That coalition was the gun that fired the round into the Lib Dems foot.
I mean, I probably would have done the same thing - LD hadn’t seen any real form of power for a hundred years or so, and getting a seat at the top table and having a Dep PM is a massively attractive option - but the compromises made has sealed it’s fate for a generation of voters.
Shame, because they don’t half put out some sensible manifesto pledges, but what’s the point in proposing policies if the party is going to not just leave them unfulfilled, but actively tip it on it’s head?
I sometimes wonder what things would’ve looked like if they hadn’t formed a coalition with Tories. I remember that Lib Dems did very well in that election, so perhaps in an alternate timeline, they’d be even bigger by now
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That coalition was the gun that fired the round into the Lib Dems foot.
I mean, I probably would have done the same thing - LD hadn’t seen any real form of power for a hundred years or so, and getting a seat at the top table and having a Dep PM is a massively attractive option - but the compromises made has sealed it’s fate for a generation of voters.
Shame, because they don’t half put out some sensible manifesto pledges, but what’s the point in proposing policies if the party is going to not just leave them unfulfilled, but actively tip it on it’s head?
Welcome to politics, I suppose.
I sometimes wonder what things would’ve looked like if they hadn’t formed a coalition with Tories. I remember that Lib Dems did very well in that election, so perhaps in an alternate timeline, they’d be even bigger by now