http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markdevenport/2009/07/well_hung.html en-gb 30 Wed 23 Dec 2009 19:01:40 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markdevenport/2009/07/well_hung.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markdevenport/2009/07/well_hung.html?page=10#comment1 Why should it not be the second biggest swing in 60 years? There is a first for everything, if not a second.There is also a piece of information missing from your comparison with 1974 - Sunningdale. With respect, you are not comparing like with like.The swing of opinion polls in favour of the Conservatices in the marginal constituencies far outstrips the national uniform swing, thanks largely to the work which has been put in by Lord Ashcroft and his team but you know all of that, dont you?Mark, your fantasies are noted but really, the chances of a hung parliament are miniscule.One other thing. If Sinn Fein win five seats, a hung parliament means the Conservatives have 322 or less, not 325 or less Tue 14 Jul 2009 22:38:59 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markdevenport/2009/07/well_hung.html?page=0#comment0 Mark,I can't wait for the next general election. A couple of weeks ago I put the following up on this blog -Looking at previous election results - 2005 25,156 voted Paisley out of 46,226. That is a 54% share of the vote.2007 21,733 voted DUP 1st preference out of 44,655. On that evidence Jim Allister would need to win 13,000 votes. It is a big task which I can't see him winning. If he doesn't get in there he will definitely get an MLA post. An interesting thought would be if the nationalist parties spoiled the party. If SDLP and Sinn Fein only fielded 1 candidate and asked both supporters to support the 1 candidate it would not only spoil the party it would ruin unionism....I think if the SDLP and Sinn Fein were to read this then they might have a few ideas. But then we don't know if they read this or not!!Stormontspy Tue 14 Jul 2009 16:58:34 GMT+1