(ARCHIVE) Gardner on Hung Parliaments (2015‪)‬ Pod's law

This is a special edition of Pod's law for the 2015 General Election, concerning the law and conventions concerning who governs the country in the event of a hung parliament.

If you wish to read more about what we discuss during the show, you might like to look at the following links:

Carl Gardner's Blog: "Ed can enter No. 10 without Nicola’s keys":
www.headoflegal.com/2015/04/19/ed-can-enter-no-10-without-nicolas-keys/

The Guardian, "Alex Salmond threatens to call election after Scottish parliament rejects SNP's budget":
www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jan/28/scotland-snp

Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011:
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/14/contents/enacted

House of Commons Library, "Hung Parliaments":
http://tinyurl.com/HCL-hung-parliament

Election Forecast website:
www.electionforecast.co.uk

=ABOUT CARL GARDNER=

My guest is Carl Gardner, previously a practicing barrister and government lawyer, presently lecturer at the Open University and legal blogger at www.headoflegal.com.

Carl tweets at www.twitter.com/carlgardner

=ABOUT JULIUS KOMOROWSKI=

I am a practising member of the Scottish bar (an Advocate). I am a member of Terra Firma Chambers. You can find out details about me here:

www.tinyurl.com/JuliusKo

You can follow me on twitter here: www.twitter.com/podslaw