If the Con-Lib Coalition really works...

[hornetrider]

...we'll never see another Labour govt in power again! Mandy must be stting himself.

[dandarez]

but it's a big 'IF' !

[paddyhasneeds]

hornetrider said:

...we'll never see another Labour govt in power again! Mandy must be stting himself.

Just been watching their garden press conference on C4 news.

Perhaps I'm being naive but I thought they both came across very well, very determined, and dare I say it Cameron (and Clegg) comes across as a pretty bloody normal person.

[Somewhatfoolish]

paddyhasneeds said:

hornetrider said:

...we'll never see another Labour govt in power again! Mandy must be stting himself.

Just been watching their garden press conference on C4 news.

Perhaps I'm being naive but I thought they both came across very well, very determined, and dare I say it Cameron (and Clegg) comes across as a pretty bloody normal person.

It is incredible. It is magnificent. It is better than either Tory or Lib Dem. It could lead to Libertarianism.

Let's just hope it works.

[Fittster]

As soon as they need to make the real cuts it will fall to bits.

[hidetheelephants]

Fittster said:

As soon as they need to make the real cuts it will fall to bits...

...followed by a snap election and a tory majority? I think so, certainly if it happens within 6 months.

[Somewhatfoolish]

Fittster said:

As soon as they need to make the real cuts it will fall to bits.

Disagree. Both parties want the power too much. And both are very whippable...

[lonny]

The liberals have to make this work or they will discredit the whole idea of PR and the inevitable coalition it leads to. It is going to be very interesting to watch for next few months.

[anonymous-user]

within a month the left will be frothing about how the torydems have wrecked the economy. the same fvckwits who voted for them last week will lap it up, so thick they believe their own spin. by 2015 the average div will think cameron caused this mess. the brighter ones will blame the city, ignoring the fvcking abysmal state of the public finances in 2007. fortunately, if you can read, the economic facts speak for themselves. i notice the left has already started attacking cameron and clegg for having had the fortune of a good education. genius

[Somewhatfoolish]

fbrs said:

within a month the left will be frothing about how the torydems have wrecked the economy. the same fvckwits who voted for them last week will lap it up, so thick they believe their own spin. by 2015 the average div will think cameron caused this mess. the brighter ones will blame the city, ignoring the fvcking abysmal state of the public finances in 2007. fortunately, if you can read, the economic facts speak for themselves. i notice the left has already started attacking cameron and clegg for having had the fortune of a good education. genius

Which is a particular irony of course; many of Labour were also privately educated.

Where the real difference is is in Oxbridge attendance, fairly clearly showing lefties have less intelligence.

[Jasandjules]

Somewhatfoolish said:

Disagree. Both parties want the power too much. And both are very whippable...

The bottom line is that both parties appeared to have voted almost unanimously for this coalition..... So yes, a desire to share power could be the primary reason for that, certainly I think that the Libs think that if this is a success then they might well be a formal opposition at the next election (whenever that may be) with Liebour into third place..

[va1o]

Labour is dead.

[king arthur]

Jasandjules said:

Somewhatfoolish said:

Disagree. Both parties want the power too much. And both are very whippable...

The bottom line is that both parties appeared to have voted almost unanimously for this coalition..... So yes, a desire to share power could be the primary reason for that, certainly I think that the Libs think that if this is a success then they might well be a formal opposition at the next election (whenever that may be) with Liebour into third place..

Especially when they redraw all the boundaries.

[JagLover]

Jasandjules said:

Somewhatfoolish said:

Disagree. Both parties want the power too much. And both are very whippable...

The bottom line is that both parties appeared to have voted almost unanimously for this coalition..... So yes, a desire to share power could be the primary reason for that, certainly I think that the Libs think that if this is a success then they might well be a formal opposition at the next election (whenever that may be) with Liebour into third place..

I would doubt that

Even if the coalition is a sucess there are bound to many disaffected public sector workers (many former) and doleites. As the sole opposition Labour will attract all the protest votes.

[Somewhatfoolish]

JagLover said:

Jasandjules said:

Somewhatfoolish said:

Disagree. Both parties want the power too much. And both are very whippable...

The bottom line is that both parties appeared to have voted almost unanimously for this coalition..... So yes, a desire to share power could be the primary reason for that, certainly I think that the Libs think that if this is a success then they might well be a formal opposition at the next election (whenever that may be) with Liebour into third place..

I would doubt that

Even if the coalition is a sucess there are bound to many disaffected public sector workers (many former) and doleites. As the sole opposition Labour will attract all the protest votes.

But this has the potential to be the best government for over a hundred years. Over two thirds of the electorate voted for it.

fk the labour party. If they get this right we are heading towards a state of bliss.

[Teppic]

hidetheelephants said:

Fittster said:

As soon as they need to make the real cuts it will fall to bits...

...followed by a snap election and a Labour majority? I think so, certainly if it happens within 6 months.

EFA, because if this falls apart neither party is going to look good, leaving the door open for a Labour landslide. I'm not a Labour supporter in any size, shape or form, but that is what I think is going to happen if this coalition falls apart. I hope to God that I'm wrong.

[elster]

Teppic said:

hidetheelephants said:

Fittster said:

As soon as they need to make the real cuts it will fall to bits...

...followed by a snap election and a Labour majority? I think so, certainly if it happens within 6 months.

EFA, because if this falls apart neither party is going to look good, leaving the door open for a Labour landslide. I'm not a Labour supporter in any size, shape or form, but that is what I think is going to happen if this coalition falls apart. I hope to God that I'm wrong.

Remember if they make huge cuts now and they have a fixed term of 5 years, things will be back on the up by then.

[cs02rm0]

If this works as well as it looks like it might in these early days, how do we vote for it again?!

[DAVEVO9]

cs02rm0 said:

If this works as well as it looks like it might in these early days, how do we vote for it again?!

That's a very good question.. I was thinking the same thing today.

[va1o]

cs02rm0 said:

If this works as well as it looks like it might in these early days, how do we vote for it again?!

A tick in the yellow box