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I know we don't talk politics but...
Posted: May 11, 2010 • 1:23 pm
by Demonlawyer
Right at this moment (though it will be short lived), we in the UK have no Prime Minister and no government.
Let's hope nothing happens in the next hour eh?
Re: I know we don't talk politics but...
Posted: May 11, 2010 • 1:32 pm
by sam10100
DL,
I was wondering how you are handling this. We went through a slightly similar situation in 2004 with Bush and Gore and it was quite messy.
On Daily Show last night, Jon Oliver said the Queen would appoint one of her Corgi's as PM. He said his name would be Winston Furhill.
Whoa just read the news and it looks like the Conservatives with David Cameron won. That's strange. I would have expected the Labour and Liberal Democrats to have made an alliance.
Re: I know we don't talk politics but...
Posted: May 11, 2010 • 3:09 pm
by Bafitis
Bush and Gore was in 2000... It was Bush and Kerry in 2004...
Hey Demon, we've been going without a Government for over a decade now, don't worry you'll get through it just fine...
All we've got are money hungry, self centered paper pushers who
Think they are a Government...
Re: I know we don't talk politics but...
Posted: May 11, 2010 • 4:01 pm
by Jim the old guy
My thoughts exactly, Baf. Having no government can't be all bad.
Winston Furhill? Too funny!
Re: I know we don't talk politics but...
Posted: May 11, 2010 • 4:07 pm
by sam10100
Bafitis wrote:Bush and Gore was in 2000... It was Bush and Kerry in 2004...
Ah yes I had forgotten. Just goes to show how well Americans care about the state of our own government versus any other.
I'm sure the Brits will be fine.
Re: I know we don't talk politics but...
Posted: May 11, 2010 • 6:45 pm
by Joel
In Australia, we have what's known as a "Caretaker" mode where somebody can actually perform functions that are essential to the operation of the country. For memory, the main things they cannot do is execute expenditure bills in the House of Representatives for the purposes of passing them through the Senate. The last time in our country that this was a contentious issue was when Prime Minister Whitlam was dismissed by the Governor General for failing to pass appropriation Bills. Basically, when Whitlam was sacked, the leader of the opposition, Malcolm Fraser, was called into power and had to call a fresh election.
The trouble is, the Liberal Party (Fraser) held only a minority in the House of Representatives. According to the Constitution, the Government can only be in power for as long as they hold a majority in the House Of Representatives (in England, you would recognise this as the House of Commons - the lower house).
Given that many of Australia's legal traditions have been imported and developed from the UK, I imagine, Demon, you would have the same system in place.