Listen very carefully, I will say this only 529 times: David Cameron can NOT call an election
I had a funny conversation at a New Year Party. I was in the kitchen talking with a very good friend of mine. He mentioned that he thought David Cameron would get fed up with the Liberal Democrats, call a general election and win it.
“He can’t” said I.
“You what?” said the friend.
“He can’t” I repeated to the friend who was now doing that Gussie Fink-Nottle (I think) “fly catcher” face of P.G. Wodehouse fame.
“On 15th September the Queen signed the Fixed Term Parliament Act. David Cameron can’t call an election. The Queen would ask Ed Miliband to form a government.” said I. (I’d memorised the date previously for just this eventuality.)
More fly catching.
“But David Cameron would just call an election” said the fly catcher.
“He can’t”. Said I with a sense of déjà vu all over again.
More fly catching, hefty swigs of New Year trebles and mathematical propositions involving Alex Salmond and Plaid Cymru all round….
Mark Pack has the full SP on this. I think it’s going to be a while before the significance of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act has fully sunk into the national consciousness. For me, it makes the coalition worthwhile on its own.
David Cameron photo credit: Some rights reserved by European Council
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