Sentences with phrase «prospect of a hung parliament»
And with the prospect of another hung parliament this May, all the talk of a vote - by - vote minority administration propped up by nationalist MPs means we could be going back to the 1970s in more ways than one.
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According to the head of BBC News, the prospect of a hung parliament led a «coalitionology» in election reporting.
The pound fell against the dollar this week after Greece's credit rating was downgraded and has also been hurt by concerns over the prospect of a hung parliament.
Wouldn't that completely avoid the prospect of a hung parliament?
As we face the prospect of another hung parliament, confusion and obfuscation are dominating discussion of post-election negotiations and government formation.
Discussing tomorrow's Guardian / ICM poll (showing Labour on 29 per cent, the Conservatives on 33 per cent, and the Lib Dems on 30 per cent), Ollie Grender said she did not find the prospect of a hung parliament «scary» — it was a question of proper preparation.
The DUP leader expressed his optimism about the next few weeks, saying the prospect of a hung parliament gives Northern Irish voters crucial influence on polling day.
For anyone observing the British elections from continental Europe, where coalition governments are often the norm, the rising panic at the prospect of another hung parliament might seem difficult to fathom.
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.
But the prospect of a hung parliament and Labour having to fess up to challenging May is now worth thinking about.
Partners may not have wanted a Labour government, according to our survey published yesterday, but they feared the prospect of a hung parliament even more, with more than 60 % of respondents believing activity levels would fall during the next 12 months in the event of no party winning an outright majority.