No snap election in Britain
Well, the decision about a snap election didn't take long. It was made about the time I posted to this blog yesterday.Brown rules out autumn election
"The PM said he wanted a chance to show the country his "vision for change" and to develop his policies further.
"He said an election could have been held based on "competency" in dealing with crises, but he wanted to develop housing, health and education.
"Conservative leader David Cameron said Mr Brown had shown "great weakness and indecision", and had made a 'humiliating retreat'...
The Tory response came quickly and was a predictable political statement.
Brown 'treating people as fools'
"David Cameron has accused Gordon Brown of 'treating the British people as fools' in not calling a snap election.
"Mr Brown told the BBC he had had a 'duty' to consider whether to hold an election, but decided against it so he could show his "vision" for Britain.
"But the Tory leader said the PM 'was not being straight... everybody knows he is not having an election because there's a danger of him losing it'...
The Liberal Democrats stepped into the fray by suggesting that the current system for scheduling elections was no longer a good one.
Lib Dem bid for fixed poll dates
"A bill which would end the right of prime ministers to decide the date of the next general election is being brought forward by the Lib Dems.
"Party leader Sir Menzies Campbell said they would be calling for fixed, four-year terms for governments.
"He told the BBC: 'It's high time, in my view, that the decision about a general election is not part of the discretion of the prime minister...'"
Labels: elections, politics, UK
posted by Ken Wedding @ 9:05 AM
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