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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/07/protest-oust-david-cameron-tories-occupy-downing-street-election
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A post-election protest has been planned to oust David Cameron from power by a group claiming that the Conservatives are planning to occupy Downing Street even if they do not win a majority. The event, organised by anti-austerity group the Peoples Assembly, is scheduled to take place on Saturday outside No 10.
A Facebook page for the protest, which has more than 3,000 people already confirmed to attend, makes the claim that Camerons party are planning to declare that they are the legitimate government and have the right to form an administration.Organisers cite a recent Times editorial which urged Cameron to occupy Downing Street regardless of whether he has a majority in parliament, stating that this would be a constitutional coup against the wishes of the electorate.
The group wrote: The Tories and their supporters in the press are preparing a post-election plan to stay in office even if Labour and the SNP have more seats in parliament. We cannot allow the Tories to get away with using a flagrant abuse of power to impose the most severe austerity this country has seen since the second world war.
The Peoples Assembly is a national campaign against austerity, cuts and privatisation in the workplace, community and welfare services. The group aspires to enforce change through the organisation of joint action and local campaigns. It is not linked to any political party, but it is supported by individual bodies including factions of Green party, the CND, the National Assembly of Women, the Muslim Council of Britain, the Stop the War Coalition, and trade unions such as the Fire Brigades Union, the British Pensioners and Trade Unions AA, the TUC, NUJ, NUT, Unite and Unison.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)And anyway, the exit polls were giving it to Cameron fairly decisively, last I heard, thereby proving that the Limeys are just about as crazy as we are. (I don't even want to talk about the Australian & Canadian PMs.)
malaise
(268,724 posts)The Cons won't have the required 326. There will have to be a coalition government (just like the last one) so Cameron cannot walk back into #10.
One more thing - David Cameron and his party have again failed to win a majority.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)so it sounds like interesting times in Perfidious Albion.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)malaise
(268,724 posts)contrary to the vast majority of predictions
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Annus horribilis
Meaning
A horrible year.
Origin
Derived from the Latin phrase 'annus mirabilis' - year of wonders (or miracles). Recorded since the mid 1980's but brought into popular use after Queen Elizabeth II used it to describe 1992 - the year that the marriages of her two sons Charles and Andrew broke down and Windsor Castle caught fire.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)malaise
(268,724 posts)look like child's play.
I have no sympathy for the LibDems - they sold their souls just to be in power.
cali
(114,904 posts)There's not mystery to that. And it sure does not defy exit polls or the youguv poll taken yesterday.
No conspiracies needed for this election.