Rumour has it one of the 1st changes made will be the formation of a fixed term of parliament, which by it's very nature will lock the parties together and force co-operation. Without this we will be back at the polls within 12months.
The fixed term of Parliament will be a feature of the pact, but I don't think it would be a new rule of goverment that would be enforceable forevermore. The Tories could still go back on it (which would be a bad idea) if they thought they could get away with it.
Otherwise, the LibDems and Tories seem to have found common ground based on economic policy, taxation and education, and tabled Trident for now. Europe and immigration are likely to be the biggest landmines that could blow up this agreement, but with the Lisbon Treaty out of the way Europe might be lower on the agenda and they can fudge around it for a while.
If the fixed term is four or five years though, I can't see how they can avoid a huge clash over Europe at some point.
Britain has a new Prime Minister
- 11/05/2010 08:12:50 PM
980 Views
Oh, right, I had totally forgotten that...
- 11/05/2010 08:14:31 PM
715 Views
Nope. The Tories can form a minority government and risk the danger of collapsing.
- 11/05/2010 08:18:31 PM
711 Views
That is what is being reported. From the Guardian quoting an unnamed Lib Dem MP
- 11/05/2010 08:30:52 PM
756 Views
But at the price of PR, no doubt.
- 11/05/2010 08:32:02 PM
712 Views
Not much of a price, I suspect
- 11/05/2010 08:49:38 PM
727 Views
The only hope for this coalition is a constitutional change
- 11/05/2010 09:13:43 PM
717 Views
Possibly.
- 11/05/2010 09:21:38 PM
703 Views
The new cabinet is starting to come together.
- 11/05/2010 09:46:03 PM
701 Views
Defence is now updated to Fox according to Sky
- 11/05/2010 10:54:58 PM
596 Views
Yeah, just saw that coming through.
- 11/05/2010 11:00:25 PM
744 Views
That one is a surprise to me, I expected Clegg to get it in some form
- 11/05/2010 11:06:36 PM
644 Views
They're back to talking about Gove as Home Secretary.
- 12/05/2010 12:01:44 AM
665 Views
Heh, he has at least been barely caught up in the expenses scandal
- 12/05/2010 12:20:46 AM
670 Views
*Raises hand*
- 11/05/2010 10:00:22 PM
672 Views
Ick.
- 11/05/2010 10:15:13 PM
583 Views
How utterly delightful.
- 11/05/2010 10:17:15 PM
672 Views
*NM*
And now we have a new government. The LibDems have signed up wholeheartedly.
- 12/05/2010 12:16:31 AM
639 Views
And I now think I can class myself as a former Lib Dem voter
- 12/05/2010 12:33:28 AM
596 Views
What would you have them do?
- 12/05/2010 09:32:57 AM
789 Views
There are more than two choices
- 12/05/2010 10:20:35 AM
749 Views
- 12/05/2010 10:20:35 AM
749 Views
The only problem is that would mean returning a labour majority within 12 months
- 12/05/2010 11:36:47 AM
707 Views
They should have, since they didn't get enough important ministerial posts to compensate.
- 12/05/2010 01:42:07 PM
702 Views
Re: They should have, since they didn't get enough important ministerial posts to compensate.
- 12/05/2010 02:13:19 PM
716 Views
What about Northern Ireland? For the love of God, what about Northern Ireland?!?!?! *NM*
- 12/05/2010 05:00:37 AM
288 Views
What about it? Their parties won't be in the government.
- 12/05/2010 10:27:50 AM
567 Views
Well some very interesting things happened
- 12/05/2010 11:45:36 AM
687 Views
I was constantly checking up on Fermanagh & South Tyrone during the recounts.
- 12/05/2010 01:16:50 PM
664 Views
There are no firm plans on how to deal with the north joining the republic
- 12/05/2010 03:19:52 PM
649 Views
I think what he means is that saying "Britain" instead of "the UK" technically excludes NI. *NM*
- 12/05/2010 01:06:56 PM
271 Views
Nick Clegg is the first ever Deputy PM without an actual ministerial role.
- 12/05/2010 01:22:49 PM
727 Views
Re: Nick Clegg is the first ever Deputy PM without an actual ministerial role. Yet
- 12/05/2010 01:41:12 PM
627 Views
Maybe.
- 12/05/2010 01:47:16 PM
657 Views