It's going to be a Labour / Liberal Pact!!

[DonkeyRhubarb]

Panic over. Looks like a Tory/Lib Dem coalition after all.

I wager you're right. But how long such a pact would last is another question.

Perhaps just long enough for the public to go of it, and for Labour to regroup, elect a new leader and get back into office?

[shaunbhoy]

Perhaps just long enough for the public to go of it, and for Labour to regroup, elect a new leader and get back into office?

Well let's hope so. It took them 18 years last time.

[DonkeyRhubarb]

Well let's hope so. It took them 18 years last time.

Except Lib-Con != Con

18 months (never mind years) might be a stretch.

[Jeebo72]

Remember I used to work at Parliament.

Word on the street from one of my ex-muckers who is a senior Civil servant that there has just been an almighty expletive from behind 'a very senior tory's' door next to his office.

Watch for it on the news in the next 30 minutes!

No it's not. Liberals by forcing Brown to resign now have more power at the neg. table...

[Platypus]

It's my belief that Brown going is a clear indication that it'll be a Lib-Lab coalition.

Which I think is the best result for the country and the Tories, since it won't last long and then there'll be another decisive General Election once the public have seen the mess that the Lib-Lab coalition will cause.

[Churchill]

It's my belief that Brown going is a clear indication that it'll be a Lib-Lab coalition.

Which I think is the best result for the country and the Tories, since it won't last long and then there'll be another decisive General Election once the public have seen the mess that the Lib-Lab coalition will cause.

What my duck-billed friend says.

[The Wikir Man]

The liberal democrats have a hard job selling any deal to their party membership, which they need to do. Unless Clegg gets 75% support from MPs and the ruling executive, it goes to the party. Many won't want a deal with Tories without full PR. Many won't want a deal with Labour.

I'm betting on a Tory minority government without a formal deal in place. Election this time next year, as Cameron will argue he can't govern effectively, but will still have post election bump and before Labour can regroup.

[Mich the Tester]

The liberal democrats have a hard job selling any deal to their party membership, which they need to do. Unless Clegg gets 75% support from MPs and the ruling executive, it goes to the party. Many won't want a deal with Tories without full PR. Many won't want a deal with Labour.

I'm betting on a Tory minority government without a formal deal in place. Election this time next year, as Cameron will argue he can't govern effectively, but will still have post election bump and before Labour can regroup.

Labour would have to sell a deal to the unions.

[Churchill]

Labour would have to sell a deal to the unions.

Who probably won't give a tulip so long as they still have their stooge in place.

What a tragic mess this whole thing is.

[Mich the Tester]

Who probably won't give a tulip so long as they still have their stooge in place.

What a tragic mess this whole thing is.

They will give a tulip; they’ll want to bend the scrooge over and shaft him by demanding pay deals and no-redundancy deals for civil servants. Basically they’ll hold the country to ransom to get what they want. Have they ever done anything else?