2017-7 UK elections, government
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Deborda

Total number of seats                         =          650

so a majority                            =          326

A         Tories              =          318

B         Lab                  =          262

C         SNP                 =            35

D         LD                   =            12

E          DUP                =            10

F          SF                    =             7

G         PC                   =              4

H         GP                   =              1

For those who believe in majority rule, a minimal majority coalition government could be either:

A + B, or A + C, or A + D, or A + E, or A + F + G or ...

B + C + D + E + F + G, or B + C + D + E + F + H

and in majoritarian democratic theory, any one of these seven combinations is only totally democratic.

 

 

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