Alec Salmond has been elected First Minister with the support of The Green Party's 2 votes. He won 49 - 46.
The Conservatives and Lib Dems abstained.
That's within the allocated time so he can form an administration. However it will very much be a minority coalition. It remains to be seen if the Executive will actually do anything or will he just be blocked. Can he compromise enough with the other parties to make it work.
Please keep us apprised of his progress or lack of same.
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
Willdo, mate.
He's currently taking the position that the Executive will have to be based on consultation and compromise. Yeah right, you would have said that if the Lib Dems had agreed to a majority coalition.
It's actually going to be quite interesting.
A nice distracting gridlock can have manifold benefits.
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
Sarkozy is naming a diverse group to his upper cabinet positions.
Jean-Louis Borloo-Centrist as economy chief.
Bernard Kouchner-Leftist as foreign minister.
As well as a handful of women.
Will be interesting to see if it works to unify the country or turns into a sludge of a government much like the U.S. If they can stay away from partisan pissing-matches it might be quite refreshing to watch.
You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing..... Descartes
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