Preparing For A Hung Parliament

PREPARING FOR A HUNG PARLIAMENT
Olly Barrett, London Bureau

Civil servants in Britain are drawing up contingency plans that would give Prime Minister Gordon Brown extra time to form a government if there is no clear winner at the upcoming general election. The likelihood of a hung parliament is high according to the polls – but Britain is far less used to this happening than many other countries. So the civil service is working to prevent a constitutional crisis and a run on the British pound in the event that no party wins a clear majority. Britain’s last hung parliament was in 1974.

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