Going off topic here but another question on the election - with much talk of a hung parliament, what happens if Labour and the Tories win exactly the same number of seats? Is it a race to see who can get to the Palace first to get permission to form a government!
I would assume that would count as a hung parliament, in as far as neither party would have a majority, and so it will probably be Labour and other parties in a coalition.
If there is a hung parliament, the incumbent Prime Minister has first go at trying to form a stable government, even if the opposition party wins more seats. Therefore, if there is a hung parliament this time around, Brown will be able to try and form a coalition, or if not a formal coalition, something which is known in other countries with a similar style of government as ours as "supply and demand", where a party will not vote against the government on the budget or confidence votes, but votes as it pleases on everything else. This may or may not be possible depending on the final result, for instance if the Conservatives are only a few seats short of a majority, then Labour would have to make a deal with every other opposition party, which is unlikely.
The deadline for Brown to make such a deal would be the vote on the Queen's speech, as this is confidence in the government vote. If the Queen's speech were voted down, Brown would have to resign as Prime Minister, and Cameron would become Prime Minister and get a go at trying to make a deal. If he wasn't able to either, it would mean another election.
He also said he was getting his haricut on Saturday as his hair didn't work well with the chroma key, perhaps they wont be back up and running for Tuesday? Although thinking about it he may be involved in virtual graphics etc. so maybe he will be using chroma key etc. during the campaign/election night.
He also said he was getting his haricut on Saturday as his hair didn't work well with the chroma key, perhaps they wont be back up and running for Tuesday? Although thinking about it he may be involved in virtual graphics etc. so maybe he will be using chroma key etc. during the campaign/election night.
Yeah, I was going to say, it doesn't sound like a Tuesday launch?
If there is a hung parliament, the incumbent Prime Minister has first go at trying to form a stable government, even if the opposition party wins more seats. Therefore, if there is a hung parliament this time around, Brown will be able to try and form a coalition, or if not a formal coalition, something which is known in other countries with a similar style of government as ours as "supply and demand", where a party will not vote against the government on the budget or confidence votes, but votes as it pleases on everything else. This may or may not be possible depending on the final result, for instance if the Conservatives are only a few seats short of a majority, then Labour would have to make a deal with every other opposition party, which is unlikely.
The deadline for Brown to make such a deal would be the vote on the Queen's speech, as this is confidence in the government vote. If the Queen's speech were voted down, Brown would have to resign as Prime Minister, and Cameron would become Prime Minister and get a go at trying to make a deal. If he wasn't able to either, it would mean another election.
Thanks - some useful info there which I've not seen addressed in any news reports on the matter in recent weeks (in a vague attempt to bring it back on topic!).
And thank god the TV networks have to remain impartial - Sky News would be unbearable now if it had the same freedom as the News International Press.
Sky News is already unbearable. There is a strong Tory bias there, in choice of guests, and the spin they put on stories. For example, with the Ask The Chancellors debate, the twitter viewers generally believed that Vince Cable was the most successful, with George Osborne looking out of his depth.
Joey Jones on Sky news reported this as George Osborne being ganged up on. This seems a tad emotive, possibly to elicit sympathy and support to the Tories? And when interviewing ministers about the latest events, the Tories seem to get first presence as guests.
We all know Rupert Murdoch does not have day to day editorial control over Sky News, but with Murdoch looking to buy the other 60 odd percent of BSkyB, and the obvious links between Tory policy regarding Ofcom, and their attitude towards the BBC, it does make you question all these probably unrelated aspects to Sky News' Agenda.
Joey Jones on Sky news reported this as George Osborne being ganged up on. This seems a tad emotive, possibly to elicit sympathy and support to the Tories?
Possibly, just possibly, he said it because it was true. Darling and Cable did gang up on Osborne, and Cable was allowed to get away with murder, being hardly challenged by the moderator, unlike Osborne.
Joey Jones on Sky news reported this as George Osborne being ganged up on. This seems a tad emotive, possibly to elicit sympathy and support to the Tories?
Possibly, just possibly, he said it because it was true. Darling and Cable did gang up on Osborne, and Cable was allowed to get away with murder, being hardly challenged by the moderator, unlike Osborne.
And it does go against what a lot of twitter viewers were saying, myself included. But it could be me being anti-conservatives. But I am not the only one noticing this creeping bias, and my viewership of Sky News has decreased since I started noticing these changes, and with Tory policy so pro BSkyB and Murdoch, and anti-BBC as is Rupert Murdoch, and BSkyB. It is fair to look at this with a sceptical eye.