It's happened! Cameron is PM!

[ChrisTheRef]

An awful lot of negative comments on my Facebook feed right now.

Personally I'm optimistic!

 

[CarterUSM]

An awful lot of negative comments on my Facebook feed right now.

Personally I'm optimistic!

I'm always optimistic at the beginning of a new goverment, but it soon fizzles away to disappointment soon enough. Perhaps it will be different this time, but I doubt it.

 

[Dennis]

Watched some of the coverage of events tonight; couldn't help but notice Samcam with her bump and high heels and Mrs Brown looking very frumpy, but where was Mrs Clegg - hidden away because she's an embarrassing minger or something?

 

[Max]

Watched some of the coverage of events tonight; couldn't help but notice Samcam with her bump and high heels and Mrs Brown looking very frumpy, but where was Mrs Clegg - hidden away because she's an embarrassing minger or something?

She couldn't even vote but I wouldn't call her that! I'm optimistic, the parties seem to have picked their best policies with all the silly ones axed.

 

[jon0844]

A combined Tory/Lib Dem transport policy should be interesting. I think it could actually be pretty good for the railway (and public transport in general), without totally destroying every road in the UK.

 

[Geezertronic]

Can't be any worse than Blair or Brown....

 

[313103]

Can't be any worse than Blair or Brown....

Wait and See!

 

[Lampshade]

I think the Lib-Con government should at least be given a chance, the Lib Dems seem to have provided a touch of common sense.

 

[Kneedown]

The most important thing is we've finally got rid Labour. Time will tell whether this'll be much better though. Heard a whisper yesterday that a Lib-Dem MP from Sheffield area is a possible for Transport Minister?

 

[Aictos]

Can't be any worse than Blair or Brown....

Amen brother!!! Still, I think this new government should be given a chance with regards to Lib Dems, BBC was saying Clegg might be the new deputy PM.

 

[me123]

Lib Dems are to get five cabinet positions. Nick Clegg is Deputy PM and Danny Alexander is to be Minister of State for Scotland. Other three to be confirmed, but I'd imagine that transport would go to the LDs, and perhaps Home Office to Chris Huhne (but I think that's more of a rumour).

 

[Deerfold]

I'm always optimistic at the beginning of a new goverment, but it soon fizzles away to disappointment soon enough. Perhaps it will be different this time, but I doubt it.

And that's optimism? Glad you're not pessimistic.

 

[Pumbaa]

Chris Huhne in as Energy and Climate Change minister. No word yet on either Home Sec or Transport. Please not Villiers...
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Tottenham Ct Road was bang on the mark this morning:

http://railwayeye.blogspot.com/2010/05/pointless-signs-tottenham-court-road.html

didn't think I'd see that on the tube somehow!

 

[Greenback]

I'll be surprised if this coalition lasts longer than two years. In fact, I wouldn;t be amazed if we were voting again within a year!

And to launch my new career as a psychic, here are some more devastating predictions for the next couple of years:

Prince Philip will suffer from some sort of health problem
A French team will win the rugby union Heineken Cup
Some flights may well be cancelled
Weather patterns will continue to be unpredictable

My new website, MysticGreenback is coming soon!!!!

 

[Dreadnought]

I'll be surprised if this coalition lasts longer than two years. In fact, I wouldn;t be amazed if we were voting again within a year!

And to launch my new career as a psychic, here are some more devastating predictions for the next couple of years:

Prince Philip will suffer from some sort of health problem
A French team will win the rugby union Heineken Cup
Some flights may well be cancelled
Weather patterns will continue to be unpredictable

My new website, MysticGreenback is coming soon!!!!

What about Englands chances at the World Cup and next weeks winning lottery numbers

 

[Greenback]

I'm afraid my spirit guide has temporarily deserted me. Sje must have popped to the toilet.

 

[313103]

Amazing how a party who finished a very poor third can have a say in how a government is run! (demorcracy in process no doubt). However i think Cameron has caught Clegg on the hop. Clegg and the Lib Dems have finally got what they want so all Cameron had to do was smile and say the right things and Clegg came running like a little puppy wagging his tail.

Anyway folks i hope you will all enjoy what the future brings, remember the 80s and 90s let us hope we dont go there again.

Welcome to the New World Order the almost possible chav speak that is the CONDEM british government.

