Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Lol that's a stupid scenario.

What if the others just voted through amendments for all the Conservative bills but didn't call for a vote of no confidence ?

Does he and his government have to stay the full 5 years ?

Apparently there's an Erection on today . I,m surprised no ones mentioned it at all on here . We could have charts , opinion polls and the like , but no same old topics . Do I have to do everything around here .

Dilbert,

Fixed term 5-year parliaments were introduced shortly after the last election. The intention was to prevent governments calling snap elections to coincide with high poll ratings.

As Haystack said, the only scenario under which that can be changed is following a vote of no confidence. But calling a vote is in itself a risk-play, unless you and your party are confident that support for your party has increased and you'll secure sufficient seats to form a workable government in a snap election.

I know that uncertainty isn't generally perceived as being a good thing, but it also means that only centre-ground laws are likely to get passed, as contentious stuff invariably gets voted down. So no mansion tax, no referendum, etc.

i'm voting for continuing shambles as it does wonders for market (index) volatility!

Cheers hils but it doesn't answer my point.

What happens if no one feels capable or wants to form the next government ? Do Cam and co have to stay in power by default (in theory for the next five years) or can someone say sod this we'll have to do it all again in June ?

I'm not even gonna bother to vote, Cyners. I've got better things to do, and I can't be doing with all the "Tally Ho, it's British, it's democracy, it's important" cr@p.

My local constituency is one of the safest Tory seats in the country and the outcome is nailed on, but the last MP was a tosser who had his fingers in the till, so I don't feel much like giving the Tories my vote, and I'm certainly not gonna give my X to any of the other parties.

Bit like round here Hils , stick a Labour rosette on a monkey in our constituency and it would win.

Think I'll go for Plaid or UKIP , both full of dickheads but they won't win anyway.

Dilbert,

You make being PM sound like a poisoned chalice. :o)

I'm not sure on the constitution, but, as the incumbent PM, he has responsibilities to the Great British public and it's not really cricket to just 'up and off'.

as you know hilary, i believe very strongly that everyone who can vote, should vote, and i care not for which party

our constituency is also a very safe seat, so i am certainly tempted to vote away from my norm as a pathetic protest, purely because i think both tories and labour are currently too awful, for lack of a better adjective

Hils , it could well be a poisoned chalice unless Cam can do a John Major.

Took Israel 8 weeks to form a government , imagine another 8 weeks having to listen Cam , Ed and the tiddlers slagging each other off 24/7.

cynic go on vote ukip

Cyners,

Part of living within a democracy means that people have as much right NOT to vote as they have to vote. Once you start forcing people to vote, and castigating them if they don't vote, you're effectively removing their democratic right.

In any event, you should vote for the person or party who you feel deserves your vote. If nobody has done enough to deserve your vote, then there's no shame to be had for not voting.

Well i'm in a marginal , I've had numerous correspondence from Lab and Con . Dave has written to me personally ( well he calls me by my first name ) . Last letter was in pink telling me my vote is crucial to keep Ed out . Surprisingly it gets you thinking a bit more .

It would be interesting to see Cameron presenting a left winged Queen's speech to parliament in order to stay in "power".

It would be interesting to see Cameron presenting a left winged Queen's speech to parliament in order to stay in "power".

MrT
on the basis that you'ld have me expelled from uk as an immigrant?
i don't think so :-)

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more seriously .....
my charming and well-spoken driver yesterday was a kashmiri, married with 2 children
the rest of his family still live in kashmir though he had lived in uk since about 2000

his wife, also kashmiri and who he married in kashmir before coming to uk, is a qualified nurse
very clearly, they certainly pay their dues, and secondly, though for obvious reasons i could not ask, i suspect that the wife was "invited" to uk to fill a much needed role

would you have them "expelled"?
if so, why so and if not, why not?

The state of the Con Party!



Is that Boris hiding behind Dodgy Dave?

At least it has saved another abortion.

Tory Tossers on here not voting Tory... you couldn't make it up -):

Just for the record I am in a pretty safe "Con" party seat but you won't catch me not voting the prat out.

My one daughter registered to vote in Bristol as she's in uni and it's a marginal. Her younger sister (18) asked me yesterday who she should vote for and I told her to chuck a dart at the literature we've had shoved through the door.

She said she might vote for David Cameron and Labour as they are red and so is the Welsh team ... bless her she's fecking clueless !