A Marriage Of Convenience
The BBC has a story about the prenuptial agreement between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. It seems a bit one-sided.
Two things caught my eye:
“Voting system: Bill will be brought forward for referendum on changing to AV but parties will be able to campaign on opposite sides of argument”; and “MPs will not be able to throw out the government unless 55% vote to do so – a higher threshold than currently.”
So, the LibDems get to put an instant runoff voting system to a vote with no Conservative support, while the Conservatives get to ensure that they are in power for 5 years as they have 47% of the vote in Parliament.
I don’t know what will happen in the UK, but in the US the Repubs would push the change to increase the “no confidence” vote to 55% and tell their erstwhile partner to stuff it. One would hope that the Tories have better manners.
