• Ed Miliband rules out a deal with the SNP, sort of
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/r6wl.jpg[/img] [url]http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31906463[/url] [quote]Ed Miliband has ruled out a Labour-SNP coalition in the event of a hung Parliament after May's election. The Labour leader said any alliance would "not happen" as there were "big differences" between the two parties "[B]There will be no SNP ministers in any government I lead[/B]," he said, claiming such talk was "scare-mongering" by his Conservative opponents. ... The BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith noted that [B]Mr Miliband had not ruled out a more informal arrangement whereby the SNP could offer a Labour minority government support on a vote-by-vote basis[/B], known as "confidence and supply".[/quote]
I can't imagine a Labour/SNP coalition sitting well with English voters in the slightest
Can't imagine it sitting well with the Scottish voters either.
If [url=http://may2015.com/category/seat-calculator/]current forecasts[/url] are borne out in the final result, a Lab-Lib-SNP pact could be the only feasible way to form a government after the election [editline]16th March 2015[/editline] It's interesting actually: how many ways can you make 326 seats out of this? [img]http://imgkk.com/i/lnrk.png[/img] Of course the actual result could very well be totally different. If it did go roughly like this though, it looks like the Tories would have a really hard time forming a government, despite being the largest party.
Stage 1: Deny you'll make a coalition Stage 2: "Well, FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY, I suppose we need to go back on our word." By the book, fellas. I don't see any clear winner this May, and I doubt the Lib Dems will be able to prop up anyone this time around. It'll be Lab/SNP, I guarantee it.
This means nothing, the SNP already ruled out a formal coalition with Labour. Labour still haven't ruled out running a minority government with SNP support.
[QUOTE=smurfy;47335828]If it did go roughly like this though, it looks like the Tories would have a really hard time forming a government, despite being the largest party.[/QUOTE] Well, realistically the Tories have no natural allies anymore.
My God, please no
[QUOTE=Askaris;47335820]Can't imagine it sitting well with the Scottish voters either.[/QUOTE] Doesn't matter, Labour are dead here and really all they're doing now is cementing the fact that every party seems pathologically terrified of a large SNP segment in Westminster.
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