Sign this petition immediately!

[arabianights]

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[Mr. Charts]

Done

 

[Gumping]

From a contrarian viewpoint..... there HAS to be an election next year. And waiting until then would mean that this expenses business would have blown over a bit and it wouldn't be such a landslide for the Tories. Giving any party such a powerful majority could be very damaging....
On the other hand, did you ever start your own party Dave?

 

[dilesh23]

 

[Trader333]

and it wouldn't be such a landslide for the Tories.

I wouldn't bet on it.


Paul

 

[RedGreenBen]

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I'll sign it when we get the chance to vote for RON (Re-Open Nominations).

Ben

 

[arabianights]

On the other hand, did you ever start your own party Dave?

too much effort in the end

 

[arabianights]

The key thing to watch is the front page of tomorrow's sun.

 

[Lord Flasheart]

Done it. Speaking as an X bookmaker, 80/1 about the lib dems looks amazing value.If this sort of political enviromnet happened 80 times the lib dems would surely win a few. They only need an increase of about 15% of electorate to win an election.They were 250 on Betfair. im seriously thinking of putting a large lump on and then laying it off again.Its a great R/Reward ration

 

[arabianights]

Nah, 80/1 ain't great value imo, 250 is though.

I have quite a few positions on various political markets on betfair (they can be a right bugger, you have to feed in size very slowly... there are often also lots of arb opportunities still but the potential profits don't really make it worth it... I'm very interested in this new Line betting market as well, well worth looking at if you ask me) this is reasonably representative of my current way of thinking:

 

[Lord Flasheart]

Hmmm what do you think will cuase an early election,theres no point in Labour calling for it and they cant really be forced at the moment. Can a petition make that much difference......quite possibly

 

[Gumping]

The key thing to watch is the front page of tomorrow's sun.

I prefer opening to the next one....

 

[arabianights]

I think the queen will dissolve parliament if it stops functioning (which is quite possible)

 

[N Rothschild]

she doesnt have powers to do that

 

[TheBramble]

Can a petition make that much difference......quite possibly

Not a chance. The incumbent government has a legally enforceable mandate from the people of this country, provided through democratic process, to govern. There is absolutely no chance a bit of opportunistic mud-slinging (and who could begrudge them the opportunity) by the Tories could induce current government to hold an early election. The only person who can dissolve parliament is HM Queen and only that at the request of Gordo. Not likely. Ain’t gonna happen.

Arabian, you need to green up your possie – pronto.

 

[arabianights]

she doesnt have powers to do that

she can quite easily - most recent occasion that springs to mind is australia in the 70s...

bramble I'm running it, I'm even thinking of pulling my offer at 1.7...

 

[N Rothschild]

as bramble said she would need to be asked to by gordo..

the queen basically has no power at all

 

[N Rothschild]

The Monarchy Today > Queen and State > Queen and Government > Queen in Parliament

 

[Lord Flasheart]

A petition with enough signatures would have to be taken note of by any democracy.If he ignored say 5m signatures could do the trick.I think its a clever move by Cameron

 

[arabianights]

as bramble said she would need to be asked to by gordo..

the queen basically has no power at all

Even in the reign of this monarch, she has selected the prime minister of this country once.

I like this idea more though...