His natural preferences were always for the Tories
Doesn't need to be a majority, they could have tried a minority government, in the case that together they aren't enough.
In the alternative, a situation where Gordon stepped down as party leader and it had been David Miliband or Harriet Harman leading Labour and this leads to a better share of the vote, then it could be a majority that way maybe?
Most likely ally? Democratic Unionist seats: 8
Majority needed: 326
Labour seats: 258
Lib Dem seats: 57
SNP seats: 6
Plaid seats: 3
Total: 323 seats. Most likely ally? Democratic Unionist seats: 8
A majority of 5 seats. A flimsy majority, so it is probably bolstered by the SDLP, with 3 seats. Majority of 8. Enough to last for the full 5 years with any luck.
Really? Where did you get that? Other then just the way he's acted since...