[Matt08]

After Labour and Gordon Brown's awful results at the local elections, do you think it's time for Labour to call a general election?
Gordan Brown has never been any good and Labour just seem to be messing this country up far too much.

[Sod_James]

Yeh i would agree we should have an election only cos im now old enough to vote. but even if we did i probably wouldnt bother cos i just dont have the time. i didnt vote in the local ones cos i was at work all day and i was just to tired to go over to the polling station.

But i do think Labour have outstayed their welcome to put it in a nice way. but saying that i dont really like any of the politicains. The conservative leader just makes me sick.

[Shaun]

Normally not one to go along with the "OMG THIS GOVERNMENT SUCKS" bandwagon, but this one seriously does. Vote Conservative.

[Hugo]

Vote Conservative. Brown will not call an election.

[Tom]

I think there should have been one when Tony Blair decided to step down. We never elected Gordon Brown to be our Prime Minister, he just managed to get lucky and work his way up.

The government at the minute is a complete mess so I think the only way it can be fixed is by another election.

I don't think we'll get another one until 2010. I have a feeling Gordon will hold out for the full five years rather than calling an early one.

[Hugo]

Unless there is a huge national revolt. Which tbh wouldn't be suprising.

[Dan_]

After the recent set of local election results, it clearly shows that more people aren't happy with the current government.I think therefore it would be right that we have a general election.

I seriously doubt that an election will be called until the last possible time.Brown knows how disillusioned a lot of people are under Labour at the present time and will try and bide his time to try and get people back on side, not that I'm sure it will happen.

[Sticks]

Originally posted by Tom_
I think there should have been one when Tony Blair decided to step down. We never elected Gordon Brown to be our Prime Minister, he just managed to get lucky and work his way up.

We never voted for Tony to be the Prime Minister actually

What people did was to vote for a local MP, and the majority of these MP's belonged to the Labour Party, and the queen invited the leader of this party to form a government which he duely did.

When Tony stepped down, there was still life to run in this parliament, so the Queen after Tony Blair's resignation from the premiership invited the new leader of the party with the largest number of members, the Labour party to form a government.

This parliament still has time to run, so constitutionally the Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP is under no duty at this time to seek a dissolution of parliament and fresh election.

As for getting to vote, I acquired a postal vote, so I do not have to trudge all the way to polling station

[bananarama]

You know the old saying. "Be carful of what you wish for".

Also.Better the devil you know than the one you don't.

No. I am not a labour party fanatic supporter. Quite the oposite....What I do know is that it is a huge mistake to assume because you get rid of one barrow of rotten apples that the next barrow will be any different.....

[housem8]

Originally posted by tooperfect
Vote Conservative. Brown will not call an election.

I will vote for Conservative as well, bye bye Labour we've had enough of your government weather Blair or Brown I couldnt care less

[bananarama]

Originally posted by housem8

I will vote for Conservative as well, bye bye Labour we've had enough of your government weather Blair or Brown I couldnt care less

You will care when you get a tast of the tories.....

[Tom]

Originally posted by Sticks

We never voted for Tony to be the Prime Minister actually

What people did was to vote for a local MP, and the majority of these MP's belonged to the Labour Party, and the queen invited the leader of this party to form a government which he duely did.

When Tony stepped down, there was still life to run in this parliament, so the Queen after Tony Blair's resignation from the premiership invited the new leader of the party with the largest number of members, the Labour party to form a government.

This parliament still has time to run, so constitutionally the Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP is under no duty at this time to seek a dissolution of parliament and fresh election.

As for getting to vote, I acquired a postal vote, so I do not have to trudge all the way to polling station

Some people who don't really take an interest in politics will have voted for their leader, not for their local MP. You'd be surprised at the amount of people who don't actually know who their local MP is.

[housem8]

Originally posted by bananarama

You will care when you get a tast of the tories.....

How can you know what David Cameron is going to do once he is crowned Prime minister? He may be the best thing since Maggie Thatcher

[bananarama]

Originally posted by housem8

How can you know what David Cameron is going to do once he is crowned Prime minister? He may be the best thing since Maggie Thatcher

Indeed I can now see you are worried and rightly so.....

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Tom_

Some people who don't really take an interest in politics will have voted for their leader, not for their local MP. You'd be surprised at the amount of people who don't actually know who their local MP is.

Indeed, but I think the point Sticks is making is that we don't decide who the Prime Minister is, we decide who our MP and which Political Party is in charge.