Not exact matches
Should a prime minister stay in office only so long as he has a potential chance to govern, or does he have a responsibility to remain as premier to enable a
full coalition agreement to be agreed
between the other parties?
This is the UK, so of course there is no formal rule, but based on the 2010
coalition government
between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, we would expect a
full formal
coalition to produce a cabinet containing members of both parties, all acting under the convention of collective responsibility.
This May's General Election saw the end of the first
full coalition in post-war British politics,
between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
The
coalition will spend the next six months working out how it plans to divide up the pain
between departments; the result will be a
full spending review for the 2015/16 year unveiled some time before parliament rises for next summer's long recess.
The new Conservative - Liberal Democrat
coalition unveiled its
full policy document this morning, building on the deal agreed during talks
between the parties last week.