PeteMorris Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 ....Coalition? With all the wild promises of doing this that and the other from all of the parties, and not necessarily contained in their manifesto, will those all be forgotten or counted as null and void if they 'have to' share power with a coalition? As is looking increasingly likely, someone is going to have to 'share' with one of the minor players. Will they just shrug and say, well all those promises only applied if we won outright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I would assume that in the event of a coalition then compromises would have to be made..I'd have thought that would be understandable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 I would assume that in the event of a coalition then compromises would have to be made..I'd have thought that would be understandable... So whoever gets in power, we can assume anything good isn't going to materialise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 So whoever gets in power, we can assume anything good isn't going to materialise? Why would you say that? Compromise isn't always bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I think it might be better if there was no formal coalition, but case by case dealing to get things passed. Then MPs would have to work hard to justify their position to opponents, and win them over with sound, solid arguments. It works in other countries. I also think they ought to pay more attention to public opinion, (there's a novelty...) with polls, focus groups etc. Might be a disaster, but no one said politics was easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Why would you say that? Compromise isn't always bad... Ask Nick Clegg if his compromise on tuition fees did him any favours...Or for that matter the students... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Ask Nick Clegg if his compromise on tuition fees did him any favours...Or for that matter the students... So the LD's didn't have any influence on any aspect of government? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 His alternative voting scheme was pretty **** poor as well, watered down and a right old mess. No wonder no-one voted for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 So the LD's didn't have any influence on any aspect of government? I didn't say that...I quoted the most infamous blunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 So the LD's didn't have any influence on any aspect of government? It's often been said they had a very positive influence over the Tory policies and normalised many of their more extreme measures. I can't think of one off the top of my head tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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