Does Britain have a Government at the moment or not ?

[milanbenes]

Morning All,

I'm getting a bit confused in my old age, does Britain currently have a government or not ?

Normally, the little I know of GE's, straight after the GE the winner goes and sees the Queen and then they have a Government and off they go

Correct me if I am wrong, we seem to be in some kind of twilight zone with no definitive timeline

Milan.

[squarepeg]

Morning All,

I'm getting a bit confused in my old age, does Britain currently have a government or not ?

Normally, the little I know of GE's, straight after the GE the winner goes and sees the Queen and then they have a Government and off they go

Correct me if I am wrong, we seem to be in some kind of twilight zone with no definitive timeline

Milan.

Welcome to the lives of EU nationals since the referendum. It's not going to get better.

[PurpleGorilla]

We have a strong and stable government.

[milanbenes]

Welcome to the lives of EU nationals since the referendum. It's not going to get better.

yes, understood, but there's a pecking order here, and the British nationals would like to know if they have a government or not

Milan.

[NotAllThere]

yes, understood, but there's a pecking order here, and the British nationals would like to know if they have a government or not

Milan.

Possibly not.

[darmstadt]

Once the goat skin is dry

[VectraMan]

All the evidence is that having a government is a bad idea. We're much better off as things are.

[PurpleGorilla]

Once the goat skin is dry

Is that scapegoat?

[TheFaQQer]

I'm getting a bit confused in my old age, does Britain currently have a government or not ?

Yes, we do. Until a new government can be formed, the current / previous government remains in power.

Any party that can command a commons majority on votes of confidence and supply forms the government, but we won't have a parliament until after the official opening (whenever that may be). In the meantime, we have a government led by Theresa May, whatever happens.

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Going to be interesting if Sinn Fein decide to take up their seats at Westminster.

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