Will it? :confused:

Of course it will.

In this era of globe-girdling instant communication and data-transfer, all financial transactions are carried out either by air-mail or by face-to-face meeting. 😎

That is exactly my understanding as well. So they are certainly endeavouring to make sure they do remain in power for 5 years.

Here’s another happy coincidence for you, but this time based on an old-established precedent.

Any vote on proposed legislation or on a financial measure can be deemed a vote of confidence in the Government, at the discretion of the PM of the day.

I’m sure I don’t have to spell out to anyone here just how…. convenient…. this combination of happy coincidences could prove to be for any minority government with 46% or more of the seats in the Commons.

Makes you proud to live in a democracy, doesn’t it? 😀

Yes, that’s why the thread is still here!

:diablo:

….and it’s good to see that ‘tit’ gets past the moderation!

It all depends on the context, dear boy. 😉

and I hear no outcry from Amnesty International etc !

Why would you expect one?

Small boats and their crews are mysteriously lost at sea every day. 😎

Indeed. Only just realised that they have signed up for a fixed 5 year term so presumably that really is it, until May 2015, unless there are “irreconcilable ” differences.

I stand ready to be corrected, but my understanding is that there will be legislation to introduce this fixed term and that the same Act will contain a provision that the threshold for a vote of no confidence in the Government will be raised from a simple majority (as at present) to 55% of the Commons.

I’m sure the fact that the Conservatives will hold 47% of the seats in the new House of Commons is nothing more than a happy coincidence.

What does a Deputy PM do (other than pie-eating, riding around in a fleet of Jaguars and knocking off his secretary)?

Ask Lord (Michael) Heseltine. 🙂

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