A growing backlash

Following his attempt to install his own Enabling Act, Cameron is facing his first backbench rebellion.

But one particularly delights in the comments of Charles Walker, the Conservative MP for Broxbourne. He dismissed the plan as being introduced for the "con-Parliament", adding: "It is not the duty of Parliament to prop up this coalition. That is the duty of the coalition partners and if they can't make it work and if they lose the confidence of Parliament then we must have a general election. It is a simple as that."

Walker then goes on to say that: "This is a matter of convenience because clearly the leader of our party, David Cameron, wants a five-year Parliament and the Liberal Democrats want fixed terms and they don't want there to be a general election along the way." But, he says, "if Parliament and the nation lose confidence in this coalition government there should be a general election, whether that is in two years or three years or four years. This is about the primacy of Parliament."

Although there is something of a similar system in the joke parliament in Scotland – which devotes most of its time to devising ingenious ways of spending English money – such a change in Westminster would involve a significant constitutional change. For that, Cameron has absolutely no mandate (not that he has one on anything, with 23.5 percent of the popular vote).

That the man could even countenance such a change is quite staggering, and one hopes that the good sense of a few remaining MPs, who at least are rooted in the concept of parliamentary primacy, will stop him in his tracks.

And that may not be all. As the reality of this Cleggeron coalition begins to be understood, one is seeing increasing reservations being expressed. The very ethos is so far from anything that could be considered approaching conservative values that many of those who voted for the Conservative Party now believe their votes were obtained under false pretences.

It is highly ironic, therefore, that politicians who a few days ago were complaining about an unelected prime minister in Gordon Brown have ended up championing a completely unelected government, and one which bears no resemblance to anything anyone actually voted for. As the enormity of this dawns, the reactions are going to be interesting indeed.

The question is not whether, but how soon this is going to fall apart.

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Not one of them

"Vince Cable has been forced to let George Osborne take responsibility for reform of Britain's banks as the first cracks started to emerge at the top of the new coalition government," says The Guardian.

And you can see why ... look at the hand. He's not giving the secret Cleggeron salute. He's not one of them. By comparison, pictured right is the Supreme Leader, producing the classic salute. Note how many times in photographs, where he responding to cameras, he is seen to adopt exactly the same hand sign.

Now that the secret is revealed, of course, we will see many Cleggerons seeking to disguise their true identities. But, no matter how hard they try, in due course, the latex will crack. The truth will out.



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That other election

In 1933, a certain party just failed to win an overall majority, polling 43.9 percent of the vote. To take power, therefore, it too formed a coalition government.

Once in power, of course, it passed the Enabling Act aimed at keeping the ruling party in power. Today, we have the "enhanced majority" requirement, the Cleggerons' own version of the Enabling Act, to prevent them from being deposed. With 55 percent of MPs required to vote for a dissolution of parliament, they will have the ideal mechanism in place.

Gordon Brown must be kicking himself. If only he'd thought of it, he could still be in No 10.

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The plans are revealed

As always, the MSM are behind the curve when it comes to what is really happening. A quick look at Google offers over 2,400 results for "cleggeron" on the web. A search of the news pages, however, yields a mere two.

Meanwhile, prior to a full meeting of the Cleggeron High Command in a cupboard in Downing Street, energy minister Chris Huhne revealed to the state broadcasting apparatus the hitherto secret plan for the destruction of the UK.

Giving the secret Cleggeron salute (pictured – look at the little finger), Huhne told earthling Roger Harrabin that he would pretend to support nuclear power but in fact do everything he could to prevent it happening, thereby ensuring huge power cuts and the collapse of the economy (although he will have to hurry there - Osborne has a head start).

Huhne told Harrabin that the "most scandalous legacies" of the Labour earthlings was their failure to capitalise on renewables, signalling the intent to cover the land with wind turbines. However, in truth, these are secret transmitters for keeping in touch with the Cleggeron empire.

After the Supreme Leaders had conferred yesterday from their converted wheelie bins in the garden of Downing Street, they joined Huhne and the other Cleggerons for a "wonderful meeting" during which earth transmitting devices were banned.

State broadcasting representative Laura Kuenssberg afterwards revealed that earthlings were being "encouraged" to keep their differences quiet. A Special Committee is being set up by the Supreme Leader and his deputy to "thrash out" any disagreements.

A spokesman for a newly emerging opposition group, the Voice Of The English Resistance (VOTER), said it was too early to tell what punishment devices would be used as, so far, the Cleggerons were keen to show their latex human faces. All would be revealed in good time, he said from his secret hideout near Ongar.

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And even worser

Edict #2701 from the Cleggeron High Command is set to abolish parliamentary democracy.

In a change from current procedures, where a government may be defeated in the Commons by a single vote majority, the Cleggerons are introducing the concept of an "enhanced majority". In future, the votes of 55 percent of MPs are required before a vote of no confidence can succeed.

By such means, the Cleggerons are locking themselves into power for the next five years – until May 2015. "This is a five-year arrangement," says the Supreme Leader: "... so much better than the alternative." "A political revolution is under way," says the state broadcasting apparatus. A political coup, more like it.

A dictatorship is thus born ... but it will be short-lived. The real world is rapidly catching up on these clowns. At least it will save us the trouble of having to shoot them. When this little lot catches up with them, they will be beaten to death by the mob.

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And worser

Cleggeron High Command has announced the appointment of Kenneth Clarke as Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor, and Theresa May as Home Secretary and minister for women and equality.

A further communiqué is being translated.

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It gets worse

With the appointment if Chris Huhne as energy and climate change secretary, the "not-the-Conservative Party" has morphed into the "not-the-Conservative government".

The unelected leader of the unelected Cleggerons is to announce more appointments today. Already, he has confirmed that former News of the World editor, the unelected Andy Coulson, will be the voice of the Cleggerons. His first message is being prepared.

The unelected foreign secretary Mr Hague confirmed that the High Command intends to introduce fixed-term parliaments, with – he says - the next election to be held on the first Thursday of May 2015.

That is, of course, unless the whole damn edifice collapses before then, which can't come soon enough.

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