Parliamentary log-jam, unwilling backbenchers and Conservative preference for first-past-the-post make reform unlikely.
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Labour, UKIP and the Greens all gained much bigger swings than the Conservatives, but were election losers. The first-past-the-post system let the Tories pick up a swag of seats with a 0.8% swing.
Three parties must now choose new leaders. Labour has a number of candidates jockeying for position.
With 63% of the country not voting Tory, the result throws up its own question of legitimacy.
The Conservative Party looks set to do even better than the surprising exit polls predicted, but the real glory in this election lies with the small parties. The SNP have virtually wiped the main parties…
Result defies all predictions, putting Conservatives significantly ahead of Labour.
Experts provide a rolling response, live as the results come in for the 2015 general election.
Last year’s independence referendum failed narrowly, but the Scottish electorate has emerged as a force that may well decide who forms the next British government.
Nigel Farage has argued that the EU is a millstone around Britain’s neck when it comes to trade.
It might actually be better for the Conservatives to work with Nigel Farage in government.
German philosopher Jurgen Habermas once famously pronounced the European Union a force for good: A model for what he described as a “cosmopolitan world order.” The Nobel committee agreed and in 2012 awarded…
Politicians promising to expand free childcare is no bad thing, but it is difficult to deliver in practice
UKIP’s whole manifesto rests on the premise that the UK will leave the EU.
Surprise! Almost everyone supports gay marriage (even UKIP voters).
UKIP is on the march in the Thames estuary – in a seat that hardly resembles its stereotypical territory at all.
Voters in the UK are again looking beyond the traditional two-party system and look set to put paid to a famous proposition of political science.
UKIP’s pledges on crime reflect their core values: populism, and leaving the EU.
The press doesn’t have as much sway with voters as it once did, but it still sets the boundaries of debate.
UKIP’s clear belief that the UK public wants out of the EU isn’t based on facts.
The SNP, Plaid Cymru and UKIP are the new faces in the UK election in 2015 but they reflect a wider change.
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