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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:19 PM Original message |
Hung Parliament: Brown to resign as prime minister |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. How the mighty are fallen... |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here's your live link |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. So they're going with the conservatives? |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. No |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. Good to know. Thanks! :) |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Thankfully no.... |
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Mark Baker (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Some are |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. They may not be anti-abortion or pro-gun or prayer in school |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. Thanks for the condolences; we need them! |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Brown has just pulled the rug out from under Clegg then. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Then Cameron has no where else to go |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. He's PM. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. So? You understand what a confidence measure is, right? |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. As I said, the Queen can prevent an early election. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Not without causing a constitutional crisis. |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yes, there is a process in place to do so. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The process you're thinking of is a minority government. |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No, the Lascelles principles. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Except there's not really any choice if the passage of a budget can't muster a majority. |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. If she doesn't allow an election then they'd |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Except in reality the Queen doesn't allow anything, she'd act on the advice of the Privy Council. |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. She has reserve powers she can use. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Happens often, right? |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. It may well be a coalition, or any variation thereof. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yes, its lasted 4 years....BUT |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. They've had them many times before. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Yes, and they often don't last long at all because they don't play nice |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. They last 18 months on average apparently. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Yeah, big deal |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. There is no other option at the moment. |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Rumour has it.... |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. 6 cabinet positions as well apparently. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. So looks like he is striking a deal |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. If it goes to a referendum in the UK |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. Confusing . . . what the hell are the Liberal Dems saying about the Tories . . . ??? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I'm not sure where you're getting that from |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You've just repeated the basis of my question . . . |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
56. it wasn't a matter of getting Labour to move to the left |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Those talks |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. How would you sum up . . . |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Brown was victim of cirucmstances |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Well, Blair obviously moved party to the right . . . . |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. No. It doesn't matter what their alignment is |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Wait . . . Clegg can make the "king" but neither Brown nor Cameron were interested??? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I am in favor of electoral reform, yes |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. OK . . . so you're talking about joining Europe in an IRV system . . . |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Essentially, yes... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. I also believe world would move to the left . . . |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. What happens if the Lib-dems pull out of a coalition government? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. I think they normally agree, on paper, to a contract with an expiration date |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. If Gordon Brown now chooses to ... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
39. Thatcherism returns. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. And do you think this is really what everyone wanted . . . ??? More Thatcherism? |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
41. David "Tory-Boy" Cameron is fucking Prime Minister. We're all fucking doomed. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Bollocks |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I'm unemployed and disabled |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Me too (still looking for a job and profoundly deaf) |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 05:58 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I'm not sure he has |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
43. FOX NEWS HEADLINES... conservatives head up well-hung parliament |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Cameron given pass on producing Birth Certificate |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. LOL |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
61. Very droll |
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