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andrewduckerQuoth the leader of the Labour Party: "If the price of having a Labour government is a deal or coalition with the SNP, it’s not going to happen"
So, what exactly is he intending to do when the polls close in a week's time and he can't form a government*? Because that statement looks very much like he's going to let in a Conservative-led government rather than compromise.
And most people will have been understanding that in 2010 it would have been really difficult for Labour to cobble together a coalition. But they're not going to feel the same way if Labour decides that what people _really_ wanted was a Conservative government when they could have stopped one.
So, it's possible that he's going to try and run a minority government without ever talking to Nicola Sturgeon. Which is a _great_ way to make a majority of Scottish people think he's even more of an arse than they already do. Or he might really be willing to hand power to the Conservatives (likewise, only moreso).
Or is there an option I'm missing whereby he's got a tactical masterstroke hidden up his sleeve? Because right now I really can't see it.
*Source - every single election site I can see.
So, what exactly is he intending to do when the polls close in a week's time and he can't form a government*? Because that statement looks very much like he's going to let in a Conservative-led government rather than compromise.
And most people will have been understanding that in 2010 it would have been really difficult for Labour to cobble together a coalition. But they're not going to feel the same way if Labour decides that what people _really_ wanted was a Conservative government when they could have stopped one.
So, it's possible that he's going to try and run a minority government without ever talking to Nicola Sturgeon. Which is a _great_ way to make a majority of Scottish people think he's even more of an arse than they already do. Or he might really be willing to hand power to the Conservatives (likewise, only moreso).
Or is there an option I'm missing whereby he's got a tactical masterstroke hidden up his sleeve? Because right now I really can't see it.
*Source - every single election site I can see.
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Date: 2015-05-01 12:45 am (UTC)TL;DR Ed fucked up. When he realized what he said, he started talking about confidence and supply again.
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Date: 2015-05-01 01:16 am (UTC)Subjectively, he knows his party is a loose coalition, a chunk of which is so tribalistic and partisan he couldn't actually hold a coalition together he can barely hold his own party together.
I think he's expecting to the the largest party, or for Tories to be largest but for the anti-tory votes to get Cameron out.
For certain: Unless it commands an overall majority on its own, LDs won't back a Tory-led coalition, so a minority coalition with C&F from others isn't on the table.
I think Ed's playing for the MacDonald option, he knows the SNP'll keep him in power without an agreement.