Tag Archive for Fixed-term Parliaments Act

An early election?

by Lord Norton • 13/12/2011 • 74 Comments

I have been somewhat surprised to see media speculation that, in the light of tensions within the coalition, we could see the end of the coalition and ‘an early election’. Comparative experience suggests coalitions can survive internal tensions – as I pointed in a chapter on the subject, disharmony should not be confused with instability…

by Lord Norton • 28/09/2011 • 21 Comments

I continue to hear people speculating as to whether or not there will be an early election. However, much of this appears to be based on the assumption that the Prime Minister can simply decide to ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament and call an election. What this overlooks is that two weeks ago, on…