«Our successful policy delivery is an argument for
the SNP as the party of government and responsibility in Scotland.»
Not exact matches
A left - leaning coalition - formal or informal - will have around five
parties, with deep splits over single market membership and free movement, and with the
SNP existentially needing to portray Westminster (especially a Labour
government in Westminster)
as being out
of touch with Scotland.
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of her election, the SNP is now the third party in the House of Commons and in its third term as the Government of Scotlan
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary
of her election, the
SNP is now the third
party in the House
of Commons and in its third term
as the Government of Scotlan
as the
Government of Scotland.
The coming elections in 2016 and 2017 present the very real danger
of irrelevance and ultimately extinction for the
party, especially if the
SNP can gain local
government fiefdoms like Glasgow, which act
as centres for political patronage.
SNP offer a deal whereby Nicola Sturgeon becomes Deputy PM
as being able to command the second
party of United Kingdom
government, with or without a WM seat
of her own.
The more seats a
party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13
party or grouping has, the more chance it has
of forming a
government - with 198 seats out
of 646 the Conservative
Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13
Party could only form a
government if significant numbers
of other MP's decided to back them,
as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main
party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13
party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it
as an opportunity to allow Labour into
government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event
of the next election going exactly the same way in terms
of votes then 214 out
of 650 is 32.93 %
of seats compared to at 198 out
of 646 seats - 30.65 %
of seats and the Conservative
Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13
Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a
government allowing for the greater number
of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a
government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC &
SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing
of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.
The
SNP were unable to negotiate a majority coalition
government with any other
party, but as no other combination of parties were able to agree a deal, the SNP chose to form a one - party minority government, with confidence and supply support from the Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Conservative P
party, but
as no other combination
of parties were able to agree a deal, the
SNP chose to form a one -
party minority government, with confidence and supply support from the Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Conservative P
party minority
government, with confidence and supply support from the Scottish Green
Party and the Scottish Conservative P
Party and the Scottish Conservative
PartyParty.
Indeed, many may argue that it is already unfit for the purpose
of three
party politics, and that
as more
parties grow their representation in the Commons (the
SNP and UKIP) the opposition benches will fill up faster than the
government benches.
Second, the Conservative
Party and its supporters have claimed that including the
SNP in any
government will lead to chaos
as Miliband's
government would be liable to a «daily dose
of blackmail» that will result in continuous instability.
It might seem that there is no common ground between these three
parties, aside from two
of them being heavily focused on regional issues (only this weekend the
SNP came out in support
of Plaid's call for
government in Wales to receive the same funding settlement
as Scotland).
Despite Mr Cameron's rising personal popularity, the Conservatives have dropped four points
as voters abandon the traditional
parties of government for small
parties, including the
SNP.
Most Green and
SNP voters probably prefer a Labour - led
government to a Conservative - led one, and that is why those two left - leaning
parties have been at the forefront
of calls for a «progressive alliance» (particularly in the form
of a post-election deal,
as far
as the
SNP is concerned).
The Scottish National
Party (
SNP) signalled its willingness to join Labour and the Liberal Democrats in
government as part
of a rainbow coalition, but it quickly became clear that Gordon Brown's continued presence
as Prime Minister was seen
as a major obstacle to formulating a Labour — Liberal Democrat deal.
In the wake
of Labour's second defeat at the Scottish Parliament election
of May 2011, which saw the Scottish National
Party (
SNP) form its first majority
government, Gray announced his intention to step down
as leader
of the Labour MSPs later that year.
Labour seems most confident in parading our values in debating with the Tories but we should be less abashed in doing so when squaring off against the Greens, UKIP and the
SNP, while being more confident in our capacity to present ourselves
as a more competent
party of government than the Tories.