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By *anchestercub OP Man
over a year ago

manchester & NI

Farage is saying they should team up to block a possible SNP/Labour alliance.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/15/farage-ukip-cameron-conservatives-block-labour-snp-coalition

Will the Tories and UKIP have enough seats to do this? I'm not sure the polls show that.

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By *oo hotCouple
over a year ago

North West

"Farage is saying they should team up to block a possible SNP/Labour alliance.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/15/farage-ukip-cameron-conservatives-block-labour-snp-coalition

Will the Tories and UKIP have enough seats to do this? I'm not sure the polls show that. "

UKIP won't get enough seats to make any meaningful contribution.

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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago

Bristol

Did anyone ever doubt it would happen?

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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago

Bristol

"Farage is saying they should team up to block a possible SNP/Labour alliance.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/15/farage-ukip-cameron-conservatives-block-labour-snp-coalition

Will the Tories and UKIP have enough seats to do this? I'm not sure the polls show that.

UKIP won't get enough seats to make any meaningful contribution."

The Tories will need every last seat. Even one will be meaningful.

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By *anchestercub OP Man
over a year ago

manchester & NI

UKIP won't get enough seats to make any meaningful contribution."

Just what I was thinking.

I can actually see a situation were we might end up with a 3 or 4 party coalition if the seats are spread out enough.

If the Tories and UKIP could get the DUP and one or two others on board then who knows.

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By *anchestercub OP Man
over a year ago

manchester & NI

"Did anyone ever doubt it would happen?"

They are natural bedfellows.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd prefer a minority government rather than another peacetime coalition....

At least that way the pubic gets to see the true colours of each party...

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

that is just scary two lots of swivel eyed lunatic toffs inspired by a political dogma rather than whats best for the country

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"I'd prefer a minority government rather than another peacetime coalition....

minority government doesn't work because anything mildly controversial gets voted down...

you would still need some sort of "confidence and supply" agreement.... which is in effect coalition without the other side being in the actual government

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By *anchestercub OP Man
over a year ago

manchester & NI

"I'd prefer a minority government rather than another peacetime coalition....

minority government doesn't work because anything mildly controversial gets voted down...

Not to mention the fact that the media would always be baying for a confidence vote in order to create their own news and boost their own ratings/readership.

We'd have a neverending news cycle of 'can the mintority government last?'.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'd prefer a minority government rather than another peacetime coalition....

minority government doesn't work because anything mildly controversial gets voted down...

you would still need some sort of "confidence and supply" agreement.... which is in effect coalition without the other side being in the actual government"

Yes you get to see each parties true colours.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

UKIP & TORIES same turd ,just different colour tie.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"I'd prefer a minority government rather than another peacetime coalition....

minority government doesn't work because anything mildly controversial gets voted down...

you would still need some sort of "confidence and supply" agreement.... which is in effect coalition without the other side being in the actual government

Yes you get to see each parties true colours.....

and anything romtely major grinds to a halt...

if you want a living breathing example of what minority government would look like....

take america....

went obama started in office.... democratic president, democratic senate, democratic congress....

first 2 years... laws were propsed by president, laws went thru congress... thru senate... sorted

next 4 years... democratic president, democratic senate, republican congress....

laws proposed by president, laws went thru senate, republicans played chicken with law.. send it back to senate... who play chicken with it... and send it back to congress.. and so until one side finally gave in (for example gun laws after sandy hook) or because they were not the one who wanted to be seen to shutting down government...

for the last year we have.... democratic president, republican senate, republican congress.... and next to nothing gets done...... either republican kill any proposed democratic bill from obama, or obama veto's any to far out republican bills....

laws were propose

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

UKIP won't get enough seats to make any meaningful contribution."

Plus the Tories will gain their usual 3% vote from people who won't admit it to the pollsters.

It's only a question of whether the Lib Dems can retain enough seats so they and theTories outnumber Labour/Snp....

Mr ddc

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