Little separates Tories and Labour in last Observer/Opinium poll before election
Source: The Guardian
With just days of campaigning to go in what promises to be the closest contest for a generation, the Conservatives enter the final stretch a point ahead of Labour, making the result too close to call.
Opiniums findings suggest six weeks of fierce campaigning have done little to shift the share of the vote between the parties. The Tories are on 35% (up one point on last weekend) while Labour is also up one on 34%. Ukip, again defying expectations that it might fade in the late stages, is unchanged on 13%, well ahead of Nick Cleggs Liberal Democrats on 8% (down one). The Greens are on 5% (down one) and the SNP remain on 4%.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/02/observer-opinium-poll-election-labour-tories-neck-and-neck
craigmatic
(4,510 posts)totodeinhere
(13,037 posts)has said that he will not let them into his government, but what if after the election he goes back on that promise so that he can stay in office? After all, politicians break promises all the time.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,158 posts)They will definitely have less MPs than the Northern Irish DUP. Their votes might possibly be needed to just get past the 323 seats needed for an effective majority for the vital votes (eg the initial "Queen's Speech" that sets out the government programme), if the Northern Ireland unionists and the Lib Dems also support the Tories, but I can't see any way a party that small will actually be in the government with an official position. The Lib Dems would withdraw their support if it was suggested.
http://may2015.com/category/seat-calculator/
totodeinhere
(13,037 posts)that doesn't necessarily mean that they will get 13% of the seats in the parliament. And thank God for that.