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Old 11-11-2008, 16:20   #57
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Re: Glenrothes Labour win

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Originally Posted by jaysay View Post
Well I'm no friend of Brown or any of his ilk, but there is nothing which states that a general election should be called if the PM stands down. it has happened a few times notably When Wilson stood down in the seventies, Thatcher in the nineties and now Blair, but if Brown had been forced out a few months ago, it would have been right in my eyes to hold an election, replacing two leaders in the same Parliament would have been one two far
We agree again.

It might not seem right, but there is nothing in the statute books that mean it's breaking any rules at all.
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