Thursday, May 13, 2010
Harper-Layton Coalition?
David Cameron has now formed a coalition government with Britain's equivalent of the NDP. That begs the question; could such an alliance possibly take place in Canada after the next election? Would you accept a Tory power sharing agreement with the NDP? I'm not sure where we would find a "zone of agreement", and I wonder if this should even be considered as an option, especially if it prevents the Liberals, Bloc, and NDP from forming power. What policy points would the Tories have to give up to get the NDP to agree to a coalition partnership?
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Never going to happen and the Bloc will still be needed to form a coalition with more seats than the conservatives. And that is the message we have to get out. I don't think they have given up their coup plans.
ReplyDeleteThat would be a mistake. What growing support the Conservatives are gaining would reverse, 'cause they'd be seen as no better than all the compromising lying leftists and progressives that came before them.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why they did not try to govern with a minority. Is it allowed, did they know they wouldn't have the support, or was it a sure bet Labor would have got the numbers to retain power?
ReplyDeleteI shudder to think of Deputy Prime Minister Layton.
Clegg was going to sell to the highest bidder,
ReplyDeletea Canadian style minority, issue by issue confidence, was never on the table because of Clegg.
Cameron will get a majority next election, once he and his party prove themselves. Labour is out for at least 2 elections.
Why do Cons think it is unthinkable?
PMSH went into agreement (no seats in cabinet style) with Dippers and BLOC in 2004,
then Martin tossed $3 Billion at the Dippers,
which 'bought' their 'temporary' support.
Dippers would be very wise to start saying they will work with ANY party that "Canadians chose to lead a minority government".
No coalition of losers.
All those Dipper votes the Liberals stole over the years will go running home waving an orange flag.
It's Jack's best chance to over-take the Libs.
Very important message for the next election:
ReplyDeleteCanadians chose who 'leads' the next government.
ps.
Dippers can also shake loose a few seats for themselves in Quebec if they go the
'we will work with the party that Canadians choose to lead a government'.
A coalition of losers off the table will cost Ducey seats....and that is a good thing.
The Lib Dems are not the British equivalent of the NDP, they are the equivalent of the Liberals. The far left party in Britain is the Labour. They along with the NDP are in Socialist International together.
ReplyDeleteI think an agreement with the Liberals is do-able, not necessarily anything to get excited over or seek, but there are some places where common ground could be found.
I don't think S.H. has to play nice with the fragmented left and the separatists in Quebec.
ReplyDeleteHe has to explain how they plan to keep moving ahead with the jobs, economy, building a stronger united Canada. He already has a significant lead in trust and can continue to cut those federal tax sucking NGO's and lobbyists.
Blue Collar, the difference is that Brown tried to retain power, while Paul Martin resigned quickly. Brown's desperate attempt to retain power has allowed Clegg to extract huge concessions from Cameron giving the Lib Dems power well beyond what the electorate has voted for. If Martin had tried to cling to power we would be stuck with the NDP steering this country. We would be a mess by now.
ReplyDeleteRick
I read someplace that its law over there. I think I read it here in fact.
ReplyDeleteSo glad I'm not British. Are UK Tory's even conservatives? They might be able to find common ground with socialists if they are socialists.
Let the socialists coagulate all they like. Canadians are Conservatives.
Can you imagine the outrage the people who voted against the Labour party would have felt if Brown, an unelected PM (he inherited the position after Blair's departure), took 10 Downing Street, unelected a second time, with another unelected party? It would have been a legal manoevre but at what cost? Even if Brown had stepped down and Milliband took over as Labour leader there still would have been a second unelected PM.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the NDP is willing to settle for the kinds of things the Conservatives would be willing to offer.
ReplyDeleteFor one thing, I suspect they'd demand public health care -- ain't gonna happen. After all, we'd hate to piss off the Evangelical Christians by giving back their hard-earned gains. ;)