In spite of the United Kingdom's robust and rumbustious election campaign, once the votes were counted and the winning members of Parliament (MPs) were declared, it was clear that the U.K. is suffering a dangerous and growing democratic deficit. Yes, this election has been different and there is the excuse that the voters returned a hung parliament, where no party has a majority, so there is lots of horse trading that has to be done in private to try to put together a workable government with sufficient support to tackle pressing problems, which include mounting government deficits and debts, high unemployment and a fragile currency.