Blue sun, orange sky... something is not right

[steepholm]

So, should I never vote Lib Dem again because they threw in their lot with the Tories? Or never vote Labour again because they threw their toys out of the pram and chose opposition rather than a progressive coalition?

I'm rapidly ceasing to care, and wishing I'd stuck to my first best instincts and voted Green.

(Either way, I don't really share the disgust that many seem to feel at the sight of the various minority parties - i.e. all of them - negotiating their way to some kind of settlement behind closed doors. What else were they supposed to do?)

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[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Sorry - couldn't resist the alliteration!

Well, you're talking as if you were sure that the Labour party was the one that refused to play with the Lib Dems, which seems to me equally unsure!

I agree it's unsure, and have said so several times. Viz:

"[that] at least, seems to be the story that's emerging ( which may turn out to be quite wrong)."

"All this is, of course, on the assumption that the stories about the Labour Party rebelling against the idea of coalition really is true"

"the Labour Party appears to have sacrificed both power and their programme in favour of their own narrow interests as a parliamentary club. If so, I think that's a dereliction" [emphasis added!]

Clegg did signal that before the election, and I think that was unwise. However, that can't have been the reason for the negotations breaking down, since GB had already resigned by that point.