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Originally Posted by Pookie
BBC News website:
"We understand that under the new agreement for fixed-term parliaments, the only way to remove the government between elections would be a vote of no confidence with the support of 55% of MPs. At present, any no confidence vote requires only 50%, plus one MP."
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and coincidentally enough, the Tories hold 47% of seats, so we're stuck with five years of coalition unless backbench Tories rebel or die.