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Dry your eyes mush.

Are they? I'm a leftie as are most of my friends and family and I know not one who is rubbing their hands with glee about a shift to the left. If anything, like most people, they understand that the SNP will want a deal that benefits Scotland but don't think for one moment that it will drag a Londoncentric Labour party to the left. If we are rubbing our hands it's because we want to keep the tories out, not drag Labour to the left. You are confusing the two.

Cover up after cover up.

Again you're assuming that there will be some form of formal coalition.

Lecturer and no, it was a spelling mistake. HTH.

I disagree with that as well. I personally think that both main parties are well aware of the maths & behind the scenes the deals are being worked on but the parties are still in the PR zone of "when we win".

Big assumption there mush based on a formal coalition. Personally I think the jocks will get much more control of their own economy, especially taxation, as payment for support and nothing more.

I don't really give a shiney sh*t what you or anyone else thinks. HTH.

After the last general election.

Labour certainly don't represent the left but, IMHO, have cleverly taken the centre ground thus making the tories look very right wing and a party of the wealthy.

Pathetic drivel

Horse trading is rather different from being held to ransom even for the hard of thinking.

They're not going to hold them to ransom, that's just silly.

I'm not sure about the UKIP vote. Part of me agrees with you that when it comes down to it they'll go tory. However, UKIP have worked hard on cultivating the overweight bloke in the pub who is always on about foreigners, Express readers and oldies who still dream of Empire.

Yawn.

Possibly. Going to be interesting whatever the outcome.

It would be a supply and confidence arrangement.

Too close to call either way IMHO.

How very odd.

It should be an option on the ballot.

Considering that the tory plan was to let Ed look a muppet and Cameron to look like a natural leader I think they may well have royally f**ked up.

A career politician is a c**t whatever party he/she is from.

There still are. Friends of mine volunteer at the one in Hanley on Thursday nights. She's a CEO and he's a copper.

The economic collapse caused by the banks is to blame not any political party. However, the current government policies regarding JCP sanctions etc has made a dire situation worse for a large section of our poorest and most vulnerable. I saw the evidence of it in the years I was working in The Black Country. Those at the very bottom have been hit far more than the likes of us middle classes but we, through ignorance or malice, appear unable to recognize, empathize or even care about it. It seems to be the case that we'd rather condemn them for being lazy & workshy. Some would have us believe that everyone can make it if they really want to. Perhaps people need to stop thinking that everyone is like the scroungers on Benefits Street, they drive us all mad, but focus on the very poorest and those in the direst need. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, and worked in that environment, I wouldn't have believed it could happen in a Western Democracy in the 21st century.

Not just parents poor choices. A degree of mental health certainly comes into play.