Should Clegg resign?

[Jeneral2885]

Yes or No?

[T_i_B]

1. I would prefer it

But I do think that he will have to be pushed. I don't think he will jump.

The 2 most likely candidates to take over from Clegg would be Simon Hughes and Chris Huhne. Of those 2 Hughes is the more preferable. Chris Huhne just as bad as Clegg if you ask me.

[LeftishBrit]

2. I'd prefer Tim Farron...

but basically I'd prefer anyone who might go into coalition with Ed Miliband, or just leave the coalition altogether (latter less likely as they probably don't want to force an election right now!)

I just would like Miliband as PM instead of Cameron.

[LeftishBrit]

3. Should have resigned long ago!

Or not have existed (all right, I'm not being very constructive).

[fedsron2us]

4. He wont resign

His party will simple leave him.

[Ken Burch]

5. So...he'll end up reviving the National Liberals?

n/t.

[Nihil]

6. Would anyone notice?

[Jeneral2885]

9. oh yes

the thousands of students would. They would cheer

[non sociopath skin]

7. One for his party to decide ...

... what's left of it.

:evilgrin:

The Skin

[craigmatic]

8. Nope he got his party the av referendum and some power. Having him retire would jeopardize the

coalition and might trigger another election and it doesn't seem like Labour is in good enough shape to defeat the tories after losing Scotland to SNP. For as bad as things are a conservative majority could be worse.

[T_i_B]

10. And in case you haven't noticed.......the Lib Dem's LOST the referendum

And that has left the lib Dem's pet cause of electoral reform in tatters, along with all the other policies they dumped in order to grab power.

What's more, Clegg was a serious liability to the Yes campaign. In fact his ugly mug was plastered all over the No campaign's literature as Nick Clegg has become the face of broken promises in British politics.

[craigmatic]

11. All the more reason to leave him where he is and let him be an albatross around the necks of

the lib dems and tories.

[fedsron2us]

12. What makes you think the Tories can choose a General Election date on their own ?

They don't have majority of MPs so they can not force a dissolution of Parliament.

The monarch would be obliged to see if the other parties could form a government first.

Any way votes for the SNP are not votes for the Tory party so while they might weaken Labour they do
not give Cameron more seats in Westminster and the SNP are not
going to back most of Cameron's agenda

If you analyse the English local election results most of the Tory
gains were in the South against the Liberal Democrats in constituencies
where the Conservatives already have the sitting MP.
Surprisingly in this area where the Liberal Democrats have an MP
such as Southampton is also where their vote stood up best.

The idea that if the Liberal Democrats were to remove Clegg and to leave the
coalition then the Tories would win with a Thatcher style landslide
is wish fulfillment on the part of the right wing media. Cameron and
and his party need to keep the Orange bookers in charge of the Liberal Democrats
if they want to pursue their policy agenda. That is why it is vital
for their opponents to try and break the coalition.

[Jeneral2885]

13. well then a general election could be called

and get a proper single-party parliament in place.

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. Why is a "single-party parliament" (I presume you mean government) 'proper'? (nt)

[Jeneral2885]

15. Oops

I meant one party as government. Which ever it is thne the three main parties can go back to be themselves instead of the lib dems beign spell-bound by the Tories