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Well, he's now Lord President of the Council. Tim Send a noteboard - 12/05/2010 08:05:33 PM
Another entirely meaningless role. Basically it means he gets to have tea with the Queen once a month. Can't help thinking Dave thought it would be extremely convenient to send Nick up to Balmoral when he wants to do something right-wing.
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.

—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.

—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
Not a Lord, not a President, and not on any county council. Only in Britain...
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Britain has a new Prime Minister Werthead - 11/05/2010 08:12:50 PM 977 Views
Oh, right, I had totally forgotten that... Legolas - 11/05/2010 08:14:31 PM 712 Views
Nope. The Tories can form a minority government and risk the danger of collapsing. Werthead - 11/05/2010 08:18:31 PM 708 Views
That is what is being reported. From the Guardian quoting an unnamed Lib Dem MP snoopcester - 11/05/2010 08:30:52 PM 753 Views
But at the price of PR, no doubt. Legolas - 11/05/2010 08:32:02 PM 712 Views
Maybe not. Werthead - 11/05/2010 08:41:24 PM 759 Views
Not much of a price, I suspect snoopcester - 11/05/2010 08:49:38 PM 723 Views
That is the biggest danger to the LibDems. Werthead - 11/05/2010 09:10:09 PM 692 Views
Indeed. snoopcester - 11/05/2010 09:20:27 PM 792 Views
The only hope for this coalition is a constitutional change Wibble - 11/05/2010 09:13:43 PM 714 Views
Possibly. Werthead - 11/05/2010 09:21:38 PM 700 Views
The new cabinet is starting to come together. Werthead - 11/05/2010 09:46:03 PM 698 Views
Plus Secretary for Scotland to the Lib Dems - imagine that. Legolas - 11/05/2010 09:50:11 PM 771 Views
It's a sop/peacemaker role, depending how you look at it. Werthead - 11/05/2010 09:54:02 PM 690 Views
It is a pat on the head. snoopcester - 11/05/2010 10:19:14 PM 584 Views
The Tory half is depressing already snoopcester - 11/05/2010 10:13:58 PM 648 Views
Defence is now updated to Fox according to Sky snoopcester - 11/05/2010 10:54:58 PM 593 Views
Yeah, just saw that coming through. Werthead - 11/05/2010 11:00:25 PM 742 Views
That one is a surprise to me, I expected Clegg to get it in some form snoopcester - 11/05/2010 11:06:36 PM 643 Views
They're back to talking about Gove as Home Secretary. Werthead - 12/05/2010 12:01:44 AM 663 Views
Heh, he has at least been barely caught up in the expenses scandal snoopcester - 12/05/2010 12:20:46 AM 668 Views
*Raises hand* LadyLorraine - 11/05/2010 10:00:22 PM 669 Views
Tories = Conservatives Werthead - 11/05/2010 10:06:35 PM 678 Views
Re: Tories = Conservatives BlackAdder - 11/05/2010 10:17:33 PM 686 Views
Ick. Camilla - 11/05/2010 10:15:13 PM 580 Views
When will you realise that I am always right? Druid - 12/05/2010 02:12:04 AM 690 Views
Re: When will you realise that I am always right? Camilla - 12/05/2010 09:14:07 AM 561 Views
How utterly delightful. LiterateDog - 11/05/2010 10:17:15 PM 668 Views
it does make for fine entertainment *NM* damookster - 12/05/2010 04:39:50 AM 396 Views
Indeed it does *NM* AgentOrange - 12/05/2010 01:34:45 PM 285 Views
Re: How utterly delightful. Balwer - 13/05/2010 12:03:08 PM 541 Views
If you want to smile some more, The Shrike - 13/05/2010 07:10:46 PM 591 Views
hes cute. *NM* Aisha - 12/05/2010 12:11:58 AM 476 Views
And now we have a new government. The LibDems have signed up wholeheartedly. Werthead - 12/05/2010 12:16:31 AM 638 Views
And I now think I can class myself as a former Lib Dem voter snoopcester - 12/05/2010 12:33:28 AM 593 Views
No mention of it so far. Werthead - 12/05/2010 12:42:10 AM 902 Views
Indeed snoopcester - 12/05/2010 01:02:01 AM 666 Views
What would you have them do? Nebhead - 12/05/2010 09:32:57 AM 788 Views
There are more than two choices snoopcester - 12/05/2010 10:20:35 AM 748 Views
The only problem is that would mean returning a labour majority within 12 months Mark - 12/05/2010 11:36:47 AM 703 Views
Only if they met the Lib Dem price - true electoral reform snoopcester - 12/05/2010 12:30:26 PM 730 Views
They should have, since they didn't get enough important ministerial posts to compensate. Tim - 12/05/2010 01:42:07 PM 697 Views
Re: They should have, since they didn't get enough important ministerial posts to compensate. snoopcester - 12/05/2010 02:13:19 PM 715 Views
What about Northern Ireland? For the love of God, what about Northern Ireland?!?!?! *NM* Tom - 12/05/2010 05:00:37 AM 288 Views
What about it? Their parties won't be in the government. Legolas - 12/05/2010 10:27:50 AM 565 Views
Well some very interesting things happened Mark - 12/05/2010 11:45:36 AM 685 Views
That they did, but it's still largely symbolic. Legolas - 12/05/2010 01:03:31 PM 744 Views
Oh it's important to him Mark - 12/05/2010 03:00:54 PM 639 Views
I was constantly checking up on Fermanagh & South Tyrone during the recounts. Tim - 12/05/2010 01:16:50 PM 662 Views
There are no firm plans on how to deal with the north joining the republic Mark - 12/05/2010 03:19:52 PM 647 Views
I think what he means is that saying "Britain" instead of "the UK" technically excludes NI. *NM* Tim - 12/05/2010 01:06:56 PM 269 Views
Oh, right. Good point, then. *NM* Legolas - 12/05/2010 01:17:51 PM 269 Views
Exactly. *NM* Tom - 12/05/2010 08:07:06 PM 261 Views
Nick Clegg is the first ever Deputy PM without an actual ministerial role. Tim - 12/05/2010 01:22:49 PM 724 Views
Re: Nick Clegg is the first ever Deputy PM without an actual ministerial role. Yet snoopcester - 12/05/2010 01:41:12 PM 623 Views
Maybe. Tim - 12/05/2010 01:47:16 PM 655 Views
It would make a snappy title snoopcester - 12/05/2010 02:04:55 PM 544 Views
Well, he's now Lord President of the Council. Tim - 12/05/2010 08:05:33 PM 739 Views
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