With all the cuts to come in public spending in the coming years, industrial unrest is bound to increase, so maybe a man who has seen both sides is best placed to guide the country through it. Or we could just bring back the iron lady to break the unions, which worked in the eighties and brought prosperity to all.

We still have unions ?? You'll be telling me next they still make women in sizes above 16.

Milliband <shudders> or Burnham?

Labour and the Liberals will do everything they can to ensure that there is NOT another election this year. Elections are expensive and right now the coffers of both parties are empty. If there is another election this year there will only be one party with the finance to campaign for it.

Which of course could be part of the tactic - Cameron approach Clegg, not be happy with the deal, try to run a minority government, complain about Libs and Labs blocking everything he is trying to do 'in the interests of the country' and seek to fight another election with a bid to secure a solid majority later in teh year.

Exit poll: Tories 307 Labour 255 Libs 61
Actual: Tories 306 Labour 258 Libs 57

Pretty impressive, I'd say.

thank god its over well sort of...these untrustworthy cretins have had far to much fun in the spotlight..

Best news in all of this is the humiliation of the Nazis in Barking (and elsewhere). All their efforts in Barking and they come third in the general election and wiped out in the council elections. Well done, residents of Barking.

Milliband has been lining up his support ready for a leadership contest for the past 6 months

Agree with you there, from the opposite extreme also very happy to see Galloway lose his seat.

Funniest comment of the night - "Nick Griffin doesn't live in Barking, I think he should off back to where he came from"

We still have Unions, they just have no power.

Leave your keys under the mat Gordon and make sure you have cancelled the milk.

Whilst not offering an opinion on your comment (Nazi's were socialists as you know), I would say that the BNP vote share increased.

I'll wait to see what the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition policies are before making judgement. However, I would assume the largest make up of the combined policies would be right winged. Whether I support the coalition or not will depend on what policies the Lib Dems can save from their own manifesto.