Lib-Lab

Most of the denizens of Cardiff Bay expect the expected, namely a Lib-Lab coalition.

Archive 2007-04-01 2007

After the October 1974 election there was the Lib-Lab pact in which no party had a majority in either the UK or in England.

Letters: Regional strategy to avoid independence day for Scotland 2011

In a meeting at the time, Cameron persuaded his MPs to support him in this offer by telling them that the Labour party had told the Lib Dems a Lib-Lab coalition could change the voting system without a referendum.

Lib Dem David Laws returns to shed new light on coalition negotiations with Tories Allegra Stratton 2010

He, said Mrs Brown, obstructed the possibility of Brown staying in office by forming a Lib-Lab alliance in the wake of the general election.

Hugh Muir's diary 2011

Con-Lib or Lib-Lab – how the rival coalition deals might work

Letters: Electoral dilemmas for the Liberal Democrats 2011

In his speech, Brown said he decided to resign in the interest of "stable and principled government," which he believes can be best furthered by a Lib-Lab marriage.

Tootles, Gordon: UK's Brown to Step Down in September 2010

But hardliners in his party might block any such moves, banking that any Lib-Lab union will be painful and short-lived.

Tootles, Gordon: UK's Brown to Step Down in September 2010

Lib-Lab government, with David Miliband as prime minister.

Tootles, Gordon: UK's Brown to Step Down in September 2010

For a year from 1977 to 1978, the so-called Lib-Lab pact between the Labour government and the Liberals was fixed around an agreement that the Liberals could vote against government legislation but would support Labour in so-called votes of no confidence, which force general elections when a government loses.

U.K. May Face Choice Between Coalition or Minority Government 2010

The BBC's Nick Robinson is one such skeptic of Lib-Lab political bliss:

Tootles, Gordon: UK's Brown to Step Down in September 2010