The insanity that has been the last week of British politics looks to be coming to an end. Somehow a coalition made up of the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives will be ruling Britain (at the pleasure of the Queen, of course.) The Tories did go further than I imagined they would to make this deal happen, a referendum on AV and several cabinet posts to name a few. It seems Nick Clegg will be deputy PM, with other Senior Lib-Dems, including Danny Alexander and Vince Cable, in important roles.
Yet, I’m unclear as to how this will actually work. The opposition at Prime Minister’s Questions will be short Lib-Dems, I’d imagine, also how will they conduct a campaign against the Tories next election?
It also seems this is going to give Labour an unexpected second wind, as they can regroup and present themselves as the true opposition for the next few years when the ConDem government comes to a close.
Miliband for P.M. 2010!!!!
P.M. someday, 2010 I doubt.
$5: Election in December.
I’ll take that bet. Lib-Dems support PR, and PR means always having coalitions, they don’t want the first one in recent memory to be a failure. Also, there is rumor about a fixed-term Parliament being part of the coalition deal.