The UK election thread

[Pappa]

You could always get Labour in, but Brown out, under some anti-tory coalition deal.

Nick Clegg + Vince Cable at the top.... mostly Labour MPs in the cabinet....

[Pappa]

The problem is, Labour stood for election with GB as its leader. It would be "undemocratic" for him to now step down and be replaced by someone else for whom the public did not get a chance to vote for as leader of the Labour party. Another catch-22 ...

Maybe "undemocratic" but not unconstitutional.

If he did stick around, he'd be stabbed in the back and ousted before you could say "Ow!" anyway.

[Coito ergo sum]

The Tories + Unionists < Overall Majority

Labout + Lib Dems < Overall Majority

The Tories + Lib Dems > Overall Majority, but very, very unlikely to come to pass.

So what's going to happen?

I have no idea.. but the thought of Brown in No 10 for another term makea me want to cry. The man has NEVER been elected to power how on earth can he remain there?

He wasn't elected? Doesn't he have to be an MP to be PM, and as such hasn't he been "elected" the same as any other MP? By winning his riding or district and then having his party pick him as the leader?

[Geoff]

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but a hanged Parliament sounds OK to me...

[Pappa]

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but a hanged Parliament sounds OK to me...

Even better if we can burn it too.

[klr]

The problem is, Labour stood for election with GB as its leader. It would be "undemocratic" for him to now step down and be replaced by someone else for whom the public did not get a chance to vote for as leader of the Labour party. Another catch-22 ...

Maybe "undemocratic" but not unconstitutional.

If he did stick around, he'd be stabbed in the back and ousted before you could say "Ow!" anyway.

Of course, but given the complaints about him not having been elected as a PM in the first place (even though it was widely appreciated before the last election that he might take over from Blair mid-stream), this seems a far more "unrepresentative" course of action.

[Pappa]

The problem is, Labour stood for election with GB as its leader. It would be "undemocratic" for him to now step down and be replaced by someone else for whom the public did not get a chance to vote for as leader of the Labour party. Another catch-22 ...

Maybe "undemocratic" but not unconstitutional.

If he did stick around, he'd be stabbed in the back and ousted before you could say "Ow!" anyway.

Of course, but given the complaints about him not having been elected as a PM in the first place (even though it was widely appreciated before the last election that he might take over from Blair mid-stream), this seems a far more "unrepresentative" course of action.

He certainly wouldn't be popular with the people and they'd be happy to see him got rid of ASAP I think too. Would the leader of a sucessful coup then have enough balls to call a general election to give themselves the people's mandate?

[Coito ergo sum]

What's with the Bishops getting a bunch of seats in your Parliament? Can they be part of the coalition? Or, is it just the House of Commons that we're worried about when talking about coalitions and such?

Actually, it would be pretty cool if someone would propose that over here in the States. Maybe have some religious nuttballs propose to reserve 10 seats in our Senate for ministers and priests. It would be fun to have a good year or two of massive outrage and fiery debate over religion.

Could you imagine?

Dateline - Charleston, West Virginia.

Paster Don Van Nostrum has been appointed by the President to serve a lifetime appointment in the Senate. Pastor Van Nostrum has announced his first proposed piece of legislation will be to allow federal funding for snake handlers and for anti-venom serums for bitten parishioners. When asked about the irony of the snake handlers needing anti-venom serum, given that the Lord would protect them, Pastor Van Nostrum replied, "no comment."

[Coito ergo sum]

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but a hanged Parliament sounds OK to me...

Even better if we can burn it too.

Remember, Remember, the 5th of November....

[beige]

Well, at least they kicked out Philippa Stroud.

[Elessarina]

And you have to factor in local council elections, mayoral elections in some places, tea-breaks, paper cuts, etc etc.

...People spending their B&Q vouchers

[Clinton Huxley]

And you have to factor in local council elections, mayoral elections in some places, tea-breaks, paper cuts, etc etc.

...People spending their B&Q vouchers

Some good deals on bedding plants at the mo

[Geoff]

Then the next "obvious" option would be Labour+Lib Dem, which might by then be the only valid option.

Except that Lib-Lab still wouldn't have a majority.

[Elessarina]

As Adam Boulton said....Nick Clegg has shown Cameron "a lot of leg". Cameron has offered the Lib dems a deal. I assume they are now in negotiations. This would be an interesting coalition.

[beige]

As Adam Boulton said....Nick Clegg has shown Cameron "a lot of leg". Cameron has offered the Lib dems a deal. I assume they are now in negotiations. This would be an interesting coalition.

Tories better budge on this PR crap.