Election 2010 Results Here

The furthest-left and the furthest-right parties are never going to be able to work together on any sort of a lasting basis. Apples and oranges.

Not without getting into trouble most likely. But there are groundswells of support in the healthcare, transport and education industries.

When the cost cutting starts, they'll object, and that means withdrawing labor. Many of the other unions are being lined up in sympathy.

Also, there's an election/leadership contest coming for Unite.

Anyone seen Tony Woodley since the Unite strike of BA was completely in-effectual? No? What a surprise. He was raining fire and brimstone on BA regarding strikes which didn't work. He now has to "vanish" and let the BASSA people take the blame for BA while he works towards becoming leader of Unite.

Currently, there's more than one leader of Unite, and they can't even stand to be in the same room as each other - that's the mentality.

[quote=Slopey]Suit yourself.[quote]

Indeed, everything in the world doesn't happen on the Internet, but rather a lot does, and if such a union conspiracy was a reality, I would expect there to be something about it on the Internet.

If the Lib Dem's and Conservatives do form a full coalition, which according to recent reports seems likely, then it will be the only option available, that is if you want some kind of a government to run this country.

It's not the only option, a minority Tory government would also be an option.

It's the preferable option, especially if it has a fixed term agreed.

Doesn't seem overly democratic that the fate of the UK lies in the hands of the smallest of the 3 mainstream parties

Slopey wrote: Job done. Happy New Prime Minister day!!! Now they just have to get the coalition past the Lib Dem Exec Council/Party.

 

·         There will be a "significant acceleration" of efforts to reduce the budget deficit - including £6bn of spending reductions this year. An emergency Budget will take place within 50 days

 

·          Plans for five-year, fixed-term parliaments, meaning the next election would not take place until May 2015

 

·         The Lib Dems have agreed to drop plans for a "mansion tax" on properties costing more than £2m, while the Conservatives have ditched their pledge to raise the inheritance tax threshold to £1m

 

·         The new administration will srubbish part of Labour's planned rise in National Insurance and will work towards raising income tax thresholds for lower earners

 

·          A pledge to have a referendum on any further transfer of powers to the EU and a commitment from the Lib Dems not to adopt the euro for the lifetime of the next Parliament

 

·          The Lib Dems have agreed to Tory proposals for a cap on non-EU migration

 

·          The Conseratives will recognise marriage in the tax system, but Lib Dems will abstain in Commons vote

 

·          The Lib Dems will drop opposition to a replacement for Britain's Trident nuclear missiles but the programme will be scrutinised for value for money

 

·           There will be a referendum on moving to the Alternative Vote system and enhanced "pupil premium" for deprived children as Lib Dems demanded

Watched the press conference earlier on BBC One and i must say i was impressed. Cameron and Clegg spoke and answered questions equally together, Cameron didn't take all the limelight or only let Clegg speak when he found a question a struggle to answer. They both had equal time to speak and there was no sense of hostility between the two.

MartinW wrote: [Clegg is deputy PM, so subordinate, in other words Cameron is boss and Clegg does as he's told.

Like Slopey said, a Conservative minority government would also be an option and I think it'd work better than the current coalition