Brian The Dog on 11/5/2010 at 15:57
My hyperbole award goes to Blunkett, who described Clegg as behaving like a harlot.
My MP regularly says what she feels like, her constituents think she's great but the national party can't get rid of her. Hooray!
N'Al on 11/5/2010 at 17:23
[CENTER]Gordon Brown has Yellow Fever!
An outward sign of his desire for a Lab-Lib coalition, or the realisation that it ain't gonna happen?
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This is from the copy of the Daily Telegraph that arrived at work this morning. Colours must've run; thought it was vaguely amusing.
Brian The Dog on 11/5/2010 at 17:31
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Personally I'd be astonished if LibDem and the Conservatives now have a full alliance - there's too much of a problem with trust between the leaders now
Looks like I might be being astonished... Brown looks like he's going as PM tonight and Cameron becoming PM (according to BBC).
Does anyone know if the referendum on Electoral Reform has to go through a vote in Parliament first? If so, will it be a Free Vote, or will the Whip be strictly enforced for Conservative?
I was wondering why no-one mentioned "trying out" electoral reform e.g. AV, PR etc on the House of Lords - they're not tied to one particular geographical area, so don't need to represent constituents.
David on 11/5/2010 at 18:24
And he's gone.
Namdrol on 11/5/2010 at 18:32
bloody nonsense getting in the way of eastenders
Looks like we're getting the Lib/Tory coalition.
Not sure about this but I guess it's the best option, if the Libs can temper that natural Tory disdain for anyone who wasn't educated at Public School.
And that Eton Wanker will be our PM :(
SD on 11/5/2010 at 18:32
Lib Dems in Government :D
David Cameron as Prime Minister :(
steo on 11/5/2010 at 19:45
It's official, Cameron Diaz is the new PM. Shit.
R Soul on 11/5/2010 at 19:58
In the words of TTLG, this will end well.
Brian The Dog on 11/5/2010 at 20:13
Looks like it's a guaranteed 3-4 year term, which means Cameron can't pull the rug out on Clegg. Simon Hughes was interviewed on the BBC and said that Labour didn't budge on anything much in the negotiations, so they went back to the Tories who had given some pretty major concessions for them (change large parts of the tax policy, allow a referendum on changing the voting system, introduction of fixed terms, and giving places in the cabinet being the main ones I guess).
Thought it was a bit petty of Brown to resign before the talks on the coalition had finished - Cameron said there will be a full coalition, but it's still not been voted on by either party. Maybe they were worried about the finance markets if it went on until tomorrow morning.
Pretty astonishing to me that Queenie has seen 12 prime ministers now, and the rapid change around. The civil servants stay completely the same, and the ministers have no formal training - they end up learning on the job.
Cameron spoke about the difficulties ahead, which is an understatement - he's got to save about £40b/yr starting now, and they've agreed to raise the threshold at which you start paying tax to £10,000/yr, which will require some serious shifting around of stuff in the books.
SubJeff on 11/5/2010 at 20:35
WOOT!
Ahem.
