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In response to "assuming he doesn't bust out another election next time it suits him. -- nm" by mafic

They really were going to bring the gov't down this fall. It's October 14th or December 14th.

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Sep 4 '08, 20:57

I'm fiercely pro-fixed election dates, but in a minority situation, they just aren't likely to hit the four years. Not in our system and certainly not when the Tories are the minority (the other three opposition parties are more likely to find common ground).

I really can't hold it against him. All three opposition leaders spent the summer saying how they were going to bring him down the first chance they could get. Them playing the "victim card" now that an election is coming just doesn't fly with me.

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yeah, but the whole point of the law was to take it out of the ruling party's hands, regardless of the situation. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 21:08 1
- Which is fair comment and fair criticism. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 4, 21:13
ick, dec 14 would be horrible -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 21:05
I have to agree with NWBR here -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 4, 20:59 1
- PS: This minority also set the record for the longest minority gov't in like seventy or eighty years, so it's not like he went the first chance he had -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 4, 21:01

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They really were going to bring the gov't down this fall. It's October 14th or December 14th.

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