 

[Greenback]

The Labour Party might come out of this quite well in the long term. They will no tbe associated with any bickering or squabbling, nor will they be blamed when the necessary spending cuts hit home. The electioon was described as one that no party really wanted to win, due to the problems facing the UK, and the COnservatives and Lib Dems may find this out to their cost! (I'm putting my crystal ball away now, at least for today!)

 

[Deerfold]

Amazing how a party who finished a very poor third can have a say in how a government is run! (demorcracy in process no doubt). However i think Cameron has caught Clegg on the hop. Clegg and the Lib Dems have finally got what they want so all Cameron had to do was smile and say the right things and Clegg came running like a little puppy wagging his tail.

Well, the obvious move in a coalition is to have the two largest parties involved but as I didn't hear that suggestion anywhere presumably everyone's assumed they hate each other so much it wouldn't last for two seconds - odd as of the big three parties I think their policies are actually the closest.

 

[Geezertronic]

Wait and See!

I don't see how much worse off I could be considering under Blair and Brown I have been taxed to almost breaking point. Whoever the Prime Minister was going to be, they can't take anymore off me because there's no more to give

 

[Mojo]

Transport secretary posts split to this thread: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?p=437589#post437589

 

[Pumbaa]

Democracy in action today - raising the limit of vote of no confidence to 55% MPs, and introducing fixed term parliaments of 5 yrs, with the next Election scheduled for the 7th May 2015.

The rise in MPs required for a motion of no confidence means that as long as every Conservative MP didn't go with the motion, the Govt remains. Not too cynical am I?...

 

[jon0844]

5 was the maximum already though wasn't it? Not sure what the benefit of a fixed-term is, as surely a PM could call an election early if necessary?

 

[JJUK]

To be honest I'm willing to give David Cameron a chance, Labour did not seem to do much unless it was for themsleves. Brown promised a lot before becoming PM, but a lot of those promises got broken.

 

[Zoe]

5 was the maximum already though wasn't it? Not sure what the benefit of a fixed-term is, as surely a PM could call an election early if necessary?

No, that's the point of fixed terms. The election will take place at the end of the fixed term and not at the time the prime minister chooses. This is unless of course there is a vote of no confidence.

 

[CarterUSM]

To be honest I'm willing to give David Cameron a chance, Labour did not seem to do much unless it was for themsleves. Brown promised a lot before becoming PM, but a lot of those promises got broken.

They usually are anyway! Give it a year and we'll see how things go, hopefully for the better, we're going through a tough time economy wise at the moment so it's likely going to be a time of belt tightening.

 

[jon0844]

No, that's the point of fixed terms. The election will take place at the end of the fixed term and not at the time the prime minister chooses. This is unless of course there is a vote of no confidence.

I get that, but surely the PM could just step down and trigger an election - or would it simply mean that another leader would be found and carry on?

 

[Zoe]

I get that, but surely the PM could just step down and trigger an election - or would it simply mean that another leader would be found and carry on?

If the PM steps down then person most likely to command a majority in the house is called on the be the next PM. For example in 2007 Tony Blair resigned as PM and so Gordon Brown as leader of the largest party (with a majority at the time) was called on to form a government.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I am guessing that the point of a fixed term for a Parliament is to prevent everyone getting bogged down in the distracting and endless speculation about an election date which seems to afflict every Parliament once it passes the three year mark.

 

[wintonian]

Time to bring out the colours me thinks.

I am a LibDem activist who used to be a member of the Labour party.

I absolutely loath conservatism, but I do think that being part of a coalition with the party that won the most seats and votes is the best thing for the country as it is most likely to create a stable government.

Creating a coalition with Labour would have been risky as there would not have been a majority without relying on the Unionists, Green, SDLP, Alliance and the SNP therefore creating a very week coalition even if it could be agreed.

This also would have risked sending both Labour and the LibDems into oblivion, possibly creating 20+ years of Conservative government.

I therefore hope that as a part of this coalition that the agreement (and beyond) will allow us to temper the Torys and bring this government away from the right and towards the centre.

We will be in this coalition for 5 years due to the fixed term parliament bill that should be put through (bar 55% of MP’s voting against if it doesn’t work,) and have an election on the first Thursday in May 2015 (May 7th) – So let’s hope it works, it will be difficult at times, it may fail, but for the good of the country the coalition needs to pull it off.

I don't like getting into bed with the torys but sometimes you have to put the interests of a stable government being in the best interests of the country above personal political feelings and as such I shall at our special conference on Sunday be (regrettably) voting in favour of the coalition.