Tony Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I doubt there were many Lib Dem voters that expected or wanted a coalition with the Conservatives. I doubt that there were many Lib-Dem voters who expected their choice would result in Lib-Dems around the Cabinet table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 So would you all have preferred either a full Tory or full Labour government? Gawd help us.... or a full lib dem government? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 or a full lib dem government? The first step towards that ever being achieved, is for them to earn enough seats to hold the balance of power and form a coalition. Step one achieved. Since they are - so far - showing that they can be trusted to form a coalition and stick with it for the full term of a Parliament, everyone can be happy in voting for them again for the same reasons they voted for them in the last election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 The first step towards that ever being achieved, is for them to earn enough seats to hold the balance of power and form a coalition. Step one achieved. Since they are - so far - showing that they can be trusted to form a coalition and stick with it for the full term of a Parliament, everyone can be happy in voting for them again for the same reasons they voted for them in the last election. except of course that most of their voters tend to be from the left so participating in an increasingly right wing government isn't likely to encourage them to continue their support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 except of course that most of their voters tend to be from the left... ...or from the right. In huge swathes of the country, people vote Liberal Democrat in order to get rid of Labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrod Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 ...or from the right. In huge swathes of the country, people vote Liberal Democrat in order to get rid of Labour.It's a bit of both. While the majority tend to be left-of-centre-minded people with a bit more between their ears than the average Labour follower, there are also a few who seek a middle ground as a result of frustration with the Conservatives. Either way, a LibDem vote is merely a half vote off whichever of the two main parties you'd like in power more than the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Tamudo Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Which, it would seem, had a limited curriculum? Latin, Greek and bigotry weren't on the curriculum I must admit. Thankfully my parents didn't have much of a bank balance so it didn't deny me the opportunity of mixing with people from a wide range of backgrounds at a state school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenia Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I think if the last Labour government hadn't run up massive debts of around £1000,000,000,000 and left an annual budget shortfall of £175,000,000,000, there would have been enough money in the coffers to not need any NHS reforms. But they did, so we do. You encompass in paragraph the whole situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 The first step towards that ever being achieved, is for them to earn enough seats to hold the balance of power and form a coalition. Step one achieved. Since they are - so far - showing that they can be trusted to form a coalition and stick with it for the full term of a Parliament, everyone can be happy in voting for them again for the same reasons they voted for them in the last election. Sadly that won't work though. People will associate them with the coalition just like the associate the Tories with closing down the pits. And it doesn't matter if it's 5 years or 500 years, this is a country that still calls the French "surrender monkeys" and takes any opportunity it can to point score against the Germans and WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Now watching Panorama - The Great Apprentice Scandal on BBC1. Nothing we don't know already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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