To think that Gordon Brown is a fucking megalomaniac who should be removed from No10 for his and our safety?

[Rosieeo]

The man must be on the edge: "OK, you've voted against me/my party in your thousands, but guess what? I don't care and will cling on to my bit of power for dear life because I am Gordon and I must be right."

I've never been so annoyed by politics in my life.

I know it might come to nothing anyway, but the bloody cheek of it all!

oh for goodness sake

he is still the PM because no-one else is in the position to be until some sort of deal is struck

i think YABU and GB has been very dignified through all of this.

But surely if GB was the megalomaniac the OP is referring to he could insist on his constitutional right to approach the Lib Dems first.

I didn't vote for him, but it's best until this sorted out one way or another that someone stays in No10 - that is the PM Gordon.,

once some kind of deal is brokered to form a government (and i expect this will happen) then he woul dhave to be a megalomaniac to refuse to acept it ..but we aen't even near there yet!!

In a way, a more liberal version of the Conservatives would suit me fine. So long as they can make it work, why not?

Although i very much doubt the conservatives are really going to welcome PR under any guise. but then is electoral reform really he kind of issue that gets people out to vote? (of course not: it's the economy,...)

This idea that GB is desperately clinging onto power is very bizarre. One of the very few written parts of the British constitution clearly states that he has to stay in charge until a new governemnt can be formed. He has no choice!

The Queen would never decide this, although strictly within her rights.

The only party who could attempt a minority goverment would be the Tories. Their government would fail and they would be removed from power. A new election would be needed and the whole affair would be a disaster economically. SOMEONE has to form a coalition government, it is really the only viable way forward. As GB said this morning, if the Tories can't or won't form a coalition with the LibDems, then Labour must or the UK is in deep deep trouble.

GB is saying and doing the only things he can under the circumstances.

YANBU! It seems pretty unfair to me that he wants to make a coalition that would force out the one party who got the most votes!
I know the tories didn't get a big enough majority but they did get the most seats so it's clear that more people want them than labour iyswim. If anyone should be seeking to form a government, they should be getting a chance IMO.

or they should have another bloody election and put more people in the polling stations so it's not such a bloody disaster again - and people who que will get to vote!

What on earth are you ranting on about?@OP. Are you familiar with the Constitution? He is still the Prime Minister.

To be honest, I think GB will step down no matter what happens.

Soz, been at work all day.

Polly I'm aware that constitutionally he is still the PM. It's the idea that Labour and Gordon Brown have the right to force out the party that the most people voted for, as Charlotte said, that irritated me so much. And I do think that GB has clung on on other occasions when maybe he should have gone.

I hope he does step down no matter what. I just don't think he will, cos this is his thing. It's what he's always wanted and he's not letting go.

To those who think he's a lovely man; fair enough! We all see people in different lights. But for all he may believe that what he does is right and 'for the good of the people', I can only repeat what another poster said further up the thread: so did Hitler.

what if there was a co-alition of labour/Tory? is that allowed. do they have to go with the lib dems?(obviously not the others because not enough seats).
wouldnt that be strange?

Rosieeo
are you comparing GB to Hitler? are you completely, utterly mad?

Yes CatIsSleepy, I was just thinking the same thing - that comparison is quite stunningly insane, isn't it?

mind-boggling, actually

OP YABU and very childish to pull the Nazi card on GB who is, after all and as MANY previous posters have pointed out, only fulfilling his duty by remaining at no10 until DC can form a government.

I am invoking Godwin's law so you lose rosieeo

Well done Dogs

Rosieeo - YANBU. In fact, YAB completely and utterly Reasonable.

I can only think that those who think GB should stay are actually joking.

I'm quite obviously not comparing Gordon Brown to Hitler. I'm saying that just because he believes he is right doesn't make it so and isn't an excuse for being crap. Talk about over-reacting!

BoysAreLikeDogs That's fab, will remember it in future Not sure what I'm losing though, apart from the will to argue...

Victorya, there have been explanations passim on this thread regarding why Gordon Brown has not resigned

'It's the idea that Labour and Gordon Brown have the right to force out the party that the most people voted for' - Y'all do realise that 62% of those who voted didn't vote for the Tories, yes? And that a LibLab pact would represent over 50% of the electorate - a great deal more than the Tories' 38%?

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