Looking at the tea leaves…

Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.  Niels Bohr may have said that.

Notwithstanding, here's mine:

Labour and Tory take about the same number of seats, both well short of a majority. Most Scottish seats go to SNP. LibDems have a few along with a handful of Greens, Plaid Cymru, UKIP and Northern Ireland parties.

Conservative will not be able to form a minority government because even with LibDem and UKIP support, a Queen's speech cannot be passed; Labour and SNP will oppose. Labour, however, can win a Queen's Speech with SNP support; SNP would not join the Tories in voting it down. Continued Labour government would be dependent upon SNP support and this will be provided as SNP and Tories won’t get together to stop Labour. Even on a matter such as Trident replacement, in which Labour would get Tory support, it would not be in SNP’s interest to bring down a Labour government.

So we will have a minority Labour government with SNP theoretically holding the balance of power, but unable to do anything apart from support Labour, even in the absence of an official deal.

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Whatever, we do need a post May7th Agenda:

After a little party on Friday night, the real work begins for the Green Party:

• to retain all the 'surge' members when their renewals come round,
• ensuring the organisational strength for by-elections or,
• a snap general election in case a minority government fails,
• ensuring a Yes vote in an EU referendum in the unlikely event that we get a government that insists on one,
• getting ready for big gains in the EU Election 2017,
• grabbing local council seats in any local elections,
• winning big time in 2020,
• campaigning tirelessly for proportional representation,
• challenging every wrong thing that whoever is in power does,
• and most important of all campaigning on global warming to ensure a decent agreement in Paris this December and a future that allows politics to continue in a human society that hasn't gone extinct.

A.O.B.