Is the UK Coalition about to implode ? | 88 comments (88 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Party Unity My Arse. In other words, they don't care about holding the party/coalition together, they're gonna go their own way and damn the consequences.

Which in this case implies that the Conservative party will be torn apart in a fratricidal strife as the neoconservative near-UKIPs slug it out with the more liberal One-Nation Tories. I'm sure there will be some defections to UKIP, but tories as a breed are much less inclined to jump off a cliff into principled obscurity if it is likely to isolate them from the lucrative extra-parliamentary revenue streams which come as part of the remuneration package of a modern conservative MP.

so the fighting may be more savage as all sides are defending their corner. And thus more entertaining

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jul 16th, 2012 at 08:43:57 AM EST
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I think you are underestimating the strength of existing party ties, given the electoral system we have to work with in the UK.

A total disruption of the Conservative Party, leading to a major reconfiguration of the party constellation seems quite unlikely.

A more likely possibility is of Cameron being deposed and spending the rest of his career as a discontented backbencher. However, if the Tories in the cabinet remain united, it is not obvious who would trigger a leadership contest.

The most likely thing is for the Conservatives to remain more or less united, until the next general election. If Cameron wins that, then he continues as leader. If not, he will then be replaced, with far less risk to the aspirants for leadership than a challenge in mid Parliament..

by Gary J on Mon Jul 16th, 2012 at 10:20:45 AM EST
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The Tories need a new Darling

It's becoming more obvious now. The wayward curls, the sagging jowls, the general air of world-weariness and dogged determination. Just as animals and their owners grow to resemble each other, so George Osborne is slowly morphing into the man he most loathes in British politics, Gordon Brown.
But the emerging physical similarities are where comparisons between Brown and Osborne end. Unlike most of his predecessors, Gordon managed to seamlessly move from Number 11 to Number 10. Osborne, exposed as less fleet of foot in recent times, looks increasingly like he will be forced from office amid the utter collapse of his economic policy as we sink back into recession.
All of which presents an interesting dilemma for the government. In order to restore their credentials on the economy when `Osbornomics' becomes so discredited that even Michael Fallon refuses to take to the airwaves to defend it, the government will need a new salesman to flog its new economic direction.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Jul 16th, 2012 at 02:10:38 PM EST
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St Vince ??

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jul 16th, 2012 at 02:15:56 PM EST
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suggestion is a job-swap between Hague and Osbourne

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Jul 16th, 2012 at 02:26:21 PM EST
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What ?? Osborne is going to become The Mekon ???

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jul 16th, 2012 at 03:57:55 PM EST
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