News - Prospect of hung parliament weakens pound

[Gerrard]

http://www.google.com/finance?q=GBPUSD

http://www.google.com/finance?q=GBPJPY

That's quite a big drop against the Yen!

At least with a hung parliament they can spread the blame around a bit if they do get their act together to make some of the hard decisions to get the countries state of affairs in order. However, that will probably only benefit Labour and make them look better for the next election. I guess from a national view that a benevolent, competent dictator would be good as at least things that needed to be done would be more efficiently. I would also guess such a person would be able to fly and if cooked, would go good with apple sauce!

[aidanjt]

I guess from a national view that a benevolent, competent dictator would be good as at least things that needed to be done would be more efficiently.

And from which parallel universe would we find such a person?