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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:32 PM Original message |
If there is a hung parliament, do you think it would last? |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. depends on how well hung it was |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. If Charles Kennedy got some concessions he wanted |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. They are very rare in the UK - only one since the War. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. One reason that they're rare is they're not needed |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. 2 - as well as the 1974 one, Callaghan had one after 1977 |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 10:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Right - I had totally forgotten that. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 03:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'd forgotten about that |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Could do - with strong moves towards P.R. |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Could the Tories block PR in the Lords? |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. They could try - but with enough time it would get through |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. PR and party system |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. Another thought. Tory-Unionist |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 02:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Howard would, I think, find the DUP very congenial bedfellows ... |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. Instinct tells me the LibberDemmers would go with the Tories ... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 03:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. But wouldn't the change that the electorate wanted be the end of Blair? |
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Mr Creosote (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:34 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Do you think the Lib Dems are interested in PR? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I think they would benefit from it for a long time |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. PR |
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Vladimir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. The problem with a hung parliament |
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