Well the problems will start when the champagne runs out and Dave and Nick have an argument about who's responsible for ordering the stuff;Cons or Libs? It will degenerate into a war with one declaring that he was the more poular boy in the old school and that Eton is better than Caldicott.Paddy Ashdown will storm number 10 to calm the situation but decides to beat both men up to get a foothold on power. Tying both men up he scatters liberal amounts of coke(found in a desk drawer) around the place and calls in the copper from outside. Asdown is on the brink of claiming power until Ken Clarke stumbles out of a closet and hits him over the head with a half empty bottle of whisky. The result is Ken Clarke assumes power;All Tory supporters are happy that the country can get the good hammering that it deserves and Michael Portillo returns from Cordoba to bring a continental feel to the new government.

"Michael Portillo returns from Cordoba to bring a continental feel to the new government.
Marquis de Sade et la petit monge tout,
12/05/2010 at 11:52"

I'd be very wary of Portillo's 'feels' - unless I was a Tory of course.

Looking at the picture to this item, I'm delighted to see the 'Chuckle Brothers' back in the mainstream of children's entertainment again: To me - to you...

5 years, since they're gonna sneak in fixed 5 year term lengths.

the pair of them need a tune to go with the picture, can i suggest the laurel and hardy tune!!!!!

"5 years, since they're gonna sneak in fixed 5 year term lengths." - Vote Green, Salford

Followed - after one 'fixed term' - by the abolition of elections...

(Crazier things have happened - look at history.)

Some comments on here are absurd. Why not give them the credit for having the guts to form a coalition, for the good of the country, in an effort to sort out the catastrophic mess that the last Government left.

I think it's a bold, refreshing move to see politicians acting in the public interest and putting party politics aside for the greater good. Let's at least give them a fair crack of the whip, before we start slagging them off. We all moan when politicians engage in 'negative canvassing' so credit where it's due.

It will benefit all of us if it's a success.

"Some comments on here are absurd. Why not give them the credit for having the guts to form a coalition, for the good of the country, in an effort to sort out the catastrophic mess that the last Government left.

I think it's a bold, refreshing move to see politicians acting in the public interest and putting party politics aside for the greater good. Let's at least give them a fair crack of the whip, before we start slagging them off. We all moan when politicians engage in 'negative canvassing' so credit where it's due.
It will benefit all of us if it's a success." - Harrysmate, Rochdale

... and if my auntie had a pair, she'd be my uncle.

I bet you believe in the tooth-fairy, Santa, and fairies at the bottom of the garden.

Wanna buy some 'magic beans'?

Laura Norder.............what I actually believe in is giving people a chance before condemning them. We've just had 13 years of an inept, corrupt, dishonest and divisive Labour Government which drove this country into the ground both financially and in terms of International relations, and left the country on the verge of bankruptcy.

As ever, when Labour leaves office, there is a dreadful economic situation to be addressed, and this time the urgency is there for all to see.

That's why I'm prepared to give new coalition a chance, because the alternative doesn't bear thinking about.

You can be as cynical as you like, and you can keep your 'magic beans'. You might like to exchange them for some rose tinted spectacles. Don't forget that 71% of our electorate voted against the Labour Government in the recent election. That's the reason we have the new administration.

Nowt between Tories and Libdems so they will get along just fine, especially to hang on to power. Even the Labour party is barely hanging on to any decent left wing principles because the nation's Sun readers do as they are told and won't vote for anything that isn't right wing or hasn't got large breasts.

Harrysmate, Rochdale .............. I think you will find 71% of votes cast rather than 71% of the electorate. If you include those too disillusioned, disenfranchised, unexcited, uninspired or who just didn't vote for whatever reason, then you will find at 35% (more than a third of the electorate) they were just 1% behind the Tories(36%), 6% ahead of Labour (29%) and a whopping 12% ahead of the LibDems (23%). Or put another way, 52% of the electorate did not vot for a Conservative & LibDem coalition (two can play the % game!) So the Tories form a government with votes from a little over a third of the electorate and the LibDems are in government having convinced less than a quarter of the electorate to vote for them, democracy at it's finest you say?
BTW, Vote Green, Salford is quite right. They will now ram through fixed five year terms so will not be leaving power anytime soon. Did they actually campaign on that platform, to abolish elections for periods of five years ? A bit dodgy if you can not get rid of a government for five years no matter what they do. Opens the door to huge abuses.