European Election Results 2009

[Immenseman]

Is only Gordon Brown and his party allowed to decide when the next General Election is?

[PriceTags]

The queen can shout at him and ask for one I think.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Parliament has to be dissolved by mid-2010, however inbetween then and now Gordon Brown and Labour have the power to choose when to dissolve parliament, unless the Queen did so due to a national emergency.

[jam666]

at this moment in time yes, however if gordon brown was to step down and a new leader appointed, a general election would have to be brought forward as it will then be the 3rd leader in 1 term of government and the 2nd leader that the public has not voted in.

Therefore if gordon was to step down right now we would be looking at a possible general election in October.

[Immenseman]

OK, so realistically if Brown stays which I think he will he will put the election off until May?

[jam666]

OK, so realistically if Brown stays which I think he will he will put the election off until May?

Yes it will be held as late as possible as he wants to push through the lisbon treaty

[Immenseman]

LEAVE THE TREATY ALONE!!!

[Hecktix]

How many times!

Gordon Brown is not leaving the General Election until the last possible moment to 'push through the lisbon treaty'

He's leaving it until last minute so he has 11 months to attempt to save his party from disaster.

[PriceTags]

You're going a bit OTT with the treaty thing; we get the point.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I hope he stays on as long as possible, the more seats Labour lose the better, but then again, for Cameron to be a success he will have to be radical like Margaret Thatcher and if he isn't then he will fail.