class="type-9999"> 1358: Veteran Labour MP Austin Mitchell says his party's showing means it has "blown" any chance of helping to form a government. But he has some words of understanding for the PM: "Gordon's doing the job he's got to do which is to sit there and wait for another government to be formed. He's being lampooned for hanging on forever, staying in as if he was embattled in Downing Street, when he's not... Gordon will hand over power as soon as Cameron is able to form a viable government." More
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1406: James Macintyre, from the HREF="http://www.newstatesman.com/" ID="9999" STYLE="LINK_Inline">New Statesman, wonders what former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy would do. He writes: "Sources close to him indicate that while he is not arguing for a definite deal with Labour, he would not be happy unless all the options - including the 'progressive alliance' one - were fully explored, while the forces of conservatism led by Rupert Murdoch are resisted." More
