|
By:
i hope this is going to close tonight
|
|
By:
Seriously though, it's not a very BBC impartial sort of phrase. Presumably they were quoting an even more than averagely toadying backbench candidate for the Order of the Brown Nose.
|
|
By:
|
|
By:
Betfair should either settle the market or make an announcement as to what they are waiting
on as there's obviously a lot of confusion, whoever is right or wrong |
|
By:
Some clarity would be useful as "forming a ministry" means little to me....
|
|
By:
I think they may have got slightly out of their depth on this one.
|
|
By:
May shortens further anyway, now 1.06-1.07.
|
|
By:
If you google "formation of ministry" you get........nothing!
Well unless you're interested in the Church. |
|
By:
So does Corbyn! If anyone wants to back him at 23s, I felt obliged to get another £400 down laying him there. There is no earthly way this parliament can make him PM, unless he lines up every non Tory, including the DUP!
|
|
By:
Well it's mostly gone now. Don't think I've ever had a red above about £20k before but seriously, he should be in the high hundreds!
|
|
By:
Someone wanting another £655 at 26's on JC.
|
|
By:
So here we are with just the DUP to conclude. Now down to 1.06 with no to another election in 2017 as big as 1.39. If talks break down and fail there will have to be another election as they wont support Labour under Jezza as he's seen as a) he's labour and b) an IRA cheerleader. If there is another election this year Labour will no doubt win so the Tories won't go for one. So other than tomorrow being Tuesday, 1.06 as the biggest certainty since Goliath went to give young David a good kicking...which he lost...
|
|
By:
a day is a long time in politics
|
|
By:
forming a ministry should simply mean appointing all the ministers of the government
|
|
By:
|
|
By:
|
|
By:
Corbyn could be PM with just the 262 MPs he has , wouldn't need any formal arrangements
If the other parties feared an election they would make sure he stayed in No.10. |
|
By:
They have to get it past the Queens Speach which they will with the DUP. I'm certain BF wont conclude the market until that happens as that is effectively when the new govt is formed. I have back Tess all the way down from 1.27 to 1.01 MASSIVELY and thought I'd won ten years supply of special brew when she went to see Liz and they suspended the market. Ive been told three times in four days I will receive an email from BF confirming the ambiguity of their rules on this. I have received nothing.
|
|
By:
|
|
By:
|
|
By:
The DUP propped up Labour for years in the 70s , when their MPs were even more far out than they are today (Ian Paisley and Enoch Powell)
They would hardly expect Corbyn to start flogging gays and Corbyn is hardly going to create a united Ireland so there would be no need to fall out . As it is they appear to be demanding pensions triple lock and scrapping 'the bedroom tax' . |
|
By:
|
|
By:
I was saying you'll get your Special Brew in the end.
|
|
By:
it would be unachievable without almost literally every non Tory in the house supporting him.
They wouldn't have to support him though , just not vote against him on a confidence issue |
|
By:
DUP 'will support the Tories for as long as Corbyn leads Labour'
|
|
By:
If I drink all of that Special Brew I might start to believe the silly beggars that think Labour won the election..
|
|
By:
|
|
By:
|
|
By:
As in against Corbyn, or the Queen's speech, obviously for a no confidence motion, in the wildly unlikely event it would ever get that far.
How would you assign the probabilities? |
|
By:
They dont have to do anything - they could abstain but regardless of big Ian, they will never suppport Corbyn
|
|
By:
The Tories would never vote down a Corbyn Government unless they had a new leader that was looking good in the polls.
If Corbyn became PM with a minority he would right away be agitating for a new election within months , but would need Tory support for it |
|
By:
The opposition don't have enough votes to gain a vote of no confidence, even if DUP abstain. That is unless a few Tory MPs have a few cans of my special brew and vote against
|
|
By:
|
|
By:
The DUP could effectively put Corbyn in if they pull out of talks..
But yes The Tories could pull out of the DUP deal themselves and let Corbyn in May is obviously just a stopgap , can never recover her authority . But to have another leadership election to produce another PM without a mandate or a majority will piss people off at them even more They could have their leadership election in opposition , then they would be in a better position imo . They could prevent Corbyn doing anything too left wing , and they could force an election whenever they liked ( obviously waiting til the new guy was looking good in the polls) |
|
By:
Hypothetical now, but if May was unable to form a government she would inform Queen and call another General Election. Not going to happen.
|
|
By:
She cannot call another election herself.
Fixed term parliament act requires a parliamentary vote , either 2/3 majority or a no confidence vote The Tories would hardly table a no confidence vote in themselves ! |
|
By:
She should be 1.01 when you listen to all things considered
|
|
By:
Fixed term parliament act does not apply when there is no Parliament
|
|
By:
No , a parliament has been elected so must meet
|
|
By:
So there could be a situation where one side has most MPs but does not have a majority but does not want to call an election and will not vote against itself, what then? Parliament sitting without government until the fixed term is up?
|