Clegg said after the results were in last week be dangerously close to the death knell for the Liberals Democrats? Who after all, haven't been elected for almost a century and who pride themselves on wanting proportional representation but who now find themselves in a position where they alone get to decide who'll be in charge? Hardly proportional...

In my view nobody wins. Certainly not the voters... 77% didn't want the Liberal Democrats. 71% didn't want Labour. But this is what we might end up with... (for balance 63% of the voters didn't want the Conservatives). But a Liberal Democrat/Labour et al coalition would be in power. So maybe Labour win (along with all the other 'losers'). Not so sure democracy does...

Whoever gets the keys to Number 10, I think another election should be held within the next 12 months. Otherwise, the Liberal Democrats are in a win/win situation and get to decide who runs the country while getting to influence policy. Directly. From third place!

Whichever parties get to form the next government; won't it seem to the wider public to have been decided in committee? So where is the democracy in that?

When all is said and done... the Conservatives won, so they should govern. Think about it! The election has been called 'the race for Number 10'... at the Olympics people remember the winners. Rarely do they remember the 'also-rans'. Some people might not like that, but it'll be what some people want.