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Democracy, they say, is based on a decision by the majority. Elections can be by first-past-the-post or the alternative vote or a form of proportional representation; any voting system, apparently, is just fine. But once those MPs come to parliament, everything, it seems, has to be done by simple or weighted majority vote.
Hence, if parliament is hung, there will be a lot of confusing mathematics. Parties manoeuvre. Deals are done. There may be quite a few combinations by which either a majority may be achieved or a minority sustained. But are they all equally democratic?
