Convention holds that, in the event of a hung Parliament, the sitting prime minister gets the Cartier Handbags first chance to try to form a government even if his party wins fewer seats than the opposition by making a Fake Handbags formal coalition or a looser alliance with another party. But it’s likely that the deeply unpopular Brown may not be able to muster enough support in parliament to cling to power.
That opens the way to a potentially chaotic few weeks in which Britain’s Replica Handbags parliamentary system could come under unprecedented pressure and scrutiny amid demands for an overhaul of the electoral system.”Brown gets first dibs at trying to establish a coalition,” said attorney Gavin Millar, an expert in constitutional law. “If he can’t do that he has to resign and the queen invites the next one down the constitutional pecking order, which would be Cameron.”

Britain’s so-called first past the post parliamentary system usually produces a clear result: One party gets more than half the seats in the House of Commons 326 is the magic number and its leader becomes prime minister. If one party gets the most seats but less than half the total as the polls suggest will happen on Thursday it’s known as a hung Parliament, and things get a little complicated.

The most likely scenario is for the Conservatives to gain the most seats, but less than a majority. Labour will Louis Vuitton Handbags probably have the second-highest number, the Liberal Democrats third, with a handful going to smaller parties. If Brown feels his position is strong enough, he could try to make a deal with the Liberal Democrats or others to get a working majority, even if Labour has fewer seats than the Tories.

If this proves impossible, the Conservatives will get a chance to form a government. In either case, the Liberal Democrats are like to play kingmaker and demand electoral reform as the price of their support. The third party has had a good election, with some Celine Handbags polls showing them battling Labour for second place. They are frustrated that the existing system means their share of the Coach Handbags vote will likely not translate into more than 100 seats in the 650-seat Commons, and have long called for proportional representation. How long could the period of uncertainty last? Probably days, but possibly weeks. In theory Brown could hang on until May 25, when the queen in her diamond-studded crown is due to deliver a speech outlining the new government’s priorities. That speech is then subject to a vote and if the government lost, it would have to resign.

The ball would then be in Cameron’s court. If he still couldn’t form a government, the political parties would ask the Coach Wallets queen to dissolve parliament and call a new election. The last time a British election produced a hung Parliament was in 1974. Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath got fewer seats than Labour but was given a shot at forming a coalition with the Liberals. When he failed, he resigned and the queen asked Labour leader Harold Wilson to form a government. His minority administration staggered along for about Givenchy Handbags six months, when Wilson called a new election, which he won.