Following this announcement, formal talks began between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, but many in the party felt that a Labour–Liberal Democrat coalition was an unrealistic prospect since it would still fall short of the 326 seats needed to form a majority government, with 315 seats to the Conservatives' 306.
在声明公布之后，工党和自由民主党正式开始谈判，但党内有很多人认为，工党—自民党联盟是不切实际，因为它仍然没有组建多数政府所需要的326个席位，而只能以315席对战保守党的306个席位。