The New British Prime Minister is…
After just under a week of talks between the three main parties, it has been decided that the new man in number 10 will be David Cameron, leader of the Conservative party. This hardly comes as a surprise considering the majority the Conservatives held after the May 6th elections. However, despite a Tory occupying the Prime Minister role, it won’t be an entirely Conservative government that leads Britain for the next five years.
Helping David Cameron secure the Prime Minister job was Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats. His party has joined forces with the Conservatives to create a legitimate government and he now has the role of deputy Prime Minister. For all those Liberal supporters, this is good news, as the Liberal Democrats will now have a very large say in what goes on in government.
Coming third never seemed so good to all except the Liberal Democrats who now find themselves in a position of power they have not enjoyed for generations. The only true losers of the general election were the Labour party. Again, this is not surprising considering how poorly they have performed as Britain’s government in recent years. The promotion of Gordon Brown to Prime Minister after Tony Blair’s resignation was a doomed move that has led Labour to lose for the first time in 13 years.
The British public saw their votes result in a hung parliament on May the sixth, the first time that has happened since the 1970s. The Tories held the majority of seats but did not gain enough to form a government. What followed were talks between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats that led us to the outcome we have today.
It will be very interesting to see how a coalition government will work. Even more interesting will be how Cameron and Clegg will work together considering their party’s very different views on how Britain should be run. I personally am quite excited to see the financial advice that is given by the new chancellor of the exchequer, the politically young George Osborne. The full details of the deal made between Cameron and Clegg have not been released yet either, so it will also be interesting to see just how good of a deal the Liberal Democrats got for playing “kingmaker”. Watch this space.
Comments are closed!