Liberal Democrat voters thread

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Who do you think that Clegg should go in with?

It is obvious that Labour and Tory voters each have their own ideas, but if you voted Lib Dem on May 6th, what do you think?

there goes social justice flying out of the window.......

feeling very very despondent watching that on BBC news24

sincity - the Tories aren't going to be able to ride roughshod over anything. The LDs got a concession on the 10k tax threshold too as far as I know.

snowlady - I agree. I was glad to see that Clegg's photographed notes (!) in the Guardian seemed to mention something about party funding caps.

kveta - yes! it's short for Vesela krava as in the processed cheese triangles I ate a lot of them when I was pregnant with DD (and felt like a cow as well, so it seemed apt). What about you?

Lib/Con. For me, labour's civil liberties stance is an absolute deal breaker and voted LD as they are sensible about this but also generally good and redistributive. I hope the tories learn from this!

I also was very very unimpressed with the idea of AV being introduced by govt without a referendum except on PR at a later date. Huge trust problems for the future.

Also agree that if the LDs want to be a credible third party they have to be able to work with either C or L, otherwise they might as well just all join L.

i will never vote lib dem again

my son was a first time voter who voted lib dem - he has said never again and he is now wishing he had voted labour.

lib dem and tory policies were just about as far removed as you could muster.

the whole things a bloody farce.

i thought you were just happy
mine's the czech version of my name - very dull! (jsem skotka, ale zila jsem jeden rok v ceskych budejovicich, a muj manzel je z brne (does that make sense?!) )

anyway, looks like we'll be getting that libdem/conservative coalition!

I prefer lib/con because con did get the most seats/votes and I agree with Nick!

Plus, Hopefully if there is liberal in with the conservatives hopefully it will force them to temper down some of their ideas (ie THINK before they cut local services and assume charities will jump up and fill the gap... Big Society bollocks.)

makes perfect sense! nice name. jsem anglicanka a ziju v praze s anglickym manzelem a DD (drahou dcerou)

In an ideal world, it'd be a LibLab coalition. The seats aren't there for it and they've extracted a lot from the Tories.

No inheritence tax cut
No marriage stimulus
AV referrendum (which is still an overall improvement, even if its effects are ambiguous)
Six seats in cabinet and the deputy slot.

Whilst I will never ever support Conservatives, I truly hope that they can work together in a constructive way for the good of the country. Cooperative government instead of party political government.

If there is indeed a deal then it's a huge victory for grown up politics. I got the impression very strongly, listening to the news today, that NC was being held to ransom by the old school Lib Dems - the ones that never had a hope in hell of winning or influencing anything. NC is dragging the Lib Dems kicking and screaming into becoming a grown up political party. Yesterday I had lost all faith, today it is restored.

Nice to see so many true Lib Dem voters (as opposed to the anti Tories who quite frankly would vote for anyone they had to) talking so much sense.

And GB has gone. I'm ecstatic.

I voted Lib Dem even though I am mostly a Labour supporter/ Gordon Brown lover (there's no worries Labour will get in here, so I had the freedom to make a point).

I don't really trust Mr Clegg and I trust him even less now. I think he thinks he's Obama - when actually he's a posh, public school boy who's just as privileged as David Cameron.

I'm pleased, I think... (typical Lib dem on the fence )

On the posh/privileged public school boy thing - so was Tony Blair. Maybe they make good politicians...

I voted Libdem. Previously voted Conservatives.

This is the ideal solution for me.

I'm not convinced.

Sad to see GB go, although I have never voted Labour I do think he was a good, honest politician.

I really don't like the Tories, and am not happy that my vote has effectively helped to get them in.

I hope that the Lib Dems aren't just walked all over.

Am gutted. I just hope that the Lib Dems can try and have some influence over the Tories.

I blubbled as I watched David Cameron walk into number 10. I remember a very long 18 years of Tory rule and it wasn't pretty.

I think a lib dem tory coalition is the best!! I voted lib dem but like the torys I also dislike our labour mp with a passion as above.David Cameron made such a good speach outside number 10!!!

Where is Policywonk? You diggin' being pals with the Saddam-luvvin' chums of apartheid?

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I am fine with it-they obviously think that they can work together and form a credible government so go forth etc etc..........

I don't care how posh my PM is as long as he can do the job properly-just as much chance of cocking it up as a PM that isn't posh.

Given that DH voted tory and I voted LD it will be good for us (I hope!)

I do think that if Nick Clegg hadn't done so well in the debates the tories would have taken a lot more tory/lib dem marginals and there would have been a tory marjority. So even though those who voted to keep the tories out will be disappointed at least the tories will be watered down and hopefully some of the nicer tories like Michael Gove will be at the forefront.

Those who remember the last Tory government as a time of misery, what was it exactly that was so awful? This is a genuine perhaps slightly naive question, not meant to be inflammatory, I'd just really like to know what drives voters to despise the Conservative Party. Is it rooted in hatred of privileged/wealthy or down to specific policies/outcomes?

Remembering that in the years preceding the Tory government being voted in to power in 1979, when Labour were in power, the UK had inflation at over 20%, widespread and rising unemployment and endless strikes...

gaelicsheep - I am an LD member, been campaigning in my constituency the last few weeks too.
The feeling I get from the 'activists' is that Tory coalition not ideal, but all seem willing to accept it. Even though they are all left wing. And even though our constituency was a tooth-and-nail battle with the Tories. So if we can resign ourselves to it...