tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14306519.post807412191813516023..comments2023-07-15T11:16:18.809+01:00Comments on giroscope: Europe: has Cameron played a blinder by accident?T.N.T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13994761000416067940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14306519.post-61743593634810641522011-12-09T16:58:08.603+00:002011-12-09T16:58:08.603+00:00Interesting... thinking about it again, it went th...Interesting... thinking about it again, it went through with the AV referendum, didn't it? I'll amend the post accordingly. Cheers. <br /><br />Well, Tories would lose a confidence vote if Dave goes total foam-at-the-mouth anti-EU on us and both Labour and Lib Dems vote against, if other parties abstained or also voted against. Not sure what would happen then.. maybe some attempt at a Lib-Lab deal.<br /><br />I should say that I'm not sure at all whether Dave has played this well or not but I thought it was worth punting out there as a hypothesis.T.N.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13994761000416067940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14306519.post-34571091090202648452011-12-09T12:48:52.099+00:002011-12-09T12:48:52.099+00:00The Fixed-Term Parliament Act is now in force, so ...The Fixed-Term Parliament Act is now in force, so he can't get a dissolution unless he either loses a confidence vote (and 14 days elapse without a new government getting a confidence measure passed) or 2/3 of MPs call for an election.<br /><br />On the wider politics: we'll see. Interesting times.Chris Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519945225106590571noreply@blogger.com