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Originally Posted by arista

"Despite having fewer seats than the Conservatives,"

thats what mattered
Nothing Else



and Fecking Brown should have gone to the Queen the next day
not wasting 5 days of My Time and Orders



These Elections halt deals

Well sadly you and I don't get to write the constitution as to these events arista and I have shown examples a plenty of PMs being changed and not holding snap elecions and also a similar scenario to Brown with Heath.

The old government has to be kicked out by a party that beats them solidly,there were 343 other MPs elected in 2010 who were not Conservative,if theyhad decided they didn't want the Conservatives then Brown and Labour could have governed still.
Whether you liked it or not, and under parliamentary rules the would have been in the right to do so too.

Instead of blaming Brown, you should be looking at the man who failed to win the easiest election ever to win, with a troubled govt; a bumbling leader and an election that had been full of gaffes by Labour and Brown.
Who was it failed to get the votes to win solidly, one David Cameron.