Bartamaha (Nairobi):-Even after the votes are counted, it will still be unclear who will govern Great Britain. The real losers are the Liberal Democrats and the opinion polls.

The exit polls indicated straight after the polling stations closed that the Conservatives were the big winners. But the win was not big enough to form an absolute majority.

Confusion
The results pointed towards a Conservative victory from the very first moment. But at the same time it became apparent that the win would not be big enough for a majority of the 650 parliamentary seats. Otherwise there was a lot of confusion.

A British election evening is generally a television spectacle with tears, traumas and triumphs. But last night had none of all that. It was a serious matter. Even the Conservatives were not in a mood to celebrate. David Cameron said Labour, has lost its mandate to govern. But he did not go any further.

“Nationally we have to wait for the full results to come out. But I believe it is already clear that the Labour government has lost its mandate to govern our country.”

Losers
What is clear is who the main losers are. Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats, the eternal third party which finally looked like it was about to break through, but didn’t.

Uncertainty about the new British government is one thing. The chaos at a number of the polling stations, which were not prepared for the long queues of voters, is something quite different. As a result hundreds of people were unable to vote, in conditions which one voter described as worse than in Afghanistan.

Options
Once all the results have been collected, it could take a couple of days before Great Britain has a new government. The Conservatives may be able to form a minority government without the Lib Dems. One expert on the British constitution suggests that Labour might be able to stay in power by making a pact with the Lib Dems. All options are open.

“One hope the Liberal Democrats have to stay in the system, is if Gordon Brown is prepared to offer an immediate referendum on proportional representation. The Liberal Democrats would think very hard about that. They are meeting on Sunday morning, the MPs. It would be very difficult to reject that in my opinion.”

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Source:-rnw.nl

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