Voted Clegg and got Cameron ...

What a wonderful opportunity for our newly elected representatives to hang up their party hats and prove their ability to work together for the good of our fragile country. Do we think they are up to the task – or will their party games drag us further into the mire?

David Evans

Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

I have little doubt Brown, Clegg and Cameron could sit round a table and easily sort out the election result. Of course that's Mrs Brown, Mrs Clegg and Mrs Cameron.

Pete Bibby


Brown lost because, despite his manifest leadership strengths, he's irredeemably tainted by the mistakes of the last 10 years. Clegg lost by lacking the courage to get off the fence, and Cameron failed to win by lacking the courage and leadership to reform even his own party. Could this be the first election to result in the replacement of all three party leaders?

David Lewin


Is there any better comment on the general election results than Roger McGough's The Leader? I wanna be the leader / I wanna be the leader / Can I be the leader / Can I? I can? / Promise? Promise? / Yippee I'm the leader / I'm the leader / OK what shall we do?

Dr Hilary Lloyd Yewlett


Not enough staff on the polling stations? And not enough voting slips? Can't vote? These are efficiency savings. Get used to it.

Geoff Fimister

Newcastle upon Tyne

What's all this about millions of pounds in triple-time payments' to thousands of vote counters (Letters, 7 May)? I was paid £12.50 an hour to count the vote, regardless of the time of day (or night).

Owen Wells

Ilkley, West Yorkshire

I should like to check a couple of things in the British Constitution. Where can I buy a copy?

Julian Oddy

Weymouth, Dorset

Judging by his success with the Ulster Unionists and the European rightwingers, David Cameron doesn't really have a great track record on doing deals with other parties does he?

Pat Oddy

Yarm, Cleveland

Voted Clegg, Got Cameron. Not happy.

Pete Dorey