Sentences with phrase «coalition in a hung parliament»

Nick Clegg undermined the prospect of a Conservative - Lib Dem coalition in a hung parliament, by turning his electoral sights on David Cameron's party.

The source was clear about what would happen if Labour and the Lib Dems formed a coalition in a hung parliament to push through electoral reform.

Not exact matches

A general election on March 4 resulted in a hung parliament in which no one party or coalition of parties won enough of the vote to govern alone.

Italian stocks fell at the start of this morning's trading, after populist parties won almost half the vote in Italy's Sunday elections, and early results suggested the country is heading for a hung parliament due to no party or coalition of parties meeting the 40 % threshold for stable governance.

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

In a hung Parliament, who would you go into coalition with?A coalition between the Greens and the Labour Party might be a good idea.

I hope we get a Lib Dem - Tory coalition in the event of a hung parliament.

I personally don't mind whether there's a Lab - LibDem coalition if there's a hung parliament, or a semi-formal pact that allows Labour to continue in office with conditional LibDem support.

Pollsters predict another hung parliament in May this year and potentially protracted coalition negotiations.

The details of the stillborn coalition negotiations between the two centre - left parties comes as senior figures in both parties start building bridges ahead of what is expected to be another hung parliament in 2015.

Although he may have solved a short term problem, the only long term thing Cameron might have achieved is making a Labour - Liberal Democrat coalition even more likely in the event of another hung parliament.

One event which could well kick start a movement towards electoral reform would be a hung parliament resulting in a Labour Lib - Dem coalition.

Malcolm Turnbull says he is «quietly confident» the Coalition will secure enough votes to form a majority government, but is reaching out to crossbenchers who could prove kingmakers if the election results in a hung parliament.

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.

Before the 2010 election, which gave rise to the current coalition, the need for negotiations had arisen only once, following the February 1974 general election which also resulted in a hung parliament.

If, labour came first, and the liberals third, with a hung parliament, labour would use the liberals in a coalition government.

High - February 15th: Hedging their bets - A Guardian report that Clegg would rule himself out of a coalition in the event of a hung parliament was quickly rebutted, leaving the position clarified and enabling party activists to go about their jobs with the position clear in their heads.

In an interview with the Guardian, the MP for Hull West and Hessle said that when the Lib Dems came to talk to Labour in May 2010, just after the general election resulted in the first hung parliament in 36 years, he believed the two parties would form a coalitioIn an interview with the Guardian, the MP for Hull West and Hessle said that when the Lib Dems came to talk to Labour in May 2010, just after the general election resulted in the first hung parliament in 36 years, he believed the two parties would form a coalitioin May 2010, just after the general election resulted in the first hung parliament in 36 years, he believed the two parties would form a coalitioin the first hung parliament in 36 years, he believed the two parties would form a coalitioin 36 years, he believed the two parties would form a coalition.

The hung parliament of 2010 produced a Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition but after the Lib Dems» unhappy experience in office — and with neither Labour nor the Conservatives prepared to form a coalition with the resurgent SNP — the UK may be heading for a minority government.

It not only deprived him of seats that are rightly his, it undermines any hope that Clegg will be able to carry his party into a second coalition with Cameron in a future hung parliament — a parliament which is now more likely because of the failure of boundary changes.

With some of the polls pointing to a hung Parliament, or at least some commentators and the Lib Dems hyping it up, it is worth revisiting Mark Oaten's Coalition: The Politics and Personalities of Coalition Government from 1850, published in 2007.

There's no point in alarming these centre - right voters by reminding them that in a hung Parliament Sir Menzies would angle for a coalition with the next Labour Prime Minister.

Whatever people may think of New Labour's achievements, faults and mistakes, there is an enormous difference between the timidity with which a government with a majority of 170 + proceeded in its first term, carefully implementing its incremental manifesto but always looking over its shoulder in search of the «daily mandate», and the astonishing bullishness of this Coalition despite the hung parliament.

Farron had stuck resolutely to his line of «no coalitions, no pacts,» with other parties, in the wake of the general election result, which led to a hung parliament.

They argue that they may have a vital role to play in the formation of a coalition government if — as appears likely — there is another hung parliament after May 7.

In the event of a hung parliament, a Lib - Lab coalition could take shape around shared policies like the mansion tax.

I am not an expert but I imagine the LibDem party would talk to other parties as relevant in a hung parliament scenario, even if a coalition or any less formal kind of arrangement might well not result from that.

Mr Clegg refused to rule out the possibility of a coalition between Labour and the Lib Dems in the scenario of a hung parliament, however.

I thought that put it quite strongly, especially as there would not in most hung parliament scenarios probably be two alternative coalition options possible.

I would campaign for a red - yellow deal including electoral reform and an agreed manifesto, were it possible, both now and (perhaps more realistically) in the event of a hung parliament, and for Labour to have a manifesto which did not contain coalition red lines for the LibDems, as that would.

By 2015 there had been a fragmentation of the old party system with regional differences which in 2010 appeared to have inaugurated a new era of hung parliaments and coalitions.

And Jo Coburn asked him about potential coalitions if there to be another hung Parliament, and the party's role in the current government.

It seems to be taken for granted by a lot of commentators that changing to the alternative vote (AV) will be a move towards proportional representation - resulting in more hung parliaments and coalition governments.

The tradition in the United Kingdom appears to be that single party government is the norm, even when a general election leads to a hung Parliament, and that the largest single party, rather than participate in a coalition government, usually forms its own ministry, supported tacitly or openly by one of the smaller parties.

All is not lost though, as comparative researchby Akash Paun and Robyn Munro shows, smaller parties are less likely to be punished in a coalition if it lasts the distance and, while they may have little control over whether they stay in government or not, the post election arithmetic may mean that Nick Clegg is still the kingmaker in a hung parliament, even if the party is decimated at the next election.

[157] Under the constitution governing what happens in the event of a hung parliament, Brown remained temporarily as Prime Minister, [158] while the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives entered into talks aimed at forming a coalition government.

The 2010 election delivered a hung parliament and gave the third party a direct share in national office in the form of the Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition.

Although there are differences of preference, and the hung parliament would represent a lack of mandate for any particular party manifesto as a whole, it seems plausible that the ambiguity of both centre - left major party manifestos has been designed so that a compromise hammered out in coalition forming can claim manifesto legitimacy (the same measure being supported by voters of both parties).

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The election ended in Britain's first hung parliament since 1974, but Cameron still became prime minister of the country within days as the Conservatives formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

The election, held on 6 May, resulted in the first hung parliament in the UK in 36 years, sparking a series of negotiations which would form the first coalition government since the Second World War.

Salmond reiterated SNP policy not to enter a UK coalition government led by the Conservatives in the event of a hung parliament.

Word reaches me that the Lib Dem leader has decided what he'll demand of David Cameron in terms of cabinet posts if there's a hung Parliament and then a Con - Lib coalition.

To my surprise, Cleggmania had not swept the Lib Dems to a landslide victory, but a hung parliament meant our party could help form the first coalition government in 65 years.

Electoral maths suggest a 50 % chance of a hung parliament and a probable coalition in 2015 says an elections expert.

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.

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Asked if Labour would do a deal with the SNP in the event of a hung parliament, Mr Miliband said: «There isn't going to be a coalition.»