John Curtice: Influence of Lib Dems in hung parliament depends on staying ahead of Labour

In the ‘hot days’ before the elections the support of Liberal Democrats has slipped to 29 per cent while the Labour Party is still on 27 per cent. If Nick Clegg can maintain this 2 per cent gap, it would mean that the chance of putting electoral reform on the political agenda is bigger than ever before. When the liberal democrats stay ahead of the Labour party, the Conservative party is forced to talk with them in order to get a majority. This second place is important for Nick Clegg and his party because they are then able to negotiate with the electoral reform.

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My reaction / opinion:
Hopefully the UK will get a hung parliament because I think that it is beneficial when two or more parties rule over a country. When one party has a majority, it will make important decisions by itself without discussing it with other parties. In parliaments where two or more parties rule, they have to discuss en make decisions together, which means, in my opinion, that these decisions are more well considered. Another benefit is that in a hung parliament there are usually more voters / people represented.

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Link:
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-curtice-influence-of-lib-dems-in-hung-parliament-depends-on-staying-ahead-of-labour-1954281.html