I am hoping there is an informal agreement with Liberals and Tories (wouldn't want Libs tainted by entering into a formal agreement with them) with some concession on PR.

The best case scenario would be Tories agree to referendum but campaign against it. This allows for both Clegg and Cameron to save face with the the more extreme elements of their respective parties, while forming a reasonably stable government. It would also mean there is some check on the Tories power.

Update: There has been positive talks between senior Tory and Lib Dem MPs and a private 70 minute meeting between Cameron and Clegg. The parties will meet again within 24 hours after discussing any potential deal internally but both parites agree than economic stability should be the main focus.

@ Tactics - possibly. me and my parents have bets on how long the hung parliament will last. My mum reckons no longer than a year but I think all will fall apart in between 1-2 years.

@ Rob - I support a Lib Dem/ Tory coalition. While Lib Dem may have more in common with Labour I think Lib Dem will provide a good control to Tory power. It's clear the people don't want Brown anymore, you can't lose 100 seats and still remain PM. While Labour would supprt electoral referendum I don't think Clegg should support a PM the people have rejected. If Brown was to step down and put someone else in charge then maybe I would rethink but as it stands I would rather have Cameron than Brown.

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Democracy has failed! Back to a monarchy! 😀

lol, at least the monarchs used to get things done without all this faffing, lol.

Update for you all. BROWN HAS STEPPED DOWN! Yep you heard me, Brown has declared that a hung parliament was the result of no one party and no one leader having the confidence of the people so he accepts that as a reflection on him as labour leader. So he has decided to step down as leader and calls for labour to elect a new one without his imput.

This is preparation for Labour and Lib Dem to start formal talks after days of negootiation with the Tory's seems to be leading no where since no deal can be made. Lib Dem met with senior Labour officials to agree to open talks with Labour whilst continuing to talk to the Torys.

The Tory's are saying it makes no sense for Lib Dems to join with Labour since even together the two parties don't make a majority and are only a handful more than the Tory's so wouldn't last. However if traditioanlly Labour affliliated joined the coalition the number would make 328. (326 forms a majority)

As a side note I'm suprised how many people have no idea about basic UK politics even if they are British. I know a little about the politics in other countries even though I'm not that fussed about politics in general.

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I don't want the Tory's to be inpower. They want to cut child benefit. I don't think Gordon Brown's a good prime minister. Ideally I would want lib dem and labour to join.

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I hope the lib-dems dont fall for Cameron's lies, I think that hard-line memo that got leaked was very telling and was a sneak peak at how they would govern.

I think if they were to join the Tories the same thing would happen as in the 70's where there was the same situation and the lib-dem joined with the Tories and ended up getting screwed over.

Now that Brown has stepped down I think it will be much easier for Clegg to join with them.

And Cameron is PM in a Con-Lib coalition! I'm genuinely amazed that the talks have succeeded in the form that they have. I didn't expect any party to make the concessions necessary for a coalition; British politicians seem to get hooked on power and never willing to listen to the electorate. Hooray for them listening for once!

Well I'm with random on this one.I'm glad they've managed to form a coalition but when Brown stepped down and talks with labour began I was sure we were heading for a labour/lib dem coalition. I'm shocked the Tory's have compromised.

So that Cameron is the new PM and Clegg is his deputy. The way it should be really since as the majority party it would seem unfair if Cameron didn't get to lead though whether the Tory's will be any better considering some of the cabinet posts will be a different story. I, for one, am optimistic at this stage.

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