Posted on 05/08/2010 2:18:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
A Conservative Party spokeswoman said the private 70-minute talks were "constructive and amicable".
The Tories won most election votes and MPs but are short of a majority.
In an e-mail message to supporters, Mr Cameron said he would not be "rushed into any agreement" but may be able to give "ground" in some areas.
Gordon Brown remains prime minister and has offered the Lib Dems talks if no deal is reached with the Conservatives.
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said the talks between Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg at Admiralty House in Westminster followed an earlier brief conversation at the VE day commemoration event in London.
The Conservative and Lib Dem negotiation teams will meet again at 1100 BST on Sunday and there will be a meeting of Conservative MPs at 1800 BST on Monday, the BBC understands.
In Mr Cameron's e-mail message, he said he would stand firm on his pledges not "to give more powers to Brussels, be weak on immigration or put the country's defences at risk".
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Wow, I looked at the Lib Dems policies and I don’t see much common ground there between them and the Conservatives.
It’ll be interesting to see what Cameron has to give up to get the Lib Dems on board - that is, if he even can.
The moment Brown steps down, Cameron becomes PM of a minority government.
Clegg is quite feared by Israel.
He was calling for an investigation into pali claims that Israeli’s were killing pali’s for their organs.
I thought the rule was the sitting prime minister gets the FIRST attempt at forming a government? If this is true, why are the Conservatives and Lib Dems "in talks" before Brown has made any proposals? I'm confused.
And I don't trust CINO David Cameron's claim that he won't cave on immigration and EU to get in power. I didn't even think Cameron would be reliable on those issues if he had an an absolute majority, let alone a coalition with the Lib Dems.
“I thought the rule was the sitting prime minister gets the FIRST attempt at forming a government?”
Well that’s codified in any way. Tories/Lib Dems would have a clear majority of seats so.....
The Tories are 21 seats short of the 326 for a governing majority.
29 seats comprise other parties besides the Liberal Democrats and Labor, but they are mostly hard left parties like the Scottish Nationals and the polar opposite Ulster parties of the DUP and Sinn Fein, who were shooting at each other more or less than a decade ago.
They’ll need to do something in short order, because the markets are going to sour if this thing drags on into this week.
I saw some reports that the talks today went well....whatever that means.
In he interests of stability, the Queen does have the constitutional authority to ask Cameron to form her a government. Of course, the opposition can invoke a vote of no confidence, which then requires a call for a new election.
It’ll get sorted out, one way or the other. And the markets will react accordingly.
The bottom line for America is this: Britain has rejected Labor governance for the first time since the Clinton years.
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