I don't think five years is a short term at all - but I hadn't heard Labour was planning on imposing fixed term parliaments as soon as they got in. If they did, then I'm confused as to why so many people were talking about the Tories as opposition forcing another general election in a year or two.
We know for a fact about some Lib Dems feeling betrayed! If it really were the case that it was completely Labour's doing that no coalition could be agreed on between them, then I suppose the Lib Dems didn't have an alternative. But I'm not sure that is the case at all, and even if it were, there's all the rhetoric against Labour and particularly Gordon Brown that was coming from Nick Clegg during the campaign. fjm and I were discussing that on Saturday and she said then that she thought Clegg was setting up for coalition with Labour without Brown. As obviously did Brown himself.
But of course I'd prefer a slightly reined in Tory government than an un-reined in one too. Except there wasn't the possibility of a completely Tory government anyway, so that's not a real choice, and very much forgets the whole 'Vote Lib Dem to keep out the Tories' line...
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Date: 2010-05-13 09:56 am (UTC)We know for a fact about some Lib Dems feeling betrayed! If it really were the case that it was completely Labour's doing that no coalition could be agreed on between them, then I suppose the Lib Dems didn't have an alternative. But I'm not sure that is the case at all, and even if it were, there's all the rhetoric against Labour and particularly Gordon Brown that was coming from Nick Clegg during the campaign.
But of course I'd prefer a slightly reined in Tory government than an un-reined in one too. Except there wasn't the possibility of a completely Tory government anyway, so that's not a real choice, and very much forgets the whole 'Vote Lib Dem to keep out the Tories' line...