Well hung

The media cliché du jour seems to be that David Cameron “has a mountain to climb” if he’s to secure a workable majority in four weeks time. Of course, the true picture is muddied by wildly diverging poll results, which probably reflect either:

a) The high proportion of decidedly undecided voters.
b) The political allegiances of the newspapers doing the commissioning.

Either way though, it seems less and less likely that Cameron will be able to surf along the Mall, through Westminster and into the doors of Number 10 on a wave of grateful Hard-Working British Families.

But a hung parliament may not be such a bad thing. Sure, traders all over the world are likely to start selling the Pound like it’s made of ghosts, but I don’t think that should be our primary concern. At best, forced cooperation with other parties will lead whoever forms the next Government to abandon some of their entrenched thinking. At worst, it’ll gum up the whole system so badly that nobody will be able to do anything to make matters worse. Frankly, either sounds good.