Rumour has it one of the 1st changes made will be the formation of a fixed term of parliament, which by it's very nature will lock the parties together and force co-operation. Without this we will be back at the polls within 12months.
The fixed term of Parliament will be a feature of the pact, but I don't think it would be a new rule of goverment that would be enforceable forevermore. The Tories could still go back on it (which would be a bad idea) if they thought they could get away with it.
Otherwise, the LibDems and Tories seem to have found common ground based on economic policy, taxation and education, and tabled Trident for now. Europe and immigration are likely to be the biggest landmines that could blow up this agreement, but with the Lisbon Treaty out of the way Europe might be lower on the agenda and they can fudge around it for a while.
If the fixed term is four or five years though, I can't see how they can avoid a huge clash over Europe at some point.
Britain has a new Prime Minister
- 11/05/2010 08:12:50 PM
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Oh, right, I had totally forgotten that...
- 11/05/2010 08:14:31 PM
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Nope. The Tories can form a minority government and risk the danger of collapsing.
- 11/05/2010 08:18:31 PM
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That is what is being reported. From the Guardian quoting an unnamed Lib Dem MP
- 11/05/2010 08:30:52 PM
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But at the price of PR, no doubt.
- 11/05/2010 08:32:02 PM
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Not much of a price, I suspect
- 11/05/2010 08:49:38 PM
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The only hope for this coalition is a constitutional change
- 11/05/2010 09:13:43 PM
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Possibly.
- 11/05/2010 09:21:38 PM
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The new cabinet is starting to come together.
- 11/05/2010 09:46:03 PM
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Defence is now updated to Fox according to Sky
- 11/05/2010 10:54:58 PM
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Yeah, just saw that coming through.
- 11/05/2010 11:00:25 PM
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That one is a surprise to me, I expected Clegg to get it in some form
- 11/05/2010 11:06:36 PM
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They're back to talking about Gove as Home Secretary.
- 12/05/2010 12:01:44 AM
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Heh, he has at least been barely caught up in the expenses scandal
- 12/05/2010 12:20:46 AM
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*Raises hand*
- 11/05/2010 10:00:22 PM
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Ick.
- 11/05/2010 10:15:13 PM
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How utterly delightful.
- 11/05/2010 10:17:15 PM
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*NM*
And now we have a new government. The LibDems have signed up wholeheartedly.
- 12/05/2010 12:16:31 AM
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And I now think I can class myself as a former Lib Dem voter
- 12/05/2010 12:33:28 AM
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What would you have them do?
- 12/05/2010 09:32:57 AM
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There are more than two choices
- 12/05/2010 10:20:35 AM
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- 12/05/2010 10:20:35 AM
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The only problem is that would mean returning a labour majority within 12 months
- 12/05/2010 11:36:47 AM
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They should have, since they didn't get enough important ministerial posts to compensate.
- 12/05/2010 01:42:07 PM
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Re: They should have, since they didn't get enough important ministerial posts to compensate.
- 12/05/2010 02:13:19 PM
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What about Northern Ireland? For the love of God, what about Northern Ireland?!?!?! *NM*
- 12/05/2010 05:00:37 AM
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What about it? Their parties won't be in the government.
- 12/05/2010 10:27:50 AM
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Well some very interesting things happened
- 12/05/2010 11:45:36 AM
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I was constantly checking up on Fermanagh & South Tyrone during the recounts.
- 12/05/2010 01:16:50 PM
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There are no firm plans on how to deal with the north joining the republic
- 12/05/2010 03:19:52 PM
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I think what he means is that saying "Britain" instead of "the UK" technically excludes NI. *NM*
- 12/05/2010 01:06:56 PM
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Nick Clegg is the first ever Deputy PM without an actual ministerial role.
- 12/05/2010 01:22:49 PM
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Re: Nick Clegg is the first ever Deputy PM without an actual ministerial role. Yet
- 12/05/2010 01:41:12 PM
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Maybe.
- 12/05/2010 01:47:16 PM
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