Browns secret plan? Our worst nightmare?

[The Hypno-Toad]

Saw this on order-order.com today. Wondered if it was possibly posted by a pher as it reflects a major conspiracy theory mentioned on here before.

some bod on Guido Fawkes says said:

PANIC!!!! I have just thought of the labour leadership’s game plan…

Labour cannot win an outright majority, even with the massive in built bias in the constituency boundaries.

Cleggy will not join a coalition with labour Gord as PM. Gord will not back down.

Cleggy will not join a coalition with the tories unless the tories back PR and that will never happen.

So the three main parties will fail to implement a coalition government in the allocated time (two weeks I think)

Step Forward Gordon Brown with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. Brown, despite losing the election will, under his powers (as he IS technically still the PM until the Queen appoints a replacement) as PM will declare that the dangerous situation arising in the markets owing to the abysmal failure of the other two opposition parties to form a government to replace his, means that he is taking sole charge of a labour government under the auspices of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 to prevent an economic catastrophe and to protect the national security in these unprecedented times!

These are very dangerous times

+1 basically.

[Bibbs]

I don't understand why the Tories don't want PR.

They usually get a majority of the votes, so why are they against it?

EDIT - but agreed, GB seems the sort to do something like that.

Edited by Bibbs on Thursday 22 April 17:27

[NoNeed]

At the risk of sounding thick.

What's PR?

[AndrewW-G]

NoNeed said:

At the risk of sounding thick.

What's PR?

Proportional representation, e.g. if conservatives had 70% of the votes cast, they’d have 70% of the MP’s in Westminster............. lots of positives and negatives with it

[NoNeed]

AndrewW-G said:

NoNeed said:

At the risk of sounding thick.

What's PR?

Proportional representation, e.g. if conservatives had 70% of the votes cast, they’d have 70% of the MP’s in Westminster............. lots of positives and negatives with it

It's obvious now you have written lol. sorry for my brain freeze and thanks for the info

[ralphrj]

I doubt Brown would enact the Civil Contingencies Act as a result of a hung parliament.

I suspect it will be:

1. A hung parliament

2. A Lib-Lab pact conditional on Brown resigning

Then I think it will be up to the Labour party to decide on a new leader but in the mean time the deputy leader will assume the position of PM.

Unfortunately for all of us the deputy leader is Harriet Harman.

[The Hypno-Toad]

ralphrj said:

I doubt Brown would enact the Civil Contingencies Act as a result of a hung parliament.

I suspect it will be:

1. A hung parliament

2. A Lib-Lab pact conditional on Brown resigning

Then I think it will be up to the Labour party to decide on a new leader but in the mean time the deputy leader will assume the position of PM.

Unfortunately for all of us the deputy leader is Harriet Harman.

If this were to happen it would be a national disaster of biblical proportions. Can you imagine the effect on the markets of no one party winning the election & then one of the parties decides to change its leader? So therefore a large majority of the electorate will have not voted for the government and another large amount of the electorate would have voted for one leader and got yet another unelected one. The mess would be unbelieveable & might be the tipping point for the riots.

I'm of the hopeful opinion that we might be heading to a CMD/Clegg Pact rather than one which allows Brown back in. Lets hope so.

[thinfourth2]

ralphrj said:

I doubt Brown would enact the Civil Contingencies Act as a result of a hung parliament.

I suspect it will be:

1. A hung parliament

2. A Lib-Lab pact conditional on Brown resigning

Then I think it will be up to the Labour party to decide on a new leader but in the mean time the deputy leader will assume the position of PM.

Unfortunately for all of us the deputy leader is Harriet Harman.

Well if she gets to be PM her first thing will be to ban men from errmmmmmmmmm??

No she will just ban men so off to the gas chambers guys in the name of equality

[Jasandjules]

The country could be f***ed, and right royally.

Our only hope is that the Tories get in for the GE whilst UKIP get the majority of Euro elections.

[theironduke]

What a sickening prospect.

As every day goes by and we get closer to May 6th i'm personally feeling sicker and sicker....i really am doubting whether the Tories will be able to pull off a majority. The thought of a hung parliament and a situation as per the OP happening is bloody scary.

Edited by theironduke on Thursday 22 April 18:35

[colonel c]

We live in exciting times. Well maybe not exciting but interesting never the less.
Leaving the scaremongering aside. A hung parliament would i think be a short one. So expect another election in about eighteen months.
Personally I like to see a referendum on electoral reform including how the House of Lords should be reformed too, before we go to the polls again.

[10 Pence Short]

What I suspect is that Nick Clegg is looking at the Polls, seeing Labour is in third in most of them and believing he has a real chance of some serious seats. In a perverse way that makes the chances of him doing a deal with Labour less likely as his ego grows.

The best thing would be for a hung parliament, lots of squabbling then a proper vote a couple of months later to sort it all out, especially if that gives the Liberals a chance to demonstrate what a bunch of nutters they really are.

[Spiritual_Beggar]

Conservatives would not let this happen.


Think about it.

As much as they may not want PR.....if there was a choice between PR, and continued Labour Government, I think the Tories would change their tune on PR very quickly.

[Carfiend]

I am sorted.