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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
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.
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The GG is not under obligation to go to the opposition parties before dissolving parliament but the convention is that they do.