Chaos looms as party leaders seek coalition deals: Better democracy needed!

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Experts predict
"Currently there is about a 90% chance of a hung parliament in 2015" (1)


"Election 2015: Chaos looms as party leaders seek coalition deals" (2)


We risk that "no one could form a sustainable government and we could be 
in for a second election in the autumn" in which case "the markets will 
get the jitters and the fragile economic recovery could well be 
threatened" (3)


INIREF WRITES:
Do we not face ENOUGH uncertainty when we permit ourselves a weak 
democracy in which we can only "best or worst guess" whom to vote for 
once every five years?


Surely we, the people, should be able to guide, check and balance our 
politicians and government and local councils in the periods BETWEEN 
elections!


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References
1. General Election Prediction
www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/homepage.html 3 May 2015
Currently there is about a 90% chance of a hung parliament in 2015. This 
detailed diagram of the electoral battleground maps out the several 
possible outcomes. The growth of SNP support in Scotland creates a 
genuine four-party system at Westminster with a range of possible 
coalition permutations.


2. Election 2015: Chaos looms as party leaders seek coalition deals
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11579467/Election-2015-Chaos-looms-as-party-leaders-seek-coalition-deals.html 
3 May 2015
With polls pointing to no clear winner, there are fears that wrangling 
between the parties will delay the formation of a government for a month 
or longer  .
Britain is facing weeks of political chaos that could leave the country 
without a new government until June, as Thursday's general election 
heads towards deadlock.
With polls pointing to a hung parliament and no clear winner, there are 
fears that *wrangling between the parties 
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11579217/Nick-Clegg-makes-coalition-offer-to-David-Cameron-on-migration.html>*will 
delay the formation of a government capable of running the country for a 
month or even longer.


3. If my overall prediction is anywhere near correct, Britain is on the 
verge of months, or maybe years of political uncertainty. It would take 
three parties to form a coalition, and I doubt whether many of us can 
see that happening. A safer bet would be that no one could form a 
sustainable government and we could be in for a second election in the 
autumn which none but the main two parties could afford – and even 
Labour would find it difficult to raise the necessary money in such a 
short time. In the meantime the markets will get the jitters and the 
fragile economic recovery could well be threatened.
http://www.iaindale.com/posts/2015/01/18/general-election-predictions-the-final-results-we-re-heading-for-a-three-party-coalition-or-a-second-election 




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