article_snippet: The weakening of the two party system makes a hung Parliament very likely.
article_snippet: But, curiously, a small overall majority for the Tories or Labour could prove even more unstable than a hung parliament.
article_snippet: That would cause problems for Miliband even if Miliband won a majority.
article_snippet: But, obviously, a hung parliament is more likely.
article_snippet: The key question is whether a hung parliament will lead to stable government, as a hung parliament did in 2010.
article_snippet: The danger in 2015 is that no majority coalition can be formed.
article_snippet: If, as is likely, the Lib Dems lose seats then, even if the Lib Dems were prepared to enter another coalition, that might not be able to secure the 325 seats needed for a majority.
article_snippet: This would mean that no two parties – other than the Tories and Labour – could command a majority.
article_snippet: We would have a fragmented hung parliament.
article_snippet: There would have to be a minority government.