Gordon Brown can’t resign until a new prime minister who can secure a majority of votes in parliament is available to take his place.
Currently there is no one to take Gordon Brown’s place and so it would be irresponsible for him to resign now. The most he can do is agree to resign at a later date so if his party retains power there will always be a leader.
Imagine if Gordon Brown resigned on May 7th and on May 8th another country declared war on us, who would be the PM to make the decisions?
David Cameron doesn’t have a majority so can’t even get his parties Queen’s Speech (if he tried to take the premiership) through parliament on May 25th so currently is not a legitimate PM.
If by May 25th no party has arranged some form of coalition to get their Queen’s speech through parliament and a parties Queen’s Speech is voted down, (if a party tried anyway) well then we are in trouble, we’d have to have another general election!
David
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