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That is incorrect. If no one secures an overall majority then Cameron has the right to stay in office and try to form a coalition or continue as a minority government even if the Conservative party is not the biggest party. There are several things involved in what a PM should do post election when there's no overall control: the rights of an incumbent PM to continue in office; the duties of the adviser to the sovereign (i.e. recommendation of successor, that the sovereign shouldn't be left without an adviser, &c.), and the obligations of the PM to resign when it is clear someone else is better placed to have the confidence of the House of Commons. Think we are both correct. I was talking no majority - but labour has most seats your scenario no majority - but tories has no seats. Cameron wouldn't IMO try and form a minority govt - if Labour had more seats. He would try for a coalition - but resign as PM if no agreement reached ...

The War? I think the full quote was the biggest constitutional crisis since the abdication which the Heil have left out the headline It does open a can of worms .. If labour don't get a majority , Cameron has no obligation to resign and won't get the first test of his ability to control a majority house until June ... Presumably at that point the SNP will blanket vote with Labour to force Cameron to resign and then the Fun begins As I understand it - Cameron would get first dibs to form a coalition. If Labour don't have an overall majority, technically he doesn't have to resign - in practice he does. Which just proves the whole thing is a puppet show - sure have your election and let the politics swing a liitle to left and right - but overall don't rock the boat - the status quo must be maintained...

Apart from the opening scene - i thought it was rubbish .......the bit with the football was cringeworthy in the extreme !

If he does move on fair enough IMO - But I could never forgive him if he went to Liverpool....

Whilst he doesn't play badly - we always seem to concede more when Okore plays. He seems to struggle with the physical aspect of the game. I wouldn't be at all surprised if TS doesn't move him on in the summer.

Statiscally - weve barley been in the bottom 3 all season which bodes well - the season bumbles along much the same - each week we stay out of the bottom 3 the closer we get to safety. What bothers me is should we loose to Everton (distinct possibility IMO) - Then the pressure is ramped us massivley - we get into a fear based scenrio where one false move relegates us (I know it doesn't - but the players nerves jangle and they freeze)

On the face of it yes - but who have we beat at home this season ? Hull, Wba, Leicester .....- We've won 3 all season ! - If we don't beat Everton it becomes very nervy and anything could happen.

I don't think anyone is debating whether we are better now than under Lambert. The question now is are we good enough to win 2 more games to stay up ? - throwing away goals like we did today and against QPR makes it harder

Thats a big 'If' - sure we look to have enough in the tank to stay up - but I always feel we are going to be a bit suspect at the back - and once you get such a reputation it makes it difficult as teams always feel they have a chance... So hang on we pilliored Lambert (rightly) for never scoring and now we're criticising Sherwood because we're more attacking and inevitably we'll concede a few more as a result. If it was that simple we'd be like Chelsea and winning 1-0 every week and obviously we're a million miles from that standard. Ive watched many a villa side that could score goals - without being powder puff at the back. It doesn't have to be one or the other.

Thats a big 'If' - sure we look to have enough in the tank to stay up - but I always feel we are going to be a bit suspect at the back - and once you get such a reputation it makes it difficult as teams always feel they have a chance...

Course it matters how well we play. We have momentum of performance. The players come away with 0 points knowing they very well would've had 3 but for a bad linesman call. Compare that to any of the defeats under Lambert where we created nothing, never looked dangerous and were playing for a 0-0 at best. A team playing like we are doesn't go 4 games against Everton, West Ham, Southampton and Burnley without picking up at least 3 points But the opposition don't get down hearted because they always know there's a chance of a goal......

The cavalier approach is what is getting us playing great football and competing at last. You can't switch it on and off. sorry but 2-2 at 85 - you see out the game.....basics

Only -1 to the GD - but to be 2-2 @ 85 then get nothing. Bodes well for the forthcoming home games - but the cavalier approach worries me - last minute goals have cost us around 9 points in the last few weeks...

2-2 with 5 to go - you shut up shop

ouch - that could be costly

i was just about to post slating him................... one more put this mother to bed !

have we scored

have we scored ?

Yep - said as much in the Westwood thread - it keeps costing us - I don't see what he brings - his bad points outweigh anything else = liability...

don't fancy us today - must do better next week

im to nervous to take a dump.....literally shitting myself !!!!

wonder what David Cameron is thinking ?

Not a good start ! Not ideal! Stoke will come back. Begavic clanger apparently - fell to wickham 4yds from goal !

Not a good start !

Did a similar thing when elected Labour leader - started going on about Israel. I quite like a lot of what he says - but the average bloke in the street isn't really interested in Israel ....or Syria....unless we get onto the subject of taking refugees ....which we now might over the next 48 hours.....concentrate on public spending cuts and the NHS... I'd imagine the average bloke in the street is exactly who they try and get to with these daft statements Labour / Tory already have their core voters who will vote for them no matter what ... What they need to do is strike a cord with the undecided , ukip are showing around 18% in the polls ... That's 18 % of realitively new voters to a party that have switched alliegience or are possibly first time voters ... Cameron needs that 18% and as ukip are single issue party knows that he can possible dip into that 18% if he says the right things on Europe ... Then he ( the party pollsters more accurately ) has to decide how much the pink vote may be worth to his party and in going after them how much of the UKIP vote he's just attracted back will be homophobic and thus vote elsewhere ... Libya will be forgotten in a few days , the calculation for labour will be did they manage to turn any undecided would be Tory voter away ... And having turned them away can they say anything that might resonate with them ... marginal seats only need to sway a smallish number of people and what might not be a deal clincher for one voter might be for another Really ? "XXXX Politician said about Israel today" - a good whack of the electorate stop listening at that point ....IMO.