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.