{"id":2609,"date":"2010-04-25T04:33:48","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T09:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/?p=2609"},"modified":"2010-05-01T16:38:18","modified_gmt":"2010-05-01T21:38:18","slug":"second-uk-debates-libdems-making-hung-parliament-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/2010\/04\/25\/second-uk-debates-libdems-making-hung-parliament-likely\/","title":{"rendered":"Second UK Debates :: LibDems Making Hung Parliament Likely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jDZFu1GGs30&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the month, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/2010\/04\/06\/fasten-your-seatbelts-uk-election-slated-for-6-may\/\">I blogged about the forthcoming UK elections<\/a> <\/strong>and on Rhizomicon, I blogged about the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vox.rhizomicon.com\/2010\/04\/democracy-in-uk-party-leader-debates.html\">first-ever debate of the party leaders<\/a><\/strong>. In the first debate, the leader of the third-party challenging Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, made a strong showing.\u00a0The above video is about the second debate held in Bristol on foreign affairs. Both Labour {Gordon Brown} and the Conservatives {Nick Cameron} made a point of attacking Clegg, in a bid to undermine support for the Liberal Democrats and increase the chance of obtaining a majority by winning swing <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">ridings<\/span> constituencies {districts}. Clegg seemed to hold his own. The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2010-04-24\/brown-trails-as-u-k-opinion-polls-point-to-hung-parliament.html\">recent polls<\/a><\/strong> are such that an outright majority is unlikely, unless the LibDems collapse between now and 5 May. This means that a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hung_parliament\">hung Parliament<\/a><\/strong> is likely. The last debate will be on 29 April in the Midlands on economic policy. Get your popcorn ready. Canadians can watch on cable or online at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpac.ca\/forms\/index.asp?dsp=template&amp;act=view3&amp;template_id=1322&amp;lang=e\">CPAC<\/a><\/strong>. The other debates are archived on the link. Post a comment if you can watch them in the US or wherever you may be outside of Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitterversion::<\/strong> Second UK Debate has LibDem Nick Clegg hanging tough against Labour &amp; Tories. Hung Parliament increasingly likely. #ThickCulture <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Prof_K\">@Prof_K<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Song::<\/strong> The Jam-&#8221;A&#8217; Bomb in Wardour Street&#8217;<br \/>\n<object classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"250\" height=\"40\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&amp;widgetID=20905199&amp;style=metal&amp;p=0\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/listen.grooveshark.com\/songWidget.swf\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier in the month, I blogged about the forthcoming UK elections and on Rhizomicon, I blogged about the first-ever debate of the party leaders. In the first debate, the leader of the third-party challenging Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, made a strong showing.\u00a0The above video is about the second debate held in Bristol on foreign affairs. 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