Tuesday, May 11, 2010

We have to seal the deal with the Conservatives

Whilst a coalition with the Conservatives is something I personally find uncomfortable, a Lib Dem/Con coalition still remains the only lasting show in town. A coalition with Labour would see a government constantly on a knife edge. It would be difficult also to win acceptance of the nation for a coalition in which the identity of the Prime Minister will not be sorted until September. The nation's verdict in the election was not clear but it is fair to say that most people see Labour as the defeated party so leaving them to lead the government for the next four or five years is something the nation will find difficult to accept.

Even if a Lib Dem/Labour coalition were to come about, it would face considerable difficulties from within Labour's ranks. Some in the Labour leadership may talk of a "Progressive Alliance", but there are plenty in the Labour party would do not carry the "Progressive" tag with ease. Many of them will not support voting reform and will be tempted to abstain or vote against as a way of bringing down the coalition. They would prefer the comfort of opposition, especially with difficult spending decisions needing to be made.

So, the only show in town that will give our country a secure government with some opportunity of winning reform is a Lib Dem/Conservative coalition. Nick and the Parliamentary Party need to seal the deal and do it today.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fair Votes campaign will be ever more important now - keep campaigning for a multiple choice referendum!

Anonymous said...

The lib dems can say goodbye to their scottish seats, maybe a few english ones as well and a LOT of votes.

What next, (blood on the streets is my guess).

Meet your new best friends Jonathan...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKFTtYx2OHc

Anonymous said...

`No chance of ANYKIND of PR now.`

Official Labour Spokesman on Sky news.

Anonymous said...

Get ready for the Con-Dem Nation!

Anonymous said...

The SNP are about to get a LOT more seats, at the next election. Thanks lib dems.

Anonymous said...

The SNP are about to get a LOT more seats, at the next election. Thanks lib dems.

Anonymous said...

The city of london stockbroker boys are running around buying ferrari cars and £1200 bottles of champers to toast the lib dems.

Anonymous said...

BBC News

Forget the £10,000 threshold, tories won`t wear it. lib dems have said to tories, OK we will scrap it.

What does that tell you.