Here's a NotaSheep prediction. Assuming that the Conservatives do not get over 50% of the popular vote, and they clearly won't, I believe that the 'legitimacy' of any Conservative government will be immediately questioned by the BBC. Much of the talk of a hung/balanced parliament has been done so as to sow the seeds of doubt in the public's mind.
How can a Conservative government with less than 50% of the vote be 'legitimate'? What right to govern Scotland would a primarily English Conservative government have with none, one or even just two MPs in Scotland?
Left aside will be any comparison with Labour's less than impressive share of the popular vote in 2001 & 2005.
Be assured that the BBC have been plotting this line of attack for some time and they will use it with great relish on 6 & 7 May. The champagne that was drunk with such joy at the BBC in 1997 may be left un-drunk in 2010 but the joy at attacking a Conservative government will be palpable.
Why aren't the Tory Blogs reporting this?
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