If Clegg sides with the Tories I don't think I will be voting Lib again

[Loujalou]

Anyone got any thoughts on this. Hopefully it looks like he will side with Labour. But if he went Blue that would be it.

Who knows - I am sure it will all take a little while to sort itself out. Interesting times I suppose.

I won't vote LD again if he sides with the labour party. NC said he would be looking to deal with the party who won the greatest share of the popular vote which is absolutely not labour.

Agree they should go for PR though. Looks as though DC will only be able to form a government with lib support so should be backtracking quickly about some reform to the voting system.

Mmmmmm..... Shit we might be going blue. He hasn't ditched PR but has ditched labour.

Bollox

Shit!

Sterling likes it!

It's a weight off my mind.

Holy shit....

i am speechless

He is playing the long game. Wise but very frustrating.

But not that he supports the shiny headed one per se.

Well well well...

That's it then. Goodbye to any possibility of PR.

oh shit we are leaving the country. We can not afford to live under a tory gove.

He has just said he feels that DC has the right to seek to govern

well, that at least unarguable, isn't it?

I don't think he said he was going to form a coalition with them. He might still do that though.

This will actually destroy my life...no way I can carry on training for my new career as a single mother under tories

Those who want a lib/labour pact - this would not be democratic as the labour party have far fewer seats than the tories. It is not to do with whether lib dems are closer to tories or labour but more to do with Nick Clegg acknowledging the result and doing his best for the country.

If the labour party had more seats than the tories it would be different.

Gah. Can someone way more knowledgable than me please explain what this means? Is DC going to get handed the reins?

TDWP It will destroy alot of lives
What are you training for?

A weak lib-lab pact would fuck the economy and that would also ruin lives.

lib-con, if the libs can moderate the cuts, may be our best hope.

Thedevilwearsprimark - the tories don't have an absolute majority so hopefully they will have to change their policies a little or otherwise face another election soon. Margaret Thatcher had a landslide and could do what she liked unopposed. I think it will be different this time. Lets hope so.

Doesn't really matter if you never vot Lib again does it since nobody else bothered to vote for them hardly and really no-one ever does. The LibDem vote always collapses at the last minute.

Plus if you believe in LibDem's policies surely they have to favour Tory since they got a bigger mandate than Labour. A lot of LibDem credibility around constitutional issues would vanish if they side with Labour now and prop up a party with a lower public mandate.

FWIW I hope DC does not need the Libs - Cons/Libs are just too different and it would lead to nothing but trouble unless Conservtives can find a way to work with the Libs which does not mean compromising on any of the LibDem's economic policies.

Looks like DC will be PM, but Tories have no majority, so will have to seek support from other parties on everything. Labour and Lib Dems could stop a lot of Tory plans in their tracks.

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