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UK Coalition Rule Changes
David Cameron is planning
to change the rules on how an election is called, in order to
quote ‘to help the stability of his coalition
government’. This is what
the conservatives say is fair government.
The deal agreed between the conservatives and the lib-dems is
for a fixed 5 year term for the present government, and it can’t
be dissolved without the support of 55% of the MPs. Conveniently
the coalition doesn’t have 55% of the MP’s needed,
so they cannot dissolve parliament. And coincidentally the lib-dems
along with all the other MPs doesn’t have 55% either.
So the conservatives can get rid of the lib-dems anytime they
want, and nobody can do anything about it.
That’s open, fair
government, designed to rekindle trust in MPs,
well at least David Cameron thinks absolute power is fair to
him.
The present rules call for 50% of the MPs plus 1 as the number
required to dissolve Parliament, under these rules when David
Cameron ditches the lib-dems, there would be enough MPs to dissolve
Parliament. No wonder he wants to change the rules.
Conservative back bencher, Mr Chope told BBC Radio 4's World
at One "It could mean in practice that if the present government
was to lose its majority in Parliament, and wasn't able to operate
as a minority government because it didn't enjoy the confidence
of a sufficient number of MPs ... then what's being suggested
is that it would be able to carry on, but that would be basically
a recipe for anarchy, because it would mean that the government
wouldn't have a majority." Without the lib-dems, the conservatives
have only 47% of the votes.
Article
by Vic Farron. RFT express
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