I Was Wrong Last Night
I was wrong last night when I said Cameron would scrape home. He didn’t.
But we live in very interesting times.
I suspect that it could all turn out for the better, but I’m not sure how.
Scenario 1 has Brown clinging to power with all the odds and sods helping him. It would be a Parliament of all the losers. I doubt it would last long and it would result in a new election which would probably give Cameron a big majority in England. That wouldn’t be a good idea either.
Scenario 2 has Cameron trying to run a minority government in a traditional manner. We’d get another election in a few months and probably Cameron would end up with less seats.
But there is another way. There must be!
Remember, MPs don’t want another election, so could we have a sort of Grand Coalition? Probably now, but supposing Cameron tried to run a minority government and to help him he brought in secret ballots in the House of Commons.
Would there be enough in the other parties to help him govern, if their Whips didn’t know how they were voting for?
The Anonymous Widower 
I guess we will have a minority government run by Cameron, but this will not have the teeth to bring in the measures necessary to even start to resolve our economic woes. The markets are already in meltdown as a result of the situation in Greece (with possible knock-on effects on Spain, Portugal and maybe Italy), and this result will do nothing to help. This year “sell in May and go away” is a little too late!
Comment by John Wright | May 7, 2010 |
Hi. John. I assume you were at school with me. We must meet up sometime. I have a project that needs developing.
Comment by AnonW | May 7, 2010 |
I was indeed at school with you and I would very much like us to meet up again. I am off to Paris on Friday for a long weekend (Mother’s 90th birthday treat) and then I am available most of the time. Let me know your availabity and we can arrange a meet. I guess you have my email.
Kind regards,
John
Comment by John Wright | May 10, 2010 |