What did Scotland say in the elections?
by Kumar David-May 16, 2015
It is surprising that most commentators, especially the UK media, seem to have drawn all the wrong conclusions from the May 7 elections. It seems a bit odd for me to say it, but the Conservative Liberal Democratic (C-LD) coalition lost ground and Labour gained. What an odd thing to say you may think but did you realise that the outgoing C-LD government jointly led by Cameron and Clegg commanded 364 seats between them in the Commons and the Tory majority government now has only 331 seats? Ok add the 8 seats the Liberal Democrats retained; the (former) coalition partners retained only 339 seats. Where did 25 seats disappear to – be patient till I let you into some secrets.