Alison O'Connor: Politicians must resolve election result impasse

Will the various political parties resolve their differences and form a government? More people than would normally after an election are wondering what the politicians will do with the challenge they have been set by the voters, with no party having anything like a majority.

The short answer is that the politicians will either compromise and break the impasse sharpish, or go back to the voters and get handed their political posteriors on a plate.