Constitutional crises ahoy!
May 5th, 2010If you think that the election campaign has been a roller-coaster of surprises and shocks, just wait for the constitutional manoeuvrings which will begin at about 5am on Friday morning when the results of the election are beginning to become clear. Assuming that the Tories don’t get an overall majority, i.e. a total of at least 326 seats or at least 130 more than they hold at present, several constitutional chasms will open up:
Crisis No.1
If there is any hope of doing a deal with Clegg to stay in power and if Clegg states, as he has already done, that (in addition to electoral reform) he will do a deal with Labour but not with Brown, the Cabinet will likely have an early meeting on Friday and select another leader from among themselves. (more…)
