Kalimantan Gull
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earlier than I expected, but was coming..
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Gordon Brown resigns as Labour leader [merged]
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Don Quixote
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- Nov 4, 2008
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Gordon Brown to resign as leader of the Labour party.
Not immediately of course, talks between Labour and the Lib dems. Looks like there will be another PM not elected again!
Not immediately of course, talks between Labour and the Lib dems. Looks like there will be another PM not elected again!
Gritt23
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We have a Parliamentary system, not a Presidential system. Therefore we NEVER elect the PM.
Don Quixote
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- Nov 4, 2008
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I know we don't but I am just suggesting the new PM will not have been a leader of a party during the elections. Those TV debates were a waste of time.
Is the correct answer.
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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sauce or speculation? will the Labour party stand for it (having another leader imposed), is there a candidate that wouldn't be challenged every few months like Brown was?
Quite right. Since the 2nd World War, we've had seven PMs who were unelected (by a general election) when they first took office. That's actually more than PMs who won general elections for their first stint.
There were plenty before the war too - the British system allows for it and it normally passes without comment. As I said the other day, I don't know why it's been continually raised as an issue with Brown, when it's never been a problem before.
Have you made up any other stories today as well?
Everyone knows he is going but he hasn't done so yet. It will part of the deal for the Lib Lab pact.
Everyone knows he is going but he hasn't done so yet. It will part of the deal for the Lib Lab pact.
The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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You knob
Disraeli and Winston Churchill both were Prime Minister under the same circumstances, and I don't hear people bitching about them for being 'unelected'.
Hunting 784561
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- Jul 8, 2003
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harsh, but very fair
sten_super
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So it looks like the LibLab 'coalition of losers' is on then. If so, I think it's unfortunate that all of the parties couldn't put their differences to one side to act in the best interests of the country, and reflect the true will of the people.
Tricky Dicky
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There won't be a leader 'imposed' - the Labour party takes 4 or 5 months to elect a leader, which is presumably why Gordie's not going til Sept.
I would expect is to be Milliband (senior) or Alan Johnston - hopefully not Harman.
Don Quixote
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- Nov 4, 2008
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What the f***, the mod that merged this is an idiot... He hasn't resigned he is GOING to resign.
If I made such a fundamental error in my Job I would be hauled up and recieve a right bollocking
Storer68
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Brown to resign as Labour leader
Gordon Brown has said he is stepping down as Labour Party leader.
Mr Brown, prime minister since 2007, said he wanted a successor to be in place by the time of the party's conference in September.
Mr Brown announced his intention to quit in a statement in Downing St in which he also said his party was to start formal talks with the Lib Dems.
The Conservatives won the most seats and most votes in the election and have been in talks with the Lib Dems.
Mr Brown said no party had won an overall majority in the UK general election and, as Labour leader, he had to accept his part in that.
He said he had no desire to stay in his position longer than was needed to form a stable government, and that he would ask the Labour Party to set in form the process of a leadership contest.
He said it could be in the interests of the country to form a "progressive" government - possibly in coalition with the Lib Dems - the UK's third largest party.
It emerged earlier that the Lib Dem negotiating team, who have held days of talks with the Conservatives, had also met senior Labour figures in private.
The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said one of the stumbling blocks to any Lib Dem-Labour deal had been Mr Brown himself
Gordon Brown has said he is stepping down as Labour Party leader.
Mr Brown, prime minister since 2007, said he wanted a successor to be in place by the time of the party's conference in September.
Mr Brown announced his intention to quit in a statement in Downing St in which he also said his party was to start formal talks with the Lib Dems.
The Conservatives won the most seats and most votes in the election and have been in talks with the Lib Dems.
Mr Brown said no party had won an overall majority in the UK general election and, as Labour leader, he had to accept his part in that.
He said he had no desire to stay in his position longer than was needed to form a stable government, and that he would ask the Labour Party to set in form the process of a leadership contest.
He said it could be in the interests of the country to form a "progressive" government - possibly in coalition with the Lib Dems - the UK's third largest party.
It emerged earlier that the Lib Dem negotiating team, who have held days of talks with the Conservatives, had also met senior Labour figures in private.
The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said one of the stumbling blocks to any Lib Dem-Labour deal had been Mr Brown himself
- Aug 8, 2005
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It will be Milliband.
If lib dems form an alliance with labour though I will more cross than when I heard the Calderon news. Very bad for the country.
Don Quixote
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- Nov 4, 2008
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Same, I would be sacked on the spot or even murdered.