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So What If The Next Pm Did Not Win The Most Seats?
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Britain's next Prime Minister might not be the leader of the party which wins the most seats at the General Election, Britain's former top civil servant has told Sky News.
As this could happen either way I thought it might be good to debate before any mud slinging starts.
Does sound odd, but it's the way things are, however could it put the public off politics even more?
As this could happen either way I thought it might be good to debate before any mud slinging starts.
Does sound odd, but it's the way things are, however could it put the public off politics even more?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It is quite a common situation if you live anywhere else in the UK other than England. The Conservatives have 1 seat in Scotland and yet Scotland have a Conservative Prime Minister ruling them.
In theory, Brown could have formed a rainbow coalition in 2010 of everyone but the Tories. That was stymied by Clegg teaming up with Cameron.
In theory, Brown could have formed a rainbow coalition in 2010 of everyone but the Tories. That was stymied by Clegg teaming up with Cameron.
I too, can't see anything terribly new in this. As OG has said, Betty would need a very good reason indeed NOT to choose the current Leader of the Party who has most seats at Westminster. I can't remember a previous occasion where the sovereign has gone against the will of the people, at least not in modern times.
There is even the chance that we could have a "national unity" Government, of Labour and the Tories. After all, it happened during WW2 and we seemed to have managed quite well back then.
But to be realistic about matters, it is either going to be Ed or dave in Number Ten later this summer, and we all know that .....don't we ?
There is even the chance that we could have a "national unity" Government, of Labour and the Tories. After all, it happened during WW2 and we seemed to have managed quite well back then.
But to be realistic about matters, it is either going to be Ed or dave in Number Ten later this summer, and we all know that .....don't we ?
"There is even the chance that we could have a "national unity" Government, of Labour and the Tories. After all, it happened during WW2 and we seemed to have managed quite well back then." - yes mikey but they did have teenzy weenzy problem to focus on. Even the Labour party was not quite as anti British as the germans at the time! - almost impossible in peace time.
// Betty would need a very good reason indeed NOT to choose the current Leader of the Party who has most seats at Westminster. //
If the winner does not have a working majority then it would be very foolhardy of her Majesty to ask that party to form a Government. It could be outvoted on everything it tried to do.
If the winning party does not have the required majority, but the second placed party and another do, then the sensible thing would be to to ask the leader of the coalition parties to form the Government.
If the winner does not have a working majority then it would be very foolhardy of her Majesty to ask that party to form a Government. It could be outvoted on everything it tried to do.
If the winning party does not have the required majority, but the second placed party and another do, then the sensible thing would be to to ask the leader of the coalition parties to form the Government.
// Is this not the result of voters apathy brought about by New Labour becoming a slightly more left wing version of the Conservatives? //
No. Being a more left wing version would be a differentiation. The reason for the apathy is that the public does not see much difference between the 3 main parties. That is not an accident, all 3 parties have pitched themselves in the middle ground territory.
No. Being a more left wing version would be a differentiation. The reason for the apathy is that the public does not see much difference between the 3 main parties. That is not an accident, all 3 parties have pitched themselves in the middle ground territory.
The Conservatives have 1 seat in Scotland and yet Scotland have a Conservative Prime Minister ruling them.
The Prime Minister is that of the United Kingdom, not of Scotland (or Wales or Northern Ireland). For thirteen yeas from 1997-2010 most of southern England outside London (with a far greater population than that of Scotland) had a Labour Prime Minister with very few Labour MPs representing them. That's what living in the Uk often leads to.
There needs to be a move away from the idea that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should be treated differently to England.
The Prime Minister is that of the United Kingdom, not of Scotland (or Wales or Northern Ireland). For thirteen yeas from 1997-2010 most of southern England outside London (with a far greater population than that of Scotland) had a Labour Prime Minister with very few Labour MPs representing them. That's what living in the Uk often leads to.
There needs to be a move away from the idea that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should be treated differently to England.
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