Guess who is not voting Lib Dem next election

Sir_Humphrey

kennyboy66 wrote: »

I'd love to see a market on the first Lib-Dem member of cabinet to walk.

My money would be on Vince Cable.

Reading the Diary column in yesterday evening's Standard, it looks like he is already being briefed against. He seems too nice a chap to really survive with the sharks.

Also, I am sure that Nick Clegg would want shot of him as he was for a long time more popular than him. They do not seem that close ideologically either.

I suspect he will be made mincemeat in pretty short order. Politics is a horrible business.

tomstickland

de1amo wrote: »

i feel sorry for those that voted LD based on their policies because what they have done is to get in 'bed' with the enemy

They voted Lib Dem, they got Lib Dem.

DC can spin all he likes but the Tories will show their true colours over time and the rich will get richer at the expense of the normal person--

Blah blah blah eating babies, rich, toffs, Eton, not like us, blah blah blah. New Labour have had 13 years to implement their vision, now it's time for someone else.

tomstickland

de1amo wrote: »

so a vote for lib dem is a vote for conservatism in future--cant be independant after this

No, it's a vote for Lib Dem.

chucky

tomstickland wrote: »

No, it's a vote for Lib Dem.

that's not strictly true

if you voted Lib Dem because you believed that the impending cuts were going to be done too quickly by the Tories; you wouldn't really appreciate if your Lib Dem vote actually went for something that you didn't believe in or vote for...

lvader

The government is planning to but 0.5% of the budget, it will have NO real affect on the economy, it can't.

tomstickland

chucky wrote: »

that's not strictly true

if you voted Lib Dem because you believed that the impending cuts were going to be done too quickly by the Tories; you wouldn't really appreciate if your Lib Dem vote actually went for something that you didn't believe in or vote for...

A vote for the Lib Dems is a vote for the Lib Dem part of the coalition. It's then up to the Lib Dems to pull the policy that the coalition follows in the direction of the voters who they represent.

hallmark

PhylPho wrote: »

Gordon Brown's departure was impressively dignified,

I have to disagree strongly with that...

Even in his moment of resignation (the first one) he used it as an oppurtunity to lauch one last desparate attempt to cling on to power. An attempt cooked up by the despicable Mandelson & Campbell at that.

Then when it failed, he finally resigned fully the next day, shortly before he would have been forcibly ejected!

What on earth was dignified about any of that?

kennyboy66_2

tomstickland wrote: »

No, it's a vote for Lib Dem.

If things go badly every leaflet Labour put out will have "vote Lib Dem, get Tory".

The problem for the Lib-Dems is that there is not much defence against that accusation.

The further problem is that the Lib Dem activists are normally to the far left of their party - it will be struggle to motivate them to support a Tory government.

tomterm8

That's true. But its also the case that there are a number of Tory MPs and activists that aren't happy.

It must have already occured to Cameron that by peeling off 12-20 right wing Liberal Democrat and Labour MPs with promises of ministerial ranks, perks, and a MP position for life, he could ditch the Lib Dem coalition and go it alone.

LauraW10

lemonjelly wrote: »

Fallout begins? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/8682403.stm

Also Labour gets membership boost

Labour membership has seen a boost following the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition, and the departure of Gordon Brown as leader.
"A record-breaking number of people joined the Labour Party today. 1000% increase on usual daily rate," said a post on the party's Twitter page the day after the election.
Thousands of people have joined Labour since Friday when Nick Clegg first announced talks with the Conservatives, the party says.
And a further 2292 people signed up yesterday, with more than 620 people joining this morning, perhaps encouraged by seeing David Cameron become prime minister backed by the Lib Dems.
A Labour spokesman posted that the influx of new members had broken their internet server.

Link

My OH rejoined too (he left due to the Iraq war).

There chatting about it over on mumsnet too Link