Should Gordon Brown Form a Coalition ?

Can Gordon Brown form a coalition and if so with who?

The question that many people would like to know in the run up to the UK General Election on 6th May 2010 is whether Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats will work with Gordon Brown the current leader of the labour party.

Somehow I very much doubt it as in a recent outspoken attack on Gordon Brown he called him " a desperate politician" so he has made it crystal clear that he would find it more or less impossible to work with Brown.

The Labour Party has become ever so more desperate to try and align it self with the Liberal Democrats as any possible chance that they had of a successful result is rapidly disappearing. This sounds very much like a drowning man clutching at a straw.

Nick Clegg has said that Labour has failed to deliver in the last 13 years when it has been in power and therefore can not be trusted now.

He stated that ["e;]Brown systematically blocked, and personally blocked, political reform. I think that he is a desperate politician and I just do not believe him.["e;]

He makes the excellent point that Brown is only interested in electoral reform in a very belated way as he sees him self going through the exit door on the 6th May and Clegg's party who want and need electoral reform could possibly extend to him a slim lifeline of remaining in power if they formed a coalition..

Clegg went on to say "And do I think labour delivered fairness? No.

Do I think the Labour Party in its heart has a faith in civil liberties? No.

Do I think that they delivered political reform? No. They are clutching at straws["e;].

So on three key points ,political reform,fairness and civil liberties he has a rather low regard for Labour.

This attack on the lack of integrity of Gordon Brown will lead to increased speculation that if there was any deal with Labour then one price would be that they would have to ditch their leader Gordon Brown. There have already been three attempted coups by the Labour Party to remove him as leader and he remains an unelected Prime Minister and I believe an unelected leader of his party.

Mr Clegg has said that the system was "clearly bonkers" and that "It would be preposterous for Gordon Brown to end up like some squatter in no 10 because of some constitutional nicety".

Senior civil servants have advised that in the event of a hung parliament Gordon Brown would be allowed to remain as Prime Minister and be given a little time to cobble a deal together for some form of coalition.

Mr Clegg has also said ["e;]The system where a party could come third in votes but still ends up having the most seats is bonkers["e;]

He has set out four conditions for any deal:-

1. The Tax Reform Package. 2. The Pupil premium. 3. Bank Reforms. 4. Specific list of changes to clean up politics.

The pupil premium is a plan to provide extra funding for schools who have more pupils who come from a deprived back ground. This seems to be an excellent idea.

There is no doubt that when compared to Labour which appears very out dated many of these ideas are new and refreshing and Clegg is to be complemented. Labour is old hat and full of the men yesterday like Gordon Brown.

The election is going to be held on Thursday 6th May and voting will take place between 7.00 am and 10.00 pm.

The governing Labour Party would be very lucky,in deed, to secure a fourth consecutive term in office and to try and restore the support that has been lost since 1997 in every election since then.

The current opposition, the Conservative Party, will hope to have a clear majority position and thereby replace Labour as the governing party.

The Liberal Democrats will hope to be able to take seats from both of the other two and their most achievable ambition would be to hold the balance of power should there be a hung parliament.


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