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malaise

(269,200 posts) Wed Mar 28, 2012, 09:04 AM Mar 2012

Fuel tanker drivers' strike has no justification, says David Cameron

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/mar/28/fuel-tanker-drivers-strike-cameron
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David Cameron has said there is "absolutely no justification" for strike action by fuel tanker drivers as his Cabinet Office minister, Francis Maude, claimed the strike was part of a grand plan by the Unite trade union to bring the country to a halt.

At a press conference in Downing Street about the Olympics, the prime minister said there was no need to queue to buy petrol, but added it was sensible for the public to top up their tanks if they could over the next few days. Maude went further and suggested that keeping "a bit of extra fuel in a jerry can was a sensible precaution".

Cameron's remarks came as the Conservative party chairwoman, Lady Warsi, and Maude called on Ed Miliband to condemn the strikes, saying that Unite, the union behind the moves, was Miliband's paymaster.
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I wonder how much longer this Cameron coalition can last

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Fuel tanker drivers' strike has no justification, says David Cameron (Original Post) malaise Mar 2012 OP

Well, the Liberal Democrats would lose a massive number of seats if there were early elections Ken Burch Mar 2012 #1

Ken Burch

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1. Well, the Liberal Democrats would lose a massive number of seats if there were early elections

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 09:15 AM

Mar 2012

So basically, Clegg and Co. have no alternative but to stick it out, vote for the worst, and try to buy time.

At some point, though, this might lead to a split in the LibDems...with the more-progressive wing finally getting sick of the situation and crossing over to the opposition benches. That still probably wouldn't bring Cameron down, but it would narrow the coalition majority.

So, for the forseeable future, no chance of the coalition ending.

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