Gordon Brown gives Liberal Democrats time to talk with David Cameron
While in public Gordon Brown has given his backing to the Liberal Democrats intention to talk with David Cameron before possibly discussing a coalition with the Labour Party, behind the scenes work is continuing on a potential Liberal Democrat and Labour party coalition. In what amounts to a public relations exercise the Conservative party, with the largest share of the vote and the largest number of seats in the Commons, will be given an opportunity (at least in principle) to put together a deal.
Currently, with only a handful of seats to be returned, the Conservative party has broken through the 300 barrier and is moving towards the 310 figure. We are actually in a situation where every seat counts at the moment and the more influence David Cameron can apply, even without a majority, the more chance of putting together a coalition government. Indeed there are still some who believe the Conservative party could potential move forward as a minority government but this would be a very risky strategy.
In many ways we need to discount what is said in public and concentrate on what happens in private because ultimately there is still some way to go in this political saga.
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