Sentences with phrase «do in a hung parliament»

Because for all the Liberal pirouetting on what they would do in a hung Parliament, everyone knows they are closer in spirit and practice to Labour.

Not exact matches

We're in hung parliament territory and I do expect that there will be communications.»

«There's been a lot of discussion on the fringe of this conference about our party's next steps; about our relationship with the other parties; and about what we should do in the event of another hung parliament,» he said.

At the same time, not many audiences would be quite so anoraked as to hit the host with a barrage of questions about majorities and departmental carve - ups when he asks, in a moment of audience interaction, what Nick Clegg should do if faced with another 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.

«I'm not the king - maker,» he told every journalist asking what the Lib Dems would do in the event of a hung parliament, «It's the people who are the king - makers.»

British politics is adversarial and doesn't suit high - principled cooperation, to the extent that not one of the four hung parliaments in the last century lasted longer than two years.

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He went on to talk about what the party might want to see if in a position to do a deal in a hung parliament after the 2015 election.

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.

There would be no special responsibility on the LibDems: I think the major parties would think it in their interests to at least have a discussion; it would be sensible to do so; and voters might reasonably expect that once a hung parliament happened.

For example after the elections of February 1974 resulted in a hung parliament, the old Prime Minister, Edward Heath didn't resign immediately.

Dr Julian Lewis: What sort of signal does it send to Iran and other hostile would - be proliferators that our nuclear deterrent could be put at ransom in the event of another hung Parliament, as a result of our not having signed the key contracts and the hostility towards the replacement of Trident evinced by the Liberal Democrats?

In doing so he will challenge the constitutional convention that says if Britain votes for a hung parliament, the existing prime minister gets the first chance to form a government.

In a close election that could still be the difference between a majority and a hung Parliament, so don't underestimate its potential importance, but it would be a remarkable election if the swing in marginal seats really was 4 or 5 points bigger or smaller than the national picturIn a close election that could still be the difference between a majority and a hung Parliament, so don't underestimate its potential importance, but it would be a remarkable election if the swing in marginal seats really was 4 or 5 points bigger or smaller than the national picturin marginal seats really was 4 or 5 points bigger or smaller than the national picture.

A hung parliament would «lead to a sort of stagnation to a sort of haggling and a bickering among politicians and we won't get done what so badly needs to be done in our country».

In the end, everything in hung parliaments always depends on the numbers — and we don't know the numbers yeIn the end, everything in hung parliaments always depends on the numbers — and we don't know the numbers yein hung parliaments always depends on the numbers — and we don't know the numbers yet.

But, in his first comments on what he might do if Thursday's election is inconclusive, Mr Cameron challenged the Whitehall convention that says that, if Britain votes for a hung parliament, the existing Prime Minister gets the first chance to form a government, even if his party has fewer seats or votes than its main rival.

«What I can't do with effectively a hung parliament is just stand back and say «we'll negotiate for ever»... we need to bring this to a head, make a decision and in my view put in place something that will work and work quickly.»

He also reveals, for the first time, that he would demand the resignation of Nick Clegg before doing any deal with the Lib Dems in any future hung parliament.

Wisdom has it that the monarch is above party political decisions, but the Queen does enjoy certain «reserve powers» which may be central to the political process in the event of a hung parliament.

FPTP allows change, and amplifies the swings of preference to give opposing camps a proper majority, without the protection of «we would, only our allies X...» You only have to see Alex Salmond's salivation at the prospect of a hung parliament in May, planning to «hang Westminster by a Scottish rope», to know what smaller parties would happily do.

The polls all point to a hung Parliament and one in which Labour have just enough seats (even if they come third in the popular vote) to do a deal with the Lib Dems.

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.»

The joint BBC / ITV / Sky exit poll, taken at dozens of polling stations across the UK, and announced as the real polls closed, predicted a hung Parliament, with the Conservatives just short of an overall majority and the Lib Dems not doing much better than they had in 2005.

Arnaud Mares, its lead UK analyst, said: «A hung parliament does not in itself have direct implications for Moody's UK rating.