Do we have the right to expect the coalition to stick to their word?

[Guest sibon]

Much has been made on this forum of the reasons for the Lib Dems shunning most of their manifesto. So, they are a minority party. They can't implement most of their ideas. Apparently it also allows them to break pledges at will.

 

Today the entire coalition gets a chance to show the country what to expect. Consider this story:

 

Bankers to pay themselves outrageous levels of bonuses again.

 

and

 

compare it to section 4 of the coalition agreement.

 

Will we finally see Cameron and Clegg keeping their word?

[Dark Moomin]

you can only expect them to keep their word as much as any other party which has a majority government....

[Guest sibon]

you can only expect them to keep their word as much as any other party which has a majority government....

 

This is different though. They didn't make the pledges in the coalition agreement in order to get elected. They did it as a template for working together.

[taxman]

Well they have no excuses for breaking their word this time. If it was in the coalition agreement, and both parties agreed to it, then neither party can blame the other if it doesn't happen.

 

As an aside, I visited a company recently that no longer uses their bank as much as they used to. Apart from the non existant interest rates, the reluctance to lend and the charges for going OD, they then started charging the company for depositing money in the first place.

 

And they wonder why they are viewed with such scorn.

[Alien]

 

Bankers to pay themselves outrageous levels of bonuses again.

 

 

 

 

We're all in it together. Mostly.

[Alex C.]

I think they've just decided to use the fact that there are two parties in a coalition as an excuse to change what they said. Take VAT. both parties were opposed to an increase and yet both have supported it.

 

That said, maybe they'll surprise us all. They have majority control of several banks remember, so it shouldn't be too difficult to get the bonuses under control.

[wednesday1]

I think they've just decided to use the fact that there are two parties in a coalition as an excuse to change what they said. Take VAT. both parties were opposed to an increase and yet both have supported it.

 

That said, maybe they'll surprise us all. They have majority control of several banks remember, so it shouldn't be too difficult to get the bonuses under control.

 

 

 

Don't hold your breath!

[alchemist]

You expect politicians to keep their word and pledges!!! What planet are you on????

[DaFoot]

If the coalition government didn't have access to the figures that revealed just what a mess labour had made of the economy until they were elected, how can they be blamed for having to change their economic policies to get us out of the mess?

 

I do wonder sometimes how much information the (main) opposition party in government gets regarding things like budgets etc.

 

If they had the relevant info then of course they shouldn't have been making the promises they did in manifestos.

[taxman]

If the coalition government didn't have access to the figures that revealed just what a mess labour had made of the economy until they were elected, how can they be blamed for having to change their economic policies to get us out of the mess?

 

What excuse do they have for not seeing through their own coalition agreement re bankers bonuses?