Actually it was Clegg who insisted on it or he wouldn't prop up the Tories.
His fear was that, if things went well for the Tories, an election could be called at any time, and the Limp Dems would be kicked out of the coalition as they would no longer be needed to prop up a Tory minority government as the Tories would have a majority on their own.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 16:36,
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Whoever suggested it, I don't think it'll be missed if it goes.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 17:54,
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I think the electorate are rightly and understandably sick of votes, so anything that reduces their frequency is probably welcome.
The exception is the Scots of course. How they think they will be able to 'rejoin' the EU if/when the rest of mainland Britain has left is beyond my ken. The EU now requires any new joiners to adopt the Euro, this is non-negotiable, but their economy, even including their oil, is basket case. The open border, which has never been a real border since Hadrian, will be even more problematic than the Irish border. But an aggrieved sense of nationalism is one hell of a drug.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 19:17,
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After googling that, and discounting the middle distance runner, I want to see that film.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 21:43,
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lazy fucker
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT_prfYb6DE
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 21:52,
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