But you're only talking short-term, which is a very partial view of the matter, I think. If Labour had formed this extremely uneasy alliance of all the parties except the one that got the most seats/percentage of votes, they'd in all likelihood have limped along, without sufficient clout to get anything much done, and the Conservatives would have forced another election in a year or two. At that point the country would have been in much worse state and Labour would in all probability be out of the running for many years to come. I think they're culpable for many, many things, but not for choosing not to do anything to stay in power at all costs (to themselves and everyone else).
If so, I think that's a dereliction, if not a betrayal of those did vote for them and whose interests they purport to represent.
It may be - and no doubt some of the 29% of voters who voted Labour this time feel exactly that way. Some of them may also feel it was a timely tactical retreat, rather than a betrayal. On the other hand, were I a betting person, I'd lay good money that more of the people who voted Lib Dem feel the coalition with the Tories a betrayal. Just now, on BBC 4, Chris Huhne saying that if a new nuclear power station can be built without any public money, then yes, he will be the person who sets in train the building of new nuclear power station(s). So much for Lib Dem policies.
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Date: 2010-05-13 07:52 am (UTC)If so, I think that's a dereliction, if not a betrayal of those did vote for them and whose interests they purport to represent.
It may be - and no doubt some of the 29% of voters who voted Labour this time feel exactly that way. Some of them may also feel it was a timely tactical retreat, rather than a betrayal. On the other hand, were I a betting person, I'd lay good money that more of the people who voted Lib Dem feel the coalition with the Tories a betrayal. Just now, on BBC 4, Chris Huhne saying that if a new nuclear power station can be built without any public money, then yes, he will be the person who sets in train the building of new nuclear power station(s). So much for Lib Dem policies.