With all the fuss and drama over the past week it would be easy to forget that today is the day that the SNP and Plaid Cymru are tabling a motion calling for an immediate General Election.
Given Gordon Brown has seen off the rebels (for now) and the dust is settling after the election results, the motion won't have the same potency it might have had under circumstances where Ministers were resigning left, right and centre but it should still lead to an intriguing day of political positioning.
The DUP have already stated that they will be backing the calls and the Lib Dems won't be able to go back on the noises Nick Clegg was making last week about the need for change.
I am unconvinced that the Tories will fully back the motion however. There comes a time when you need to move on from an issue such as this and David Cameron may well have decided that that time has come.
I expect the Tory leader to attack Labour on policy rather than expenses or leadership issues, George Osbourne has certainly trailed an attack on the economy so that would be my best for lunchtime's Punch & Judy bout.
So, although I agree a General Election is long overdue, it will merely be a discomfiting day for Gordon Brown with the Nationalist calls for him to call one but well short of a body blow.
That said, could Gordon spike some guns by this morning calling a General Election for the Autumn? With a 16/1 ballot slip on that very prediction, I sincerely hope so....
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Wouldn't it be a bit strange if the Tories didn't back it? Dave has been calling for a GE since Gordon got in.
The BBC are saying that both the Tories and the Liberals will be supporting the motion, as will the DUP.
Nice one. I do admit i'll be slightly (but pleasantly) surprised if every last Tory MP votes for this and I don't think a single Labour MP will either. All in all, I won't be holding out for the same febrile atmosphere as last week, as worthy and timely as this debate may be. It kicks off at 4 by the way.
Hmmm, the SNP let in the Tories in 1979 too! Bad precedent!
Excuse me Bucket of Tongues...
The SNP (backed by the Tories) brought down a Labour Government which had reneged on its promise to establish a Scottish Parliament in 1979.
It was the voters of England who 'let the tories in'.
The real question is this. Why is the Labour Party happy with the constitutional arrangement that will allow Scotland to be ruled by Tories who have not been elected in Scotland (again)?
The Scottish Labour Party - the true champion of vested interests, especially themselves.
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