Has Ed Now Waved Byebye To Any Chance Of Being Pm?

[ToraToraTora]

Having so vociferously ruled out any deal with the SNP , is there any way he can renage on this after the electon? Surely a coalition with the SNP, horrific though it may be, is the only way Ed can get into no 10.

[shoota]

Hopefully....

[ToraToraTora]

so you'd be happy to have Jimmy Krankie pupetteering a PM who's only just renaged on a major promise. Nowt as strange as folk eh?

[nilrac52]

Yes our dear Ed has made an awful gaffe. Labour have no chance of an overall majority. Sad thing is the dismissal of SNP. The strongest most sensible party of them all. NS is absolutely brilliant.

[shoota]

No, TTT, I was answering your headline question.

(Oh the perils of responding to multiple question questions....)

[whistonian]

Has Ed Now Waved Byebye To Any Chance Of Being Pm?

Absolutely not.

[ToraToraTora]

sorry shoota misunderstanding

[retrocop]

ED is PM (Puppet material) and that is as far as he is likely to get IMO.

[steg]

I could imagine Ed may use the Greens and Plaid Cymru as middle Man with the SNP ,so not directly dealing with them?

[Peter Pedant]

// so you'd be happy to have Jimmy Krankie pupetteering a PM who's only just reneged on a major promise. Nowt as strange as folk eh?//

as Cameron commented - we the electorate voted in a coalition government so it would be odd if people went around moaning

Your fave Farage ( d you think he will lose the seat ) - commented
I could tell people to tactically vote but I dont think they would

[anneasquith]

what a pity. a reasonable question for debating but once again TTT loses credibility by using ' stupid names' :(

[Peter Pedant]

// sorry shoota misunderstanding //

boys boys stop scratching each other's eyes out when there are still a few lefties to bate

the problem with the far right parties is that they tend to squabble amongst themselves

[naomi24]

If he gets close I wouldn’t be surprised if he does some hasty back-tracking. A man of his word? I hope the electorate isn't stupid enough to put him to the test.

[retrocop]

Well we experienced Tony the B liar. Do we look forward to Milliband the Mendacious. They couldn't lie straight in bed!!

[ToraToraTora]

well PP, a) I'm a tory and b) Farage does not have a seat!

[ludwig]

// I could imagine Ed may use the Greens and Plaid Cymru as middle Man with the SNP ,so not directly dealing with them //

Yes. I'm sure there are ways of doing deals without actually doing deals.

It's like when politicians say 'We have no plans to '

Which means they've talked about it at length, intend on doing it, but haven't formally documented it or drawn up the gantt chart yet, just so they can legitimately deny having 'plans' to do it.

[ToraToraTora]

yes ludwig, I take the point but to get into no10 he's going to have to present Her Majesty with something resembling a credible government and the only way to do that is a deal with the SNP, none of the other small parties will have enough seats. So he'll have to make it official up front.

[ludwig]

Fair enough. I see your point TTT.

[jim360]

It depends on how many seats Labour gets in England, really. At current poll levels you would expect the Lib Dems to get around 20 seats. If Labour managed to get 300 (still a possibility) then a Lab-Lib-SDLP coalition is on the cards, with no need for the SNP to get involved.

With just about all results remaining possible, ruling the SNP out of at least a formal deal doesn't mean Ed Miliband has no chance of becoming PM. A smaller one, certainly.

[Old_Geezer]

It is all a game to the politicians. Before the election you do and say whatever you need to in order to maximise votes for you. After the election you deal with whomever you need to to get into power.

[youngmafbog]

Ed will get into bed with the SNP.

I have little doubt we wil see a SNP/labour coalition.

Now where's the ferry to Italy?