Sentences with phrase «scenario of a hung parliament»

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.

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Combined with the expectation of a slight incumbency boost — that same bump the Conservatives have been praying for months for now - a hung parliament with the Tories as the largest party seems a plausible scenario.

Eighty - nine per cent of members backed Mr Clegg's approach to the hung parliament scenario - that he should let the party with the most votes and the most seats try and form a government.

I suspect rather too much discussion of hung Parliaments assumes the scenario is always one where the LibDems can put either party over the majority line.

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.

Yesterday a Conservative MP's book on the formation of the coalition revealed details of the Lib Dems» pre-election planning for a hung parliament scenario.