Sentences with phrase «in a hung parliament situation»

In a hung parliament situation the most likely scenario is another election a few months later and until we have a different electoral system it will ever be thus.

Not exact matches

Well, the only situation where a Lib / Lab coalition would be democratically acceptable after the next election would be one where Labour emerges as the largest party in a hung parliament or has an extremely small majority.

Meanwhile DUP leader Peter Robinson was blunt yesterday about his party's willingness to use the situation for leverage, noting «unprecedented opportunities for a focused, cohesive unionist bloc» in a hung parliament.

But in a hypothetical hung Parliament situation where the Liberal Democrats could form a majority government with either party, and both offered equally good deals, 46 % of Lib Dem members would prefer a deal with Labour.

With another hung Parliament looking likely, we need agreement on the unwritten rules for choosing a Prime Minister in that situation.

Meanwhile, Gordon Brown, who is being closely advised on this matter by Peter Mandelson, is not only contemplating a grand coalition in the event of a hung parliament after the next election, but he is also ready to consider heading a national government in the coming months in the event of the economic situation getting worse.