Toriers & Lib Dems, deal by Monday morning?

[marty21]

what happens if Cameron grows some balls and just fucks off the libdems and decides to form a minority government, he can just have a word with Gordon, and get a cab to the palace can't he? He can't be turned down by Gordon can he?

 

[Santino]

It would be funny if Clegg wrung serious concessions from Cameron, and got him to do a speech extolling the virtues of a referendum on electoral reform, and then told him to fuck off and went with Labour anyway. That would give him an extra 5% of the vote next time I reckon.

 

[Santino]

what happens if Cameron grows some balls and just fucks off the libdems and decides to form a minority government, he can just have a word with Gordon, and get a cab to the palace can't he? He can't be turned down by Gordon can he?

The Queen (on advice of the Cabinet Office) could refuse to make him PM if it was clear that he wouldn't get a Queen's Speech through the Commons.

 

[free spirit]

what happens if Cameron grows some balls and just fucks off the libdems and decides to form a minority government, he can just have a word with Gordon, and get a cab to the palace can't he? He can't be turned down by Gordon can he?

he'd still need the lib dems to agree to at least abstain on the queens speech or he'd go down in history as the person who occupied number 10 for the least amount of time ever.

 

[Belushi]

Brown to make a statement at 5pm.

 

[danny la rouge]

Brown to make a statement at 5pm.

I bet he says: Huh. I like big butts, and I just can't lie.

 

[danny la rouge]

Got it coming on now. Expected soon.

 

[free spirit]

formal discussion with the labour party to start...

 

[ymu]

what happens if Cameron grows some balls and just fucks off the libdems and decides to form a minority government, he can just have a word with Gordon, and get a cab to the palace can't he? He can't be turned down by Gordon can he?

If Brown can't get a majority coalition, there's no way he'll try to hang on as a minority government. But if Brown can get a majority coalition, Cameron cannot force his way into No 10.

Brown has to resign and tell the Queen who to appoint in his place. Dave can't just go there and ask her to choose him.

 

[danny la rouge]

formal discussion with the labour party to start...

Just about to post that.

I was wrong about the big butts thing, then.

 

[Belushi]

He'll stand down once the Queens speech is through.

 

[danny la rouge]

"If it becomes clear...I have no desire to stay in my position longer than is needed".

 

[free spirit]

brown's offering his head

 

[ymu]

Brown announces leadership election.

 

[danny la rouge]

New Leader by time of Labour conference.

 

[ymu]

That's a real spoke in Cameron's wheels. The national vote was against Brown and against Tory economic policy.

 

[free spirit]

is it too early for an I told you so thread?

 

[ymu]

is it too early for an I told you so thread?

Yes.

 

[belboid]

well, interesting times

 

[Belushi]

Tories must be going nuts lol

Okay, I've inspected a few Conservative boards and they are indeed going doolally

 

[danny la rouge]

Tories must be going nuts lol

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

is it too early for an I told you so thread?

Don't count your chickens.

 

[Belushi]

I cant see a 'Progressive Coalition' lasting long. Still think we'll see another election before the end of the year.

 

[belboid]

Diddy David Steel praising Browns statesmanship, how sweet

 

[free spirit]

Don't count your chickens.

fair enough, but I'm counting my eggs...

 

[Lo Siento.]

I cant see a 'Progressive Coalition' lasting long. Still think we'll see another election before the end of the year.

tbh, if I were the Lib Dems I'd say, "Coalition until electoral reform only". It's logical too, why reform the electoral system to leave a parliament elected under the old rules?

 

[danny la rouge]

In reality, Brown would be gone as leader of the Labour Party by the time of the conference anyway.

 

[belboid]

tbh, if I were the Lib Dems I'd say, "Coalition until electoral reform only". It's logical too, why reform the electoral system to leave a parliament elected under the old rules?

yup, eighteen months/two years max and then an election under the new rules. Easy peasy.

 

[ymu]

In reality, Brown would be gone as leader of the Labour Party by the time of the conference anyway.

Inevitably-there's no way he would have tried to hang on regardless. It's just excellent timing, when the Lib Dem MPs are wobbling about doing a deal with the Tories. More of them are fighting Tories by pretending to be Labour than are fighting Labour by pretending to be Tories.

 

[marty21]

The Queen (on advice of the Cabinet Office) could refuse to make him PM if it was clear that he wouldn't get a Queen's Speech through the Commons.

that would mean a consitutional crisis, surely