British Elections

[Boreas]

The Conservatives picked up a ton of seats but not enough for a majority. That means a coalition government will be necessary.

The "wild card" here is the Liberal Democratic Party. If they enter into a coalition with the Conservatives that would constitute a majority but the Lib Dems are a center-left party so philosophically they're more aligned with Labour.

But a Labour/Lib Dem coalition, perhaps the most likely scenario, wouldn't yield a majority so it would be necessary to attract several of the minority parties like the Greens and the SDLP and a few more besides.

But Nick Clegg, the leader of the Lib Dems, has said that he would basically give the party winning the most seats first shot at wooing his support.

Meanwhile, since no single party has a majority, Gordon Brown is still PM.

So, what do you guys think? Will anyone be able to put together a coalition or will Brown have to call for new elections in a couple of months?

John