Hung parliament question

[Green Mango]

I think you may find that 70s were great - manufacturing wasn't fully destroyed back then and bankers did not get their hands on computers to enable complex derivative of a pure bulltulip.

I was there the 70's were a f**ing Labour/Liberal disaster.

[AtW]

I was there the 70's were a f**ing Labour/Liberal disaster.

Yes it was, but there was way out - how can you see this country cutting down massive debts, what would it export to the rest of the world?

[BolshieBastard]

Is it always the party with the most seats who gets to pick a coalition partner? Or can two other parties announce coalition and gain power even if neither got the most seats?

e.g say Labour get 280, Tory 255, LibDem 80. Does it rest on Labour to find a partner to get the extra 50-odd seats? Or would Tory/LibDem be allowed to combine and take power (if they wanted to)?

No not necessarily.

In such circumstances, the Queen can ask anyone she likes to try and form a Government. By convention, this would be the leader of the party with the most seats but does not have to be that way.

She could ask any leader or indeed, another figure of one of the parties to try and form a Government. In other words, she could by pass Brown and ask another member of the cabinet to form a government although this would be unusual but not without precedent (I think!).

If the single largest party couldnt secure agreement, the Queen could ask this party leader to form a minority Government but the reality is this government wouldnt be able to force through any major or indeed much legislation. So, she could invite the leaders of two or more other parties together and ask them to form a coalition if they can agree to work together.

I think the likely outcome in a hung parliament, would be brown attempt to form a coalition first or failing that, a minority government.

Time will tell though.

[Pickle2]

If the Conservatives win the popular vote, how much support would a Lib-Lab coallation have?
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Well, if the national vote breaks down as per today's poll of polls

34% Con
28% Lab
28% Lib

Such a Lab/Lib coalition would probably have the support of those 56% that voted Lab/Lib - ie the majority of the country.

[Gonzo]

I think you may find that 70s were great

[DiscoStu]

I think you may find that 70s were great - manufacturing wasn't fully destroyed back then and bankers did not get their hands on computers to enable complex derivative of a pure bulltulip.

You do make me chuckle AtW. I love the way you frequently undermine your own arguments by writing utter bollocks.