The Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg have paid dearly for their decision to form a coalition with the Conservatives, suffering a heavy defeat in local elections Thursday, May 3 The counting is not finished but according to the results achieved on the night of Thursday to Friday and broadcast by the BBC, Labour gained 142 seats in municipal councils, the Conservatives took three, and lib-dem in lost nearly 200 .
There are over 8,000 seats at stake lib-dem side, defeat is acquired and the bitter. Party officials, quoted anonymously in The Guardian, talking about results "quite disastrous", and even a "carnage". The popularity of lib-dem has plunged since they joined the government last year of David Cameron, who has launched a harsh austerity measures to reduce deficits.
This is the first time in eighty years as Lib-dem, eternal centrist party stuck between Labour and Tory, participates in a government. It is also the first coalition government in Britain since the Second World War. The marathon election on Thursday also included a referendum for or against changing the mode of FPTP to a turn, demanded by the Lib-Dem.
Polls indicate that this alternative system should be rejected, dealing a setback to the party, Nick Clegg. This election was also an opportunity to renew the parliaments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The first results confirm the seat of Scotland Scottish Nationalist Party, which could pave the way for a referendum on Scottish independence.
Final results are expected in the day. 
There are over 8,000 seats at stake lib-dem side, defeat is acquired and the bitter. Party officials, quoted anonymously in The Guardian, talking about results "quite disastrous", and even a "carnage". The popularity of lib-dem has plunged since they joined the government last year of David Cameron, who has launched a harsh austerity measures to reduce deficits.
This is the first time in eighty years as Lib-dem, eternal centrist party stuck between Labour and Tory, participates in a government. It is also the first coalition government in Britain since the Second World War. The marathon election on Thursday also included a referendum for or against changing the mode of FPTP to a turn, demanded by the Lib-Dem.
Polls indicate that this alternative system should be rejected, dealing a setback to the party, Nick Clegg. This election was also an opportunity to renew the parliaments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The first results confirm the seat of Scotland Scottish Nationalist Party, which could pave the way for a referendum on Scottish independence.
Final results are expected in the day.
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