Comments on: We Live In Interesting Times

By: John P.

John P. — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:26:05 +0000

“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mÃ©rite.”
(Every nation has the government it deserves)
Joseph de Maistre, 1811

By: ard sloc

ard sloc — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:54:34 +0000

You sent me to the dictionary for “chimaeric”. I found “chimaera: older spelling of chimera” = “idle or wild fancy”. Perhaps less fanciful is the possibility of a Labour or Conservative minority government. It is arguable that the last four years of Tory/Lib coalition have been better than Tory minority rule, but I’m not sure the politicos think so and there’s not been much effort to sell the idea of coalition government to vox pop. So there may be a bias against coalition in the next Parliament. But minority government with the likelihood so many small parties would probably be unstable and short-lived. How set in stone is the new five-year parliament rule?

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:46:14 +0000

Indeed. Unlikely, but not impossible, which is scary.

By: DrMoose

DrMoose — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:33:21 +0000

That final possibility is a definite *shudder* moment.