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Originally Posted by rubecube
That's not how the convention works. If the elected party cannot form a government, then convention is that the GG asks the leader of the opposition to form a government. Whether they do this via formal or informal coalition is irrelevant.
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No, that's not how it works.
If the government loses the confidence of the house of commons, the GG then has the decision to EITHER dissolve parliament OR approach another party to attempt to gain the confidence of the house.
They are under no obligation to offer a backdoor coalition the PM's chair.