Britain's David Cameron becomes PM; Brown out

[Peikko 1,575]

Just what the hai do you know about the UK system of government anyway? Or is this just another one of those millionsofthings you think you know what you're talking blowinghotair about?

I think that's Aliens' idea of a joke.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

I think that's Aliens' idea of a joke.

Hm. Okay.

I just got it mixed up with his thoughtful posts then.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I think that's Aliens' idea of a joke.

Hm. Okay.

I just got it mixed up with his thoughtful posts then.

Your idea of a joke?

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

Your idea of a joke?

Well, I was trying to be polite.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I trust Cameron about as much as I was prepared to trust Tony Blair, which is about as far as I could shotput the Ark Royal.

The only thing Cameron has in his favour is that he isn't as devious as Bliar.

It's certainly nothing to get really excited about. The Tories don't have a conclusive mandate to rule government and the silly American folks who identify with them on the basis that they are "Conservative" are just being silly as they have zero in common with them besides the label.

As with Obama, the new government is going to be horrendously unpopular as savage cuts are inevitable in order to prevent economic collapse. The employment rate is going to go sky high when the government takes a meat cleaver to public sector employees.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

The employment rate is going to go sky high when the government takes a meat cleaver to public sector employees.

... its a dirty job but someones gotta do it ...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

... its a dirty job but someones gotta do it ...

Absolutely, but look at what has happened here. Obama is to blame for everything - anyone would think he caused the recession and both wars!

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Obama is to blame for everything - anyone would think he caused the recession and both wars!

BDS was never going to go away. It has simply mutated.

[DEDixon 39]

considering the labour party spent the country into the next century, cameron will have to make a lot of cuts that aren't going to make him very popular. not a good time to be in the job. 13 years of labour, there is a lot of cleaning up to do.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

considering the labour party spent the country into the next century, cameron will have to make a lot of cuts that aren't going to make him very popular. not a good time to be in the job. 13 years of labour, there is a lot of cleaning up to do.

From that point of view it doesn't matter who got into power - they would have to make cuts on the same scale.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

It is amazing to me that this is the system Brit expats like to crow about as an "example" for us to follow.

Yes, a great example, if you're into instability and like to have 6-week campaigns every 2 months.

Actually your referring to Booyah. He has stated in the past that most first world nations use a parliamentary system "like Australia" and that most Presidential systems are run in third world countries.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

From that point of view it doesn't matter who got into power - they would have to make cuts on the same scale.

Hopefully, he won't do what the young leader of the US did, once he came to power: Jump aboard the runaway train, and keep stoking the boiler!

[thongd4me 69]

Does that mean there will soon be a free screening of Avatar in 3-D in Parliament?

D'oh! Not James?

Mea culpa...

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Coalition government with the Lib Dems announced about an hour ago. Clegg's speech:

Tonight the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party and the federal executive of Liberal Democrat party have overwhelmingly accepted my recommendation that we should now enter into a coalition government with the Conservative party.Before I say anything more about that coalition government I would like to express my thanks and admiration for Gordon Brown. He has been a towering figure for more than a decade in British politics and the manner in which he has acted over the last few days has displayed immense dignity, grace and a profound sense of public duty. We are now going to form a new government, more importantly we are going to form a new kind of government. I hope this is the start of the new politics I have always believed in: diverse, plural, when politicians of different persuasions come together to overcome their differences in order to deliver a good government for the sake of the whole country. That was what we were asked to do by the people of Britain at the general election last week, and that is now what we will seek to deliver. I would like to thank David Cameron for the very positive, constructive and workman like way in which we have been able to reach a basic agreement on how we can come together in this new coalition government over the last few days. We are politicians, clearly of different political parties, but I believe we are now united in wishing to tackle the challenges this country faces and to deliver a fairer better Britain, and I look forward to working with him to do just that. There will of course be glitches. But I will always do my best to prove that new politcs isn't just possible, it's also better. I would like to say something directly to the nearly 7 million people who supported the Liberal Democrats in the general electoin last week. I am acutely aware that I carry your hopes, your aspirations with me into this coaltion. I can imagine this evening that you will be having many questions, many many doubts about this new government. But I want to assure you that I would not have entered into this agreement if I had not been genuinely convinced that it offers a unique opportunity to deliver the kind of change which you and I would like to see: fairer taxes; a fair start in life for every child in this country; a new start for our discredited banking system and the prospect of new, sustainable growth in our economy; and a new hopeful politics that you can trust once again. So I hope you will keep faith with us, I hope you will let us prove to you that we can serve you and this country with humility, with fairness at heart of everthing we do, and with total dedication to the interests and livelihoods of everyone in Great Britain. Thank you.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

... fairer taxes; a fair start in life for every child in this country; a new start for our discredited banking system and the prospect of new, sustainable growth in our economy...

Sounds like a very pared down agenda.

And nothing about electoral reform?