(9 May 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Various of London residence of Conservative Party leader David Cameron, with police waiting outside
2. Cameron leaving house and getting into car
3. Cameron's car driving away
4. Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg talking outside his house, zoom in, pull out as he walks over to media, greets them, says he wants to come out with his children in a minute
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat leader:
"Talks are continuing today, and I had a meeting with David Cameron yesterday, took a call from Gordon Brown. Everyone's trying to be constructive for the good of the country. I'm very keen that the Liberal Democrats should play a constructive role, at a time of great economic uncertainty, to provide the good government that this country deserves. And throughout that we will continue to be, and I will be continue to be, guided by the big changes we want: tax reform, improving education for all children, sorting out the banks, and building a new economy from the rubble of the old, and extensive fundamental political reform. With that, I'd like to thank you very much and I'd now like to just go out with my family, if that's OK. Thank you."
6. Clegg walking back to house
STORYLINE:
Three days after the UK's general election, the leaders of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats were planning to continue negotiations on Sunday, with the aim of forging an alliance together in parliament, after no party managed to gain a clear majority in the House of Commons.
With 306 seats in the House of Commons, David Cameron's Conservatives are still 20 short of a the magic 326 seats needed to form a majority in the 650-member lower chamber, and thus push through legislation.
But if they are backed by the 57 MPs (members of parliament) from the Liberal Democrats, who finished third in the popular vote, they would have a comfortable cushion for passing the legislation they say is needed to control Britain's 153 billion-pound (236 billion US dollar) debt.
It remained to be seen whether the two parties, which occupy different points on the political spectrum, can share power or even cooperate in keeping a minority Conservative administration in control of Parliament.
They were likely to find common ground on the economy and taxes but have divergent views on voting system reform, nuclear weapons and some key foreign policy issues.
Speaking outside his London home, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg told journalists on Sunday that he had met Cameron on Saturday and received a call from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The Conservative Party revealed late on Saturday that Cameron and Clegg had already met for one-on-one talks at central London's Admiralty House.
A spokesman refused to divulge the details of the meeting, but said it had lasted more than an hour and had been constructive and amicable.
The Tories and Clegg said fresh talks between the two parties' negotiating teams were expected on Sunday morning.
The Conservative party had previously said that no deal was likely before Monday, when Cameron meets with his freshly elected lawmakers.
Negotiations between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats appear likely to stretch on for at least two more days and the ruling Labour party was still lobbying for its own alternative coalition with Clegg's party.
The political uncertainty has a cost.
Market jitters over Britain's record deficit mean that there's increased pressure on both parties to compromise on their principles for the sake of economic stability.
Find out more about AP Archive: [ Ссылка ]
Twitter: [ Ссылка ]
Facebook: [ Ссылка ]
Instagram: [ Ссылка ]
You can license this story through AP Archive: [ Ссылка ]
