Farage is saying they should team up to block a possible SNP/Labour alliance.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/15/farage-ukip-cameron-conservatives-block-labour-snp-coalition
Will the Tories and UKIP have enough seats to do this? I'm not sure the polls show that. |
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By *oo hotCouple
over a year ago
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"Farage is saying they should team up to block a possible SNP/Labour alliance.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/15/farage-ukip-cameron-conservatives-block-labour-snp-coalition
Will the Tories and UKIP have enough seats to do this? I'm not sure the polls show that. "
UKIP won't get enough seats to make any meaningful contribution. |
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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago
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"Farage is saying they should team up to block a possible SNP/Labour alliance.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/15/farage-ukip-cameron-conservatives-block-labour-snp-coalition
Will the Tories and UKIP have enough seats to do this? I'm not sure the polls show that.
UKIP won't get enough seats to make any meaningful contribution."
The Tories will need every last seat. Even one will be meaningful. |
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UKIP won't get enough seats to make any meaningful contribution."
Just what I was thinking.
I can actually see a situation were we might end up with a 3 or 4 party coalition if the seats are spread out enough.
If the Tories and UKIP could get the DUP and one or two others on board then who knows. |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"I'd prefer a minority government rather than another peacetime coalition....
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minority government doesn't work because anything mildly controversial gets voted down...
you would still need some sort of "confidence and supply" agreement.... which is in effect coalition without the other side being in the actual government |
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"I'd prefer a minority government rather than another peacetime coalition....
minority government doesn't work because anything mildly controversial gets voted down...
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Not to mention the fact that the media would always be baying for a confidence vote in order to create their own news and boost their own ratings/readership.
We'd have a neverending news cycle of 'can the mintority government last?'. |
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"I'd prefer a minority government rather than another peacetime coalition....
minority government doesn't work because anything mildly controversial gets voted down...
you would still need some sort of "confidence and supply" agreement.... which is in effect coalition without the other side being in the actual government"
Yes you get to see each parties true colours.....  |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"I'd prefer a minority government rather than another peacetime coalition....
minority government doesn't work because anything mildly controversial gets voted down...
you would still need some sort of "confidence and supply" agreement.... which is in effect coalition without the other side being in the actual government
Yes you get to see each parties true colours..... "
and anything romtely major grinds to a halt...
if you want a living breathing example of what minority government would look like....
take america....
went obama started in office.... democratic president, democratic senate, democratic congress....
first 2 years... laws were propsed by president, laws went thru congress... thru senate... sorted
next 4 years... democratic president, democratic senate, republican congress....
laws proposed by president, laws went thru senate, republicans played chicken with law.. send it back to senate... who play chicken with it... and send it back to congress.. and so until one side finally gave in (for example gun laws after sandy hook) or because they were not the one who wanted to be seen to shutting down government...
for the last year we have.... democratic president, republican senate, republican congress.... and next to nothing gets done...... either republican kill any proposed democratic bill from obama, or obama veto's any to far out republican bills....
laws were propose |
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UKIP won't get enough seats to make any meaningful contribution."
Plus the Tories will gain their usual 3% vote from people who won't admit it to the pollsters.
It's only a question of whether the Lib Dems can retain enough seats so they and theTories outnumber Labour/Snp....
Mr ddc |
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