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Nope. He's expected to consult with the other guys under standing guidelines (as he did last night with the EU bailout fund), but the UK Government is still th
by handelaar 16y ago
Nope.
He's expected to consult with the other guys under standing guidelines (as he did last night with the EU bailout fund), but the UK Government is still the same one they had on Wednesday until Brown goes to Buck House, resigns and points to someone else as his recommendation for the next person who should be invited to form a government.
It's considered critical that HMQ should not ever be asked to make a political decision of any kind.
- philwelch 16y agoSo with a hung parliament and a national emergency he could just stay in power indefinitely?
- sharpn 16y agoThere was a coalition formed without election during WWII, as an election could not easily have been held. It worked quite well, perhaps partly because nobody wanted to be the one who exacerbated the crisis, and partly the gravity of the situation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_Government_1940%E2%80%931945 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_Government_1940%E2%80...