Gordon Brown is resigning as the Labour Party leader in Britain. He had to do something. Though his party (and in Britain one votes for the party and not the individual) is still technically in power, the Lib Dems – the third party that could hold the key to a majority alliance – refused to do business with Brown. The hope is a new Labour leader can manage to put together a government.
It’s one big checkmate right now.
Some speculate the country will muddle through and then run another series of elections in a couple of months. Others are convinced the conservative Tories will be able to bargain enough with the Lib Dems to make a majority of their own. What’s for certain right now is that not much will be accomplished in the near future. I rather think that’s what voters have in mind.
Americans whine about how divided their country is these days, but from the British election result, it’s obvious we aren’t alone. Keep an eye on this British arrangement. This, my friends, is what happens when a third party rises up in a system designed for two.
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