UK General Election 2010

[Caecilian]

Back on the subject, I think the current deal is workable. Conservative David Cameron is the Prime Minister, and the leader of the Liberal Democrats is the Deputy Prime Minister. Cabinet positions are being shared between the two parties. If the first-past-the-post electoral system is scrapped, this type of parliament will most likely happen a lot more often, so I think this could be a new beginning for British politics.

Yeah, I'd largely agree with you. What we've got appears to be workable, and may be the least bad option. Hopefully the Labour Party's crusade against civil liberties will be thrown into reverse, although it might be too much to expect a restoration of our right to remain silent (in the US enshrined in the 5th amendment). Hopefully the LibDems will be able to prevent the effects of the inevitable cuts from hitting poorest hardest.

I'm also cautiously optimistic about the chances of shrinking the grossly bloated bureaucracies that we have in this country. Politicians are usually much better at talking about shrinking the state while in opposition than they are at actually shrinking the state when the come into office. But we'll see...

And yes, a new beginning for British politics is also possible.