Date: 1/7/05 10:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bibliogirl.livejournal.com
We do have them here -- see this BBC news article -- they just don't get used much (not nearly enough IMHO)

Date: 1/7/05 10:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Yeah, I know, hence the question.
Sorry, odd wording. Something like "They should do this to Blair over here" would have been better.

Date: 1/7/05 10:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bibliogirl.livejournal.com
Along with stringing him up, staking him out on an anthill, dipping him in chocolate and throwing him to the lesbians rabid meerkats,...

Date: 2/7/05 01:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feanelwa.livejournal.com
The lesbians would throw him back.

Date: 3/7/05 12:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bibliogirl.livejournal.com
True, but the meerkats would have much more trouble doing so. Shorter arms.

Date: 1/7/05 11:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mobbsy.livejournal.com
In similar conditions in the UK, the PM could just ask the Queen to dissolve parliament, he wouldn't need to lose a confidence vote first.

If you mean "why don't we hold a vote of confidence in Blair's government?", the opposition would if they thought they stood a chance of winning. Very few MPs would vote against their party on such a motion. Besides which, whatever you think of the current government, we only had a general election a few months ago which returned a reasonably strong result in favour of the current lot.

Date: 1/7/05 01:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whiskeylover.livejournal.com
Why can't they do something like this here

Well, unlike in Germany, in this country they can actually do this. The PM can ask the Monarch to dissolve parliament, prompting new elections.

In Germany however, this is not a course of action. What Schroeder is doing is a direct contravention of the German Constitution. A 'no confidence' vote as Schroeder had it conducted is a fake. The only situation where a 'no confidence' vote is legitimate is where there is a real concern that the ability to act of the governing party is no longer given. Considering that they passed some 70 laws yesterday, the governing coalition is still clearly in a position to govern.

There is a very good reason why the German constitution does not allow the Chancellor to call elections at will, based on the history of the Weimar Republic. For this reason I hope that President Koehler does the right thing and refuses to dissolve parliament.

Or, if he does not, that the Constitutional Court will declare it illegal.


As for the possibility of a vote of no confidence in Britain, that too is possible- Maggie for example was ousted by her party in a vote of no confidence.

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