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Originally Posted by roly
i found out something suprising. if its a hung parliment and the conservatives have the most seats. gordon brown as the current prime minister gets first attempt to make a coalition government. so cameron could get more seats but brown will stay PM.
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It is always the case that the sitting PM is suppose to get the first attempt. However, Clegg just put a stop to that by saying in his view the party that got the most votes (but not a majority) has the right to be the first to try to form a government. Of course, that doesn't mean it will happen as Lib Dems may very well be trying to do a deal that gets election reform on the agenda and could use it as a bargaining tool. The problem is that even with all the labour and lib dem seats they might not get the majority and then a third party has to come into it which would be very odd.
So, I am betting on a Conservative gov't with Lib Dem help if they decide it is needed but they might try to do it without them. Cameron doing press statement at 2:30 so I am guessing that is when we will know how the wind is blowing.
Whatever is certain is that Brown will not be PM for any long term period. Even if somehow Labour wins the fight to be the one that go first to try to form a government he won't be allowed to stay along for long. There will be a leadership contest.