Sunday, January 11, 2015

UK Election 2015: 17 weeks to go

After the 2010 general election resulted in a hung parliament and a coalition government, nobody thought that this parliament would still be governing.  But here we are, over 4½ years later, looking at proof that a coalition government can work.

But it's been painful.  Both parties have had to agree to things that they otherwise wouldn't in order to make the government work.  But in recent months, we have seen intra-government fighting in public like there hasn't been in a long time, as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats try to form separate identities.

As we get closer to the election, I will be looking at where the polls are going, some of the trends developing, and try to develop an understanding of how each party got to where it did and how it can get to victory.