Who do you think would win if a snap election is called in the UK?

Question

Not just who you want, but who you think would.

Answer 1

The Tory fascists - they will oust Cameron when he looses to Browne

Answer 2

It is high time the voters of this country had some say in who they actually vote for. The anarchic first past the post system is not representational and can lead to parties with less support winning with huge majorities.

Since the two major parties are now indistinguishable, they can both relax at the prospect of proportional representation and let some of the smaller parties, with some new ideas and fresh blood, into the arena. We would get government by consensus, not by an unrepresentative majority. We might then get some policies which look beyond the next 5 years and consider rising generations.

As to who will win, I am very much afraid it will be labour again, and they can preside over the major recession we have coming before gleefully handing over the reins of a country in ruin to a different unrepresentative majority next time.

Answer 3

Realistically I think Labour would win, but with a smaller majority.

The Tories would have to win by a considerable margin in order to get an overall majority, and the polls are just not in their favour. I also think Cameron's movement to the right in his conference speech won't have done the Tories any good with the notoriously middle of the road British electorate.

I don't support Labour (I'll be voting Green), but I think they are marginally preferable to Cameron's Tories.

Answer 4

Gordon Brown would win simply because no Conservative candidate for PM has ever gained more than 70 seats at a general election and won that election and David Cameron needs at least 116 gains to get a majority and 130 for a working majority. It's possible that Gordon might have to form a coalition in order to remain PM though.

Answer 5

I think the Conservatives could win. Many Labour supporters are disillusioned and may vote Lib Dem instead, and SNP have made serious gains. Between SNP getting seats in Scotland, and Lib Dems getting disillusioned Labour supporters the Tories may get in through the back door.

NB: I'll probably give the Greens a protest vote. I live in Charlie Kennedy's constituency, and there's no chance he'll be voted out.

Answer 6

Hung parliament, Labour with the most seats. Brown resigns in dismay, Tories desparately try to cobble together a coalition with the Lib Dems to get Cameron into number 10, even though in policy terms Lab and Con could pretty well merge into one party these days.

And another election within a year.

Answer 7

As an SNP voter I hope Cameron wins. Anything that undermines Labour at Westminster will progress the Nationalist cause even faster.

Answer 8

I don't think that it is possible for the Tories to win. The benefit culture, 4 million on benefits, 7 million Government employees, the Scottish advantage..........
All of these are going to vote to keep their current position.

Answer 9

I think it'd be very close...The Tories are only 4 points behind in the polls now.
Good on them too, I wouldn't want Labour to win.

Answer 10

40% of people will not vote this time round because all the main parties are becoming to wooly and overlap to the left and right of each others policies. Only David Camerons latest speech has cast a bit of light between them and Labour. It sounded good to those 40%. It sounded right for me. After 10 years of cynical taxes, dodgy dossiers, and betraying our service men with political oppotunity, I will vote for the Conservatives. If anything, Democracy needs to establish itself again.