Although the phrase "hung Parliament" makes me giggle and say "all of 'em?"
Oh, the number of jokes along those lines we've had on TV and radio shows. There was even a song or two. If we called it a 'balanced Parliament', there'd have been no satire for the past six months.
The BBC people switched off the cameras and went to bed. Which is good 'cause it's 4pm and they started at about this time yesterday.
ETA:
Well, no, because you have to have an address in Britain and living abroad less than 15 years.
My Irish-citizen partner got to vote (with me acting as her proxy, since she's currently in the States). I find it really weird how you're British and she isn't!
Right now would be an opportune time to invade Britain, wouldn't it?
Yes, but The Girl lives there. She knows what's going on. I never been in Britain. How could I vote, just by what I see in the papers? I really think one has to live in a place before letting his/her opinions to determine the course of the country.
(btw - how can she vote, if she's not a citizen?)
Right now would be an opportune time to invade Britain, wouldn't it?
Well not now that you've ruined the element of surprise!
Great. All we've got left is fear and ruthless efficiency.
And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
And the nice red uniforms.
I think Buffistas would govern Britain better than we appear to be able to at the moment. Go ahead and invade. I can give you maps. Not secret ones. Atlas of UK roads type maps. But still. Maps.
I really think one has to live in a place before letting his/her opinions to determine the course of the country.
Yes, probably true.
how can she vote, if she's not a citizen?
She's an Irish citizen. Northern Ireland's citizens can vote in Irish elections, and Irish people can vote in UK elections. People whine about it. As someone from an Irish family, I support it wholeheartedly, given the centuries during which Britain screwed the Irish over. (In fact, I think every Commonwealth country's citizens should have the right to vote here if they live here.)
I think Buffistas would govern Britain better than we appear to be able to at the moment.
Except for the possibly not entirely ideal climate, many of us would be quite pleased to consider one or more of the British Isles for the location of Buffista Island.
