May 8, 201015 yr The thing you have to remember is that Alex Salmond is about the single most irrelevant $h!t streak in Westminster. You do realise Salmond isn't in Westminster any more, do you?
May 8, 201015 yr You do realise Salmond isn't in Westminster any more, do you? Yup, which makes what he says about Westminster even less relevant.
May 9, 201015 yr I see today's discussions were about as eventful as the Spanish Grand Prix & the final day of the English Premiership: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/ele...010/8670559.stm
May 11, 201015 yr well thats put the cat amongst the pigeons! brown declaring his intention to step down. and opening discussions with the lib dems. it was pitiful last night to see some ruddy faced toryboy whinging about it, but imho clegg is right by opening talks with labour and the tories. picking which one is best for his party is the obvious way foreward. brown was statesmanlike, which i like, and by removing himself from the equasion has meant the lib dems are more amenable to a coalition with labour. my monies on that happening, leaving cameron blustering in the wings hopefully for another 5 years. (unlikely though). tbh if he had any spunk he would also resign as he FAILED to win over a labour party thats in turmoil and is highly unpopular.
May 11, 201015 yr ... and a few hours later thats all gone pear shaped as lab/lib talks have failed, leaving the way open for cameron :(
May 11, 201015 yr Nick Clegg's list reportedly http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/interac...tion-nick-clegg If true, this list is fascinating. 1) Red line. This one can guess is Tory red lines. Things the Tories will deal with, Europe, immigration and Trident. 2) AV, Alternative voting. A referendum on this perhaps? 3) Party funding. It looks as if no longer will parties be funded by rich people/organisations. 4) Fixed term parliaments. But how long we can only guess at. 5 & 6) Posts and MP's. One LibDem in each ministry? Looks like it. Edited May 11, 201015 yr by Ricky
May 11, 201015 yr Much as I would have preferred the Lib Dems to do a deal with Labour the arithmetic just isn't right.
May 11, 201015 yr Much as I would have preferred the Lib Dems to do a deal with Labour the arithmetic just isn't right. Agreed. I would've LOVED a Lib Dem-Labour deal to work out, but I've never thought it was going to happen since the election results came through. It would've been too unstable, AND they'd've had to make ridiculous partisan concessions to SNP and Plaid Cymru, which would've given England a disproportionate level of the spending cuts.
May 11, 201015 yr And a lot of Labour MP's were against it too Blunkett, Straw, Reid, Jowell, Burnham to name but a few
May 11, 201015 yr Squatter finally evicted from Downing St Hardly evicted when he resigned on his own accord. :heehee: He could've stayed till 'September'(?). I think he has played his part extremely well today.
May 11, 201015 yr Squatter finally evicted from Downing St Why can you not accept that Brown was duty bound to stay as PM until an alternative could command a majority in the House of Commons? Oops, I'm introducing facts into the argument again. I must try to follow your example and ignore them.
May 11, 201015 yr And only now has someone actually said ... the country's economy isn't in such dire straits as the media were making out. Norma
May 11, 201015 yr Why can you not accept that Brown was duty bound to stay as PM until an alternative could command a majority in the House of Commons? Oops, I'm introducing facts into the argument again. I must try to follow your example and ignore them. Better late than never, Brown should have resigned Friday morning
May 11, 201015 yr Stop gloating Craig. Do the quiz. Norma That bottle of champagne is being drunk now ;) I might not be sober enough to do the quiz :P
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