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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Hung Parliament Looms Over U.K. Elections [Watch (HLS stream): Hung Parliament Looms Over U.K. Elections](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/WHPozYKC.m3u8) (3:03)  _Published 2015-05-07. The U.K. parliamentary elections are around the corner, and it's looking like they won't end with a clear winner. What happens next?_ --- Jul 27, 2023 6:14 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [What to Know About the U.K. Election Results](/video/59ud8xaz/) ### What to Know About the U.K. Election Results [Scotland Votes ‘No,’ Won’t Split from U.K.](/video/M7Od3995/) ### Scotland Votes ‘No,’ Won’t Split from U.K. [U.K. Voters on a Hung Parliament](/video/EXyxBrIt/) ### U.K. Voters on a Hung Parliament --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Thanks very much. [ MUSIC ] On the prospect of a hung Parliament. is deluding. Will all of polls pointing to a hung Parliament. Another hung Parliament. Hung Parliament is one when there's No clear outcome to the election. If one party doesn't gain 325 seats or more, it won't have an overall majority, and then we'll have a hung parliament. [ MUSIC ] Before I ask for the first statement I should state the obvious, Ed Miliband, which is of course you are aiming for an overall majority, so save us that bit. And, oh, go on. Oh, go on. Right now, there are only two men in Britain who have a shot at becoming the next Prime Minister, Labour's Ed Miliband from the Left, and Conservative's David Cameron on the Right. Both leaders are campaigning They're looking for their party to win a majority of seats in the House of Commons. So they can run the new government all by themselves. We're going to win and right. That's our aim in this election. But, at this point, both parties would need to pull off an electoral miracle to win the majority. It's more likely they'll have to cut a deal. And then there's sort of this coalition of chaos out there that wants more debt, spending, and taxation. If you can't beat 'em join 'em, smaller parties can help push big parties past the majority threshold by forming a coalition. This happened in 2010 when the conservatives teamed up with the Liberal Democrats to form the majority. They voted together and [ UNKNOWN ]. Shared similar priorities. But by 2015, the honeymoon was over. I defend all of the decisions we took. And I think your sort of pick and mix approach really is not- No, no, no, no, I, I- Lib dem leader Nick Clegg is still pushing for coalition. But the parties lost support and may not win enough seats to make up the difference on election day. Other coalition options are less appealing. The Scottish National Party could give Labor ample seats, but Milibands not eager to cozy to the party behind last years independence referendum in Scotland, Cameron could turn to far right parties like UKIP for certain, but stark differences between the The party's on issues like immigration and E. U. membership make collaboration unlikely. Compromise isn't popular in politics, and several party leaders have already ruled out coalition arrangements. Labor will not go into coalition government with the S & P. That doesn't necessarily mean they won't strike a deal though. A parliamentary government can be run by a minority party which secures support for two crucial votes. Confidence in the government and supply of cash. Minority rule makes it much harder to pass laws. The leading party has to secure support vote by vote, but it does come with fewer strings attached than a coalition. One thing is clear: after the votes come in, the UK's next government will be decided by politicians, not voters. The makeup of Parliament, its component pieces, that's what we control. In a hung parliament how the government is then constructed, who's in it is out of our hands and there's no guarantee we'll like the look of what we end up with. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hung Parliament Looms Over U.K. Elections","description":"The U.K. parliamentary elections are around the corner, and it's looking like they won't end with a clear winner. 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