No.
UNder the Labour leadership contest, MP's need to obtain a minimum level of support from other mp's to be put into the Leadership contest. None of the other Labour MP's obtained a mandate to stand against Brown.
Lets not forget Blair also stitched up Ashdown back in 1997, again, Blair should had agreed to Liberals in that first cabinet, because people certainly tactically voted to keep the tories out then.
As they have also just done.
I don't disagree, last time I looked labour had only had a swing of - 6.3 %.
From what I can gather Blair was totally againgst PR, and after the first election, you cannot blame hime for not rolling it out.
Brown has seen for a long time the need for PR to maintain a progressive Government...
Of course, Cameron could do the right thing and put out an olive branch to Labour and LIberals.
1.We will work together for 18 months. Then another election.
2. No front line staff cuts in NHS, POlice, Defence.
3. Corporation Tax to be reduced by 1.5% to be reviewed, but not for the banks...
Simon Hughes around 9.00 am really linging up liberals for a progressive coalition, people like him, would not stand it, lets not forget Clegg only won the leadership by a few votes.
With lots of rumourings of fixing votes at a local level.
On principles, if Clegg doen't gor for PR, he can...
10,000 k radical enough forthe other parties not to have adopted it, I always reckoned, the Tories was going to hit us with more VAT within months, to take us into line with Europe. How can Clegg really agree with Trident, the Conservatives would certainly say no.
But as you say, if the...
Lets not forget, Wales, London, Ireland and Scotland have PR for their elections. So 16m people regularly use the system, the parties (except Tories) in these areas will automatically welcome, joining together to introduce PR for the Home Counties!
Coalitions work well in all of these areas...
Full shift, big noted were the Tories at 3.29 am getting for the first time the highest number of seats. Ed Balls sweating his bollocks off, as he thought he would lose.
THe Ashfield candidate sweating my balls off as she teased the room...
Disagree mate, most people in the inner city areas voted for the LIberals because of their radical left wing agenda, on taxation, defence, immigration.
In fact our local liberal candidate, told me, they were the real social democrats in Hackney.
If Clegg, forms a pact, it will be againgst the...
As at 10.06 am 7/5/10 the Conservatives have won only 36.1% of the vote, the largest proportion of the vote but not an automatic mandate torun this country.
Basically 64% or nearly two-thirds of the voting have not voted Tory.
Where the Tories are different from the Labour, LIberals. Is that...
As at 10.06 am 7/5/10 the Conservatives have won only 36.1% of the vote, the largest proportion of the vote but not an automatic mandate torun this country.
Basically 64% or nearly two-thirds of the voting have not voted Tory.
Where the Tories are different from the Labour, LIberals. Is that...
Interesting, from reading pevious postings you were a strong advocate of iphones?
LC?
Sorry for my ignorance but if I pick up a an e-mail on an ordinary non windows phone, could it still open an excel or word document
Yours and thanks everyone.