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Brown 'coronation' prompts demands for snap election [17 May 2007|09:50am]

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labourleadership/story/0,,2081777,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Opposition parties condemn crowning of new PM without a contest.


I hold no brief for the man Gordon (and wonder whether he can defeat Ming and where is Dale) but...

Three words: John Major's succession.

Don't remember no steenking snap election then.

Comments

[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

I am completely baffled as to why people (and that includes Ming Campbell) are demanding a General Election.

In the last GE the Labour party was voted into power. That's the Labour party, not Tony Blair personally. Tony Blair happened to be the leader of the party at the time, ergo he became Prime Minister. He has chosen (finally) to step down as Prime Minister/leader of the Labour party, and the party has (after a fashion)chosen a new leader, who becomes, gosh wow, Prime Minister. I see no constitutional crisis, and certainly not anything that looks remotely like a vote of no confidence in Gordon Brown.

I do wish Ming Campbell would stop asking for a General Election. It's not necessary, we can't afford it, it makes him look foolish, so just stop it now.

[buffysquirrel.livejournal.com]

If they had any history of doing this themselves, they might be on less shaky ground. Er, sorry about the earthquake reference :D.