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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (44918)1/24/2006 2:11:02 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 90947
 
You can get a majority of votes without having any sort of majority coalition.

You might have an actual agreement for the one vote to install the PM, without the people agreeing actually joining the coalition. Or you might have only 1 or two votes of a majority in your party or coalition and independents, or members of small parties, or even defecting (only for this vote) members of another large party (if party discipline is weak and/or the ballot is secret).

Tim



To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (44918)1/25/2006 6:29:41 AM
From: steve harris  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 90947
 
Am I the only one that sees a problem here?

msnbc.msn.com

An unspecified number of Canadian border agents, who are unarmed, left their posts during the incident because they were concerned about their safety, said Paula Shore, a spokeswoman for the Canada Border Services Agency. Managers took over and security was not compromised, she said.