Sentences with phrase «possibility of minority government»

The period 1945 - 2010 saw the dominance of single party governments, but with the possibility of minority government in 1974 and the informal Lib - Lab pact of 1976 - 1979.

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Given Brexit talks are due to start on June 19, a weak minority government with no real mandate would undermine Britain's position in negotiations, leaving open the possibility of another election later this year, as happened in the UK in 1974.

There was some discussion after the election of the possibility of creating a Conservative minority government and, because the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown had the first opportunity to form a government, there were also talks about creating some sort of alliance between the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats and other smaller parties.

Some have suggested the possibility of a minority Labour government, backed by the SNP and the Liberal Democrats.

A growing minority of investors and regulators are probing the possibility that untapped deposits of oil, gas and coal — valued at trillions of dollars globally — could become stranded assets as governments adopt stricter climate change policies.