Britain's Cameron furious after biggest party revolt

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Source: Reuters

* Conservatives becoming increasingly rebellious

* Rebellion threatens PM, coalition government

By Mohammed Abbas

LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - A revolt against British Prime Minister David Cameron within his own Conservative party has damaged his authority this week, threatening an already fragile coalition government at a time of growing public anger with his leadership.

In a dramatic move late on Tuesday, 91 rebel Conservatives forced Cameron to drop a crucial vote on reforming parliament's upper chamber, or the House of Lords - a key demand of his Liberal Democrat partners in coalition government.

Lawmakers have described a furious Cameron confronting the rebellion's leader late at night at Westminster a fter the biggest revolt against his leadership since he come to power in 2010.

If Cameron fails to keep his promise on the House of Lords, Lib Dem lawmakers may in turn decide to oppose Conservative policies, crippling the government's legislative agenda and placing the increasingly frayed coalition under further strain.



Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/11/britain-cameron-rebels-idINL6E8IB70R20120711

[craigmatic]

1. The coalition might last another year at the most but no way they last until next election.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

2. Disagree. I think it'll probably last the three years till 2015

If the Lib Dems break the coalition and vote the government down they face annihilation at the polls.

In 2015 the Lib Dems face annihilation at the polls anyway (to both Labour and the Conservatives).

So they'll probably see the three years left of the coalition agreement and enjoy the ministerial limos and patronage of office while they can.

[craigmatic]

3. Makes sense but the average non gov lib dem MP probably does care about the perks if they can't get

their goals accomplished